Homeland Security
Every day, on my way to class, I walk by a sobering reminder of the inadequacy of our President as a leader and as a protector of our country.
On the waterway is a monument to the victims of 9/11 that were from Jersey City. Behind the monument is a twisted girder pulled from the rubble, draped with an American flag and always at least a dozen bunches of flowers.
When I see that monument, I wonder to myself how it could be that half of this country doesn't realize that President Bush could have prevented that tragedy. I wonder how so many Americans don't realize that President Bush created a Department of Homeland Security after 9/11, then cut funding for it. Or how he reduced pay for soldiers and cut funding for localized first responders (i.e., police and fire departments).
Then I realize that the states that were actually affected most drastically by terrorist attacks – New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. – all voted against President Bush. The places where security mattered most showed their lack of confidence in the President. California, Washington, Massachusetts and Illinois, homes to the cities of Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston and Chicago – places that would most likely be alternative targets for terrorist attacks – also voted for against President Bush.
Why do the places who are most affected by these things have their voices ignored when the rest of the country, who has also been fucked over gives the President a questionable “mandate” to enact hateful, destructive laws and appoint neocon judges to the highest courts?
On the waterway is a monument to the victims of 9/11 that were from Jersey City. Behind the monument is a twisted girder pulled from the rubble, draped with an American flag and always at least a dozen bunches of flowers.
When I see that monument, I wonder to myself how it could be that half of this country doesn't realize that President Bush could have prevented that tragedy. I wonder how so many Americans don't realize that President Bush created a Department of Homeland Security after 9/11, then cut funding for it. Or how he reduced pay for soldiers and cut funding for localized first responders (i.e., police and fire departments).
Then I realize that the states that were actually affected most drastically by terrorist attacks – New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. – all voted against President Bush. The places where security mattered most showed their lack of confidence in the President. California, Washington, Massachusetts and Illinois, homes to the cities of Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston and Chicago – places that would most likely be alternative targets for terrorist attacks – also voted for against President Bush.
Why do the places who are most affected by these things have their voices ignored when the rest of the country, who has also been fucked over gives the President a questionable “mandate” to enact hateful, destructive laws and appoint neocon judges to the highest courts?
posted by Dave at 2:48:00 PM
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