Eight more days until 9\/11’s 10th anniversary…every time I watch another episode of “Rising” on either Discovery or the Science channel, I am so proud of my country and its inhabitants.\u00a0 What terrorists did to those buildings full of innocent people and their savers was unspeakable.\u00a0 What has arisen from the ashes is emblematic of this country.\u00a0 So, off hand, I’d say their intention to draw us into a bloody war in the middle east was successful, but only as an interim step.\u00a0 Where they grossly underestimated us was in our response to disaster.\u00a0 Instead of watching reruns of Pearl Harbor (remember those great CGI shots of planes diving?) they watched Black Hawk Down, and drew the wrong conclusions.\u00a0 Guess Osama wouldn’t get an “A” on his MBA case study for this one.\u00a0 Oh, yeah – that’s right – he’s dead.\u00a0 I wonder if anyone in his family – maybe his mom – mourns his passing.\u00a0 Porno-watching, egomaniacal, false prophet.\u00a0 What kind of a man follows such a man?\u00a0\u00a0 Porno-watching, insecure losers looking to follow anyone that says they know the way.\u00a0 That’s a sad indictment of an entire culture.\u00a0 But then the Arab spring in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Libya – maybe Iran next? – says maybe that’s no longer the vision young, middle-eastern men want to have for themselves.\u00a0 Contrary to my son’s opinions, I have great hopes for the Arab spring – maybe the times they are a changin’ for those young people.\u00a0 We can only hope.<\/p>\n
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Eight more days until 9\/11’s 10th anniversary…every time I watch another episode of “Rising” on either Discovery or the Science channel, I am so proud of my country and its inhabitants.\u00a0 What terrorists did to those buildings full of innocent … Continue reading