Re: Harper's, June, pg. 9
- From: Undecided <woesong@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 19:12:36 -0700
Asha Anderson wrote:
And let's not forget the Bush Administration's supreme incompetency
surrounding 9-11.
Bubbleboy went into a coma for 11 1/2 hours, and all of the three-letter codes then tried unsuccessfully to call one another on their cells, and even the firefighters in the North Tower had no idea what was happened in the South, and all of the scrambling and the mighty decisions and the rush and the anxiety and the Keystone Kops bumping into one another began one full hour after the last plane hit the ground.
http://www.nerdnosh.com/warp.htm
It was exactly like King Kong flailing helplessly at the modern world.
... as America drools in front of the boob tube. We threw out our
television set about 4 years ago. We'd had enough. Ever walk through a
neighborhood at night and see that eerie TV low emanating from the
darkened living rooms? Inside what do you see? Motionless bodies
facing a flickering light. Horrifying.
This is the exact sentiment expressed during the Berkeley phase of Dharma Bums. You should read that, if you haven't. It compares Gary Snyder to those zombies you speak of, but this was circa 1954, the first generation of the Blue Eye Battalion.
And won't you look at them now.
--
Doubting Timus
Ubi Dubium Ibi Libertas
http://tremonius.blogspot.com/
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