We don't have cable or anything, so I was fortunately only listening to it on NPR. I got so pissed off, I switched it off and went back to watching Inspector Morse.
The man is insane to think that a) one can have a free Iraq and b) a "free" Iraq means the safety of the entire world. What worries me much more than that is his blithe opinion that we will be in Iraq "as long as it takes." I really wonder and fear if by the time my son's 18, the draft will be back in place.
I remember driving in the car shortly after Sept 11, listening to Orwellian words such as "Homeland Security" and being so fucking angry that all of this was happening. Sometimes it just seems too surreal. Passengers being hassled in the airports because their name is on the mysterious "no fly" list, but no one can tell them why. Being pushed up to code Indigo or whatever the hell this so-called terror alert thermometer is up to now.
Grrrr. I think I'll re-read your lovely journal entry instead of thinking about this.
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Date: 2004-04-14 05:58 am (UTC)The man is insane to think that a) one can have a free Iraq and b) a "free" Iraq means the safety of the entire world. What worries me much more than that is his blithe opinion that we will be in Iraq "as long as it takes." I really wonder and fear if by the time my son's 18, the draft will be back in place.
I remember driving in the car shortly after Sept 11, listening to Orwellian words such as "Homeland Security" and being so fucking angry that all of this was happening. Sometimes it just seems too surreal. Passengers being hassled in the airports because their name is on the mysterious "no fly" list, but no one can tell them why. Being pushed up to code Indigo or whatever the hell this so-called terror alert thermometer is up to now.
Grrrr. I think I'll re-read your lovely journal entry instead of thinking about this.