Journal: katz is a pinko commie bastard

the following is a comment i posted earlier tonight which it is likely that no one will ever read. i haven't made any other comments- on say my website or anything- but i think this pretty much sums up my feeling on the aftereffects of tuesday mess. before i leave this with my comment, i would like to add that nothing fired up my patriotism quite like seeing my romanian born professor nearly break down in lecture yesterday while he was saying his piece on tuesday's events. basically he said that he couldn't wrap his mind around why someone would attack our way of life- this flagship of democracy. anyway, i really respect the guy, especially given his outsider's view on things.

normally when crazy things happen, like the oklahoma federal building getting blown up or columbine or something, i remain on the whole fairly calloused because i feel the media sensationalistic coverage disrespects the dead. this time, i'm unconcerned about the media and only about what will happen next....now here's that comment:

heh, great flamebait title- seriously, i usually gloss over katz articles, especially given the usual amount of anti-katz comments which dangle below. this time, beyond anything else katz said, or has ever said, one thing stuck out in my mind about this article, and i quote:

Mayor Guiliani of New York clearly rose to the tragedy. President Bush, sticking to his cautious sing-song monotone, fled to various bunkers and seemed to shrink throughout the day. Guiliani got bigger by the hour. Defying advice that he hide out until the shooting stopped, he rushed to the scene, was nearly killed, calmed the city down and took charge of the clean-up and rescue. Bush got on his best suit and stuck to the prompter. At least that was the image that TV brought of us of these two very different leaders.

my god, so katz says guiliani was near a place where there was "shooting"? he might as well have said guiliani=god, bush=dogpoo for all the maturity of that statement. A time when more consideration should be shown towards safety, especially of public officials, and patriotism than there has been need for in what, sixty years, is not the time or place for denigrating the president of the country. i'm a lifetime democrat for pete's sake, and even i recognize when the safety of the president is a wee bit more important than some cavorting around the rubble of a mass grave for the PR boost it gets from irrational touchy-feely types who will be the ones cowering should this turn out to be more than what already has happened. I'm going to spend the next few minutes trying not to be sick.

and that's it, i'm going back to bed.

peace,
laura