Posted on 10/23/2004 9:21:51 PM PDT by Ligeia
On September 11, 2001, Americans awoke to a lovely dawn. Reality soon roused them from a long slumber. The airliners slamming into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and the Pennsylvania countryside supposedly shattered American innocence. Ignorance more accurately describes the pre-attack attitude. The incidents did not represent something unprecedented, but were instead the latest battle in a war only one side had been waging for a decade and more.
The days following the enormities found a wounded nation ready for decisive action. Flags displayed everywhere reflected love and resolve. If the image of firefighters raising the Stars and Stripes resembled the iconography of Iwo Jima, then the reference was apt. The first responders fought as shock troops. In the war against jihadism, the nation must be an army of everyone.
A man few would consider eloquent gave voice to the nation's strength and abiding goodness. His addresses during a memorial service and to a joint session of Congress lifted a land that is not simply a country but a cause. The ceremony at the National Cathedral concluded with "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and the sword - terrible and swift, righteous and just - descended upon the Taliban, the sectarian extremists who consorted with Osama, al-Qaeda, and other blaspheming goons. We did not start this war, the speaker explained, but the hostilities will end in a manner and at a time of our choosing. The posters and the bumper stickers said, "United We Stand!" Yet protesters took to the streets at the very beginning, eager as ever to blame America first.
The troops persevered.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesdispatch.com ...
A newspaper with integrity. They're getting harder to find.
A Poe fan, they're getting hard to find as well.
At least the socialists have not claimed all of the newspaper editorial pages yet! Go Bush!
This one's days may be numbered as it's been purchased by a liberal media conglomerate, Media General. MG's influence has been noticeable but so far the editorial page has remained conservative.
Oh man. That makes me angry. The editorial page will just be the last to bite the dust.
Much to the chagrin of the occultists, some of us see Poe in a Christian light. When I read the "Ligeia" story, I see a Christian resurrection.
You've obviously never spent much time in the West End of Richmond. If the Times-Dispatch goes liberal, they will loose 100,000+ subscribers.
Misunderstood writer (and I promise not to turn your thread into a lit thread). But the guy didn't deserve the reputation he had. He was perverse and his perversity led him to name as executor of his estate, the one person who hated...the occultists and druggies have no idea what they're talking about in regards to Poe.
Go Bush!
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