Posted by floatingbridge on August 9, 2011, at 6:14:40
In reply to Re: It came in the mail., posted by sigismund on August 8, 2011, at 23:17:48
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Sigi, I must know this gentleman. I actually have no comment other than to say he has touched the core of my experience as an American citizen. It is maddening, outrageous, and ultimately tragically sad. September 11th awoke me to the deep dysfunction of my country, something I grieve. For myself, growing up as a US citizen was believing in such goodness, like being part of a fairy tale which pits good against evil. As a young adult I adopted a default pessimistic cynicism like a shell as only a true believer can. The aftermath of Sept 11th smashed that shell, and I was radically disenchanted.
When I see the soldiers going to war and giving their all as he puts it, I feel that there is no one behind them except their families.
I dig a pony.
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