Wednesday, July 18, 2007
July 18th????
A friend from my past job was in town and wanted to go out for drinks. I left work during rush hour today to meet her. All of a sudden traffic halted and sirens of ambulances, police cars, and fire trucks were heard. Standstill.
The city rocked by the September 11th terrorist attacks was rattled. “There was an explosion by Grand Central” someone said in their cell phone. The first thoughts going through my mind were all the reports from the White House that terrorists were gaining in strength and that America was increasingly vulnerable to civilian attacks. I saw what looked like smoke coming from the area and around the Chrysler Building. A loud rumbling was heard as white smoke billowed into the air. “Oh God! I thought, they got Grand Central, those fuckers!”
As it turns out it was a transformer that blew, then ruptured a steam pipe. The east side subway and Grand Central were shut down - millions of New Yorkers were out on the streets trying to figure out what happened, and how to get out.
Nope, not a terrorist attack. But for a city that lost so much on 9/11, it was is initially assumed to be an attack on the homeland. It’s funny, Bush and his evil minion all remind us to “never forget.” As if we could. No, we were not hovering in Air Force One when the country was attacked. We, in fact, were running from collapsing buildings, eating rotting food while the bridges and tunnels were shut down, burying our fellow New Yorkers, and hoping that our leaders would pull through.
They didn’t.
We not only "don't forget," we understand.
The city rocked by the September 11th terrorist attacks was rattled. “There was an explosion by Grand Central” someone said in their cell phone. The first thoughts going through my mind were all the reports from the White House that terrorists were gaining in strength and that America was increasingly vulnerable to civilian attacks. I saw what looked like smoke coming from the area and around the Chrysler Building. A loud rumbling was heard as white smoke billowed into the air. “Oh God! I thought, they got Grand Central, those fuckers!”
As it turns out it was a transformer that blew, then ruptured a steam pipe. The east side subway and Grand Central were shut down - millions of New Yorkers were out on the streets trying to figure out what happened, and how to get out.
Nope, not a terrorist attack. But for a city that lost so much on 9/11, it was is initially assumed to be an attack on the homeland. It’s funny, Bush and his evil minion all remind us to “never forget.” As if we could. No, we were not hovering in Air Force One when the country was attacked. We, in fact, were running from collapsing buildings, eating rotting food while the bridges and tunnels were shut down, burying our fellow New Yorkers, and hoping that our leaders would pull through.
They didn’t.
We not only "don't forget," we understand.
And no, Washington. You don't get it.
# posted by otas : 7:15 PM
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I don't know...having us all shaking like Frenchmen during World War II 24/7 just might be a nice little tool to get us running to Daddy (Bush) for comfort. But perhaps I'm being cynical.
Nah. Check out Palast's article from last year: "So Osama Walks Into a Bar."
Nah. Check out Palast's article from last year: "So Osama Walks Into a Bar."
You are cynical. But I like that. Yea, I think a lot has to do with their rhetoric.
Regardless. . .
They have done little to keep Americans, in particular New Yorkers, safe. Bush just made the world a more dangerous place and we know it here, and are a little more jumpy because of it.
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Regardless. . .
They have done little to keep Americans, in particular New Yorkers, safe. Bush just made the world a more dangerous place and we know it here, and are a little more jumpy because of it.
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