One of the most annoying phrases after the Islamic fundamentalist attacks of 9/11 is that “everything changed.” Yes, there were some changes after 9/11, but for the average American it can only be experienced by walking through an airport. The nation is still as divided, distracted, politically correct, celebrity obsessed, and apathetic as it was September 10, 2001.
One could argue that everything has gotten worse. Thanks to technology advancements we’re more divided, distracted, political correct, celebrity obsessed, and apathetic than ever before. At Marietta College in Ohio the school is threatening to cancel the 9/11 memorial if flags from other countries are not displayed.
When she went into complain to the student life office, Snow said she was told: “We have a global outlook at this school and we cannot ignore the Chinese and Muslim students who also suffered losses” and “We need to look at all aspects of the event so there isn’t a negative reaction from the International Students.”
Snow said she never received any complaints from foreign students who felt left out.
This is the United States ten years after 9/11. The nation of the offended. Marietta College believes it’s offensive to celebrate the patriotism that erupted after 9/11.
Ten years ago I was a college student working part-time at Home Depot. After the attacks there was a rush of people looking for American flags. The store was sold out almost immediately. It took a couple of weeks before we had enough flags for demand. I remember a car that used to drive around the parking lot covered in flags. The car was a flag seller and these small time operations were popping up all over country to meet the demand. I never would have thought that ten years later an act of patriotism would be offensive at a small college in Ohio.
Ten years later the average American can tell you more about the Green Bay Packers, Jersey Shore, iPads, or the Kardashians than can explain our current path to bankruptcy. No, the nation did not become more serious after the attack. Nothing changed.
Now that LeBron James has left Ohio for the sunny shores of Miami Beach the fallout begins. The city of Cleveland and the state of Ohio are devastated that one of their own has left for greener (sandier) pastures. Should they be surprised? I moved to Sarasota, Florida six years ago and the most common transplant I encounter are people from Ohio. It’s like a mass exodus. Some of my best friends are people who left Ohio to move to the beautiful third-world banana republic village of Sarasota. Who can blame them? Would you rather go to Siesta Key or Dayton? It’s a no brainer. You never hear anyone say, “Wow! Cleveland is such a great place!”
I don’t want to rag on Cleveland, though I kinda just did (I forgot to mention Dennis Kucinich is a former mayor of Cleveland). I’m sure there are some great places there and I’m sure some people love the city. It’s obvious, though, that not everyone feels the same way. However, before anyone says what’s-his-face betrayed his hometown, what about all the people from Ohio that live in Florida? They still get excited about the Ohio State Buckeyes every time they get crushed by an SEC opponent in a bowl game. Are these transplants betraying their state by moving? If Ohio is so great why do people keep moving here? Maybe these people like the fact they don’t have to pay state income tax. Maybe it’s because it doesn’t snow here. Maybe Ohio just isn’t as nice as Florida.
The last time I checked in with Harvey Wasserman it was August, 2007. Back then he was worried about President Bush canceling the 2008 election.
We must also assume that if it appears to Team Bush/Cheney/Rove that the GOP will lose the 2008 election anyway (as it lost in Ohio 2006) we cannot ignore the possibility that they would simply cancel the election. Those who think this crew will quietly walk away from power are simply not paying attention. The real question is not how or when they might do it. It’s how, realistically, we can stop them.
I guess Wasserman’s defense is that he stopped Bush from stealing the election? Of course no one tried to cancel the election; it’s just insane talk. Wasserman could be simply ignored but his idiotic rants are posted on various sites including the Huffington Post. Plus, he’s had articles published in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Boston Globe. The man is a textbook example BDS. For example, just take a look at his June 24 article titled OOPS! We rigged the Iran/Florida-Ohio vote count AGAIN!!
Blackwell and Bush then used a lethal mix of black box machines, faulty scantrons and hijacked ballots to finish the job. Blackwell worked with Diebold, ES&S, Triad, and other electronic magicians that let him disappear or switch all the votes he needed with a few keystrokes at around 2am election night. His high-tech IT henchman, Michael Connell, has since died in a mysterious plane crash.
This is an article that’s supposedly about the Iranian election, but it just serves as an outlet for another crazy rant by Wasserman. It’s unbelievable that five years later people are so insane that they believe the 2004 election was stolen. If Wasserman was really concerned about voter fraud shouldn’t he have been in Minnesota? Where is his outrage about ACORN? It doesn’t exist because Wasserman is in a closet wearing a tin foil hat waiting for nuclear winter.
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