Is Terrorism Making You Sick?

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Another EXCELLENT Morford today...

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Two full years after the 9/11 maelstrom and two years during which the term "hero" has been molested and slapped around and "patriotism" has been smashed and reconfigured into some mutant shellacked Maria Shriver-like perma-saluting mannequin, a conservative plastic surgeon's wet dream, all fake smiles and bleached teeth and Botoxed worry lines and pumped-up, silicone-enhanced flag-waving bravado you no longer relate to in the slightest.

And yep, sure enough, the world, as promised, has never been the same. Not one single heartfelt notion of large-scale, tangible peace and unity and tenderness among nations, no true sense of stunned, sad coming together in the wake of tragedy has managed to survive, has made it through the warmongering onslaught of the BushCo juggernaut. Nice time to be an American, really.

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This is where we are. We are the world's rogue superpower, attacking without provocation, launching war without a true enemy, not to be trusted in the slightest, our international U.N. standing at its lowest level in 50 years, the most embarrassing and inarticulate, spoon-fed president in decades.

Depressing stuff indeed. But wait, what about you? Forget BushCo's reamings and Cheney's hateful sneer and Rummy's black eyes and the fact that Disney AOL Time Warner Microsoft ExxonMobil owns everything you see and hear. What have you done, in yourself, since 9/11? Is that a viable question now?

(Please go read the rest of it here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2003/09/12/notes091203.DTL

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1. all should read this:

Morford, as usual, takes you at first by the ear and then later by the heart to the most perfect place that we all should be. Splendid!

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2. Glad SOMEBODY Liked it...

Sunk like a stone, so I posted it in Editorials.
This guy is the best wordsmith out there... but I say that every week.
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