Posts tagged “9-11”
Hats
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Sewing machines at New Era Cap Co. on Friday began stitching American flags onto the caps major league baseball players will wear when they resume play next week. That is so American I don’t even know what to do with myself. Once again, some simple little story brought tears to my
Interesting Slant
Hijacking Clues May Be Red Herrings
Postponed Games
College Football Postponements
Editorial
An editorial on ESPN.com‘s Page2: Several of the terrorists, it seems, learned to fly airplanes in Florida, and one can imagine how it must have boiled their blood to witness, say, a Florida – Tennessee game. The young, robust women with so much bare skin showing. The prosperous, ample boosters with bourbon on their breaths.
Spider-Man
This kid is wearing a Spider-Man t-shirt. Isn’t that a Chevy in the background? Or a Taurus? In the short videos I keep seeing of celebrating Palestinians the men are in a Ford van. There’s even a little Ford ribbon in the windshield. Hey, kid. If you hate me … my country … so much,
Rebuild!
Rebuild It, Bigger! America will find an appropriate way to mourn. But if we must have a shrine or monument for our remorse, let’s put it on the 200th floor, right next to the antiaircraft guns. I was thinking this Tuesday night. I don’t want a shrine, or a monument, or a memorial. I want
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
I grow old … I grow old… I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they
Detained?!
The United Nations is temporarily shutting down its operations in Afghanistan which means that there will be no more flights out of the country after Thursday. It also leaves the arrested aid workers with little support. Two Americans, two Australians and six Germans are being held in detention in Kabul, charged with spreading Christianity. If
Pentagon
I’ve been saying I wanted to see an aerial view of the Pentagon, and the satellite IKONOS finally provided one. This article at CNN also shows some photos of NYC. NASA closed its major space facilities after the deadliest terrorist attack in the United States. At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA technicians took
50/50
Amazing. A poll at CNNSI.com shows voters split 50 / 50 on the question, “Should college football be played this weekend?” I voted yes. Don’t flame me or hate me, please. I just think that I want, need to be distracted right now.