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It is only now that the damage from last Septembers staggeringly cold-hearted attack can be assessed. Its no longer counted in lives lost, but in a wounding to the national soul with crucial domestic issues put on hold…

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06:24pm Sep 5, 2002 EDT

In the Cold War the US exploited the ""rights"" then abandoned the responsibilities inherent with exploiting the rights afforded a superpower state. One of those exploitable ""rights"" is being able to employ a…

What Can We Learn Here

Not everyone is buying this Everlasting War on
Terrorism"". This Administration's Oil Industry
dominated, war mongering foreign policy is turning
America into the biggest rogue nation of all. National
Guard Air Defense…

All tragedies come from the clearest of skies. This enhances the sense of horror, desolation, shock, and numbness that assails the human soul. ' How can it be?' we ask, that a day that began so hope-filled and sun-lit could end as one of the darkest…

"Agenda Interrupted"

,"Our nation can be viewed as a nation with two agendas: the populist agenda and the Bush agenda. The populist agenda received considerable attention in the 2000 campaign and afterwards, at least in words if not in action.…

"Agenda Interrupted"

Agenda Interrupted


Before Sept. 11, the news reported that because there
was a surplus in 2000, President Bush approved a tax
cut . This tax cut however only benefited the wealthy
and corporate side of America leaving the…

"Toward a More Perfect Union: Lesson Learned-Or Not-Since 9/11"

Who knows what tomorrow may bring and what waves will
hit you next. What occurred on September 11, 2001 was
considered a wake up call as some say, but was it
really?…

Toward A More Perfect Union

September 11th was a wake up call for us because we
realized that we should be more united. My belief is
be united because you never know who is going to lose
their life next. It might be your uncle or brother in
the…

Less than 5,000 people died in the 911 thing... 60,000 people died last year on the freeways.... Why aren't we tracking down Firestone, and drunk drivers instead of Osama? Why are we building memorials instead of mass transit? Why are they suing…

Nine eleven was a terrible day for all americans. So
many lives died living in the country of freedom. The
people of the United States of America are angry at
such a horrible act against our country. We want war!
We want justice! And most of all we…

The lessons Americans draw from September 11 come from answers to the question, What role does the United States play in the world?

On the one hand, the left identifies America as an empire posing as
historys first philanthropic superpower. In this…

Perhaps the Agendas interruption was overdue. Who really needed to spend last summer watching the all-Chandra-all-the-time soap opera or a shamelessly hyped (but statistically insignificant) increase in shark attacks? It was time to get real.…

No longer do we bask in the economic growth of the nineties. Rather, we sulk in the aftermath of 911 and the crushing economic Boom;"" the crumbling of major corporations and the uncovering of corporate greed at its best. Oh George W., where do we…

AFTER THE TOWERS MELTED


It may have been blasphemous, even cruel,
but someone wrote poetry after The Great Plague.
Others wrote in the midst of it, dying.
It was written in the trenches in France.
Scott wrote it at the South Pole.
During the…

Since that dark day last year, the nation has been understandably
distracted. Now, what were we saying about Privatization again?


The Great Experiment (Version 2) -- namely, privatization of anything
that moved -- was in full sway before the…

Toward A More Perfect Union


The terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 really
shocked everyone. It brought hurt to the families that
lost a loved one. It also brought hurt to the people
who believed that we were a strong nation and that
nothing…

Toward A More Perfect Union


Arrogance is a relative term. Dictionaries go on about the state of being this or that, but arrogance is wholly subjective. There is no objective state of affairs wherein claims of success are measured against reality…

Grieving 9/11/01
a sorrow gathered from years before
Anguished for victims
within and off our shore.
Grieving
not selecting which side to bless All life cherished,
the poor, the oppressed.
Grieving
""we the people"" not just the…

POEM:

The Bully Pulpit

Before the Twin Towers, the USA thought
it was number one and acted like it. Kid
bullied kid in school till the bullied shot
back. The governor of Texas did
the same, joking with a fellow frat
boy about executing Carla Fay:…