Wednesday, September 12, 2001
so yeah, my friend is ok. that was a big relief :/
the comfort i take in this whole situation is that bush will not be making the decisions alone. he probably won't be making the decisions period. he has tons of highly trained staff and advisors to keep him occupied while they make the decisions, now that something important has come up. i hardly find his speeches inspiring. there is nothing notable to remember about them. there is nothing moving like "a day that will live in infamy" to touch me. his speech this morning came off as a bunch of one liners strung together to try and be powerful and touch my emotions and come off as that one line that everyone remembers, but didn't actually say anything. at least he will have the balls to do what needs to be done, at least that is my hope.
today i am not proud to be american, i am afraid. i am afraid that this could happen again. i am afraid that we will devote all our resources to making the skies safe, only to have someone drive a semi full of enough explosives to destroy everything in a 2 block radius into the side of a building. i am afraid that once we let our guard down, it will all happen again. i am afraid that some crazy bastard will get his hands on a nuclear missile and drop it into the middle of some densely populated city. mostly i am afraid that whoever did this will not be caught, that they will get away unpunished.
trav, i'm sorry, but you came off as really heartless there :/
the comfort i take in this whole situation is that bush will not be making the decisions alone. he probably won't be making the decisions period. he has tons of highly trained staff and advisors to keep him occupied while they make the decisions, now that something important has come up. i hardly find his speeches inspiring. there is nothing notable to remember about them. there is nothing moving like "a day that will live in infamy" to touch me. his speech this morning came off as a bunch of one liners strung together to try and be powerful and touch my emotions and come off as that one line that everyone remembers, but didn't actually say anything. at least he will have the balls to do what needs to be done, at least that is my hope.
today i am not proud to be american, i am afraid. i am afraid that this could happen again. i am afraid that we will devote all our resources to making the skies safe, only to have someone drive a semi full of enough explosives to destroy everything in a 2 block radius into the side of a building. i am afraid that once we let our guard down, it will all happen again. i am afraid that some crazy bastard will get his hands on a nuclear missile and drop it into the middle of some densely populated city. mostly i am afraid that whoever did this will not be caught, that they will get away unpunished.
trav, i'm sorry, but you came off as really heartless there :/
