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September 11, 2001

The World Has Turned

The World Has Turned

It's all anyone is talking about, so I'm not going to say much beyond this:

The World Has Turned, and I don't know what tomorrow will bring. I have this feeling that things will never be the same.

Here's my number one fear: I fear that Bush (who disgusts me, so just know that, and save your flames for someone who cares) will see this as an opportunity to look "Presidential", and bomb "Them" back to the stone age, and figure out who "They" are later. Sure, I think that we should find out who did this, and deal with them...but I fear the way it's going to be handled.

Loren makes a great point: there is all this talk about how our intelligence missed this, and whatnot. I greatly fear the laws that are going to come out of this thing. I am really afraid of what's going to happen to our privacy because of this. Just something to think about, while we all try to process this stuff.

This site seems to have a good timeline, if you're interested, and Slashdot has a good discussion going. I suggest listening very carefully to what you hear on the news, especially as there is less new info to report, and the carefully coiffed anchors begin speculating and exploiting, in an effort to hold your attention. I suggest reading IndyMedia and CommonDreams, as good alternative sources of information, free of spin and agenda.

In the mean time, please go and give blood. Especially if you're O-. I know that the thing I feel the most right now is helpless, and giving blood is something, however small, that we can do to help out, and maybe not feel so helpless.

Okay, I've said enough, which is more than I wanted to in the first place. I have cool Vega$ stories to tell, but I just don't feel like telling them today. Maybe tomorrow.

Posted by wil at September 11, 2001 02:35 PM