I think everybody whether they
went to Nam or not, everybody had a life that was profoundly changed.
a sentence attributed to Tom
Hayden
a smart cat from what he could
remember
he wondered what circa it was
when he made his remark
he read it in a quote by John
Perry Barlow as part of an oral history to Clara Bingham for her book
Witness
to a Revolution
it was one of the books the
library system had on a short leash
a single 21 day lease and back
as if he could read a dense
358-page book and contend with all the thoughts and research it provoked
even computer-aided
a type of a lazy censorship
and nearly as bad as listing books they had but didnt have in their collection
a type of a lazy censorship
and nearly as bad as listing books they had but didnt have in their collection
in bold print at the lead into a
paragraph only one paragraph down from Haydens quote
THE WAR OVERSHADOWED EVERYTHING
this fifteenth anniversary of
September 11(he had other occasions to celebrate rather than the one they wanted to shove
down the Nations throat – never bought into its publicity its Pearl Harborness)
9/11 was the end of
Something not a Beginning unless the degradation of the country truly
sought a birth date . . .
THE WAR OVERSHADOWED
EVERYTHING
fifteen years of war in Afghanistan
what shadow had it
cast
or Iraq
or Syria
or Libya
or Yemen
the only shadows cast now are private
seen only by those in it their families and friends
Proudhuh
makes an American want to beat
their chest for their “greatest fighting men and women the world has ever seen”(Note
of Caution: our lethal technology is the greatest the world has ever seen)
our bright pennies tarnished
President Bush told fellow Americans
to get out and go around the country Do your business(“The business of America
is business” President Coolidge 1925) take your families and enjoy life
Go down to Disney World in Florida
Phil Klays sentiment too found in
his book Redeployment: We . . did a lot of shopping. Which is how America fights back
against the terrorists.
he thought what he would have done
was conscript every American of legal age who showed up in Disney World
Disneyland Six Flags Universal Studios who thought to piss away treasure unaware or uncaring what was being done in their names overseas
in black sites extrajudicial renditions Guantanamo
hed bet then
that these battlegrounds
in Americas and Corporates Long War would cast LONG SHADOWS and incense the populace
1201, Sunday,
11 9. 16
1208, Twosday,
13 9. 16
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES: And one of the great goals of this nation's war is to restore
public confidence in the airline industry and to tell the traveling public, get
onboard, do your business around the country, fly and enjoy America's great
destination spots. Go down to Disney World in Florida, take your families and
enjoy life the way we want it to be enjoyed.
