Today is 9/11. Memorials will happen across the country, including one at ground zero. 9/11 remains a tragedy, but I can't help but contrast our one terrorist attack to the near daily ones that happen in certain countries of the Middle East. We have had one foreign terrorist attack in recent history and average a domestic terrorist attack every
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and HAHA for Sen. Craig. "*GASP* A bathroom toe-tapper?! In our party?!" ^^ Simply hilarious. Whats so bad too is that he was SO adamant about fighting against gay rights issues.. what a twist!
aw.. now I want lunch...
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In an interview, William Gibson responds to the question concerning a multiracial character:
The character Tito is Cuban-Chinese, which seems to sort of speak to the idea that borders are dissolving. Do you think that's the way the world is moving, to the dissolution of regional distinctions?
WG: Well, I've always been interested in people who aren't from anywhere in particular. I think it's all melting. This has been true for as long as I can remember in my adult life. If I meet someone and discover that they're an absolute, very earnest nationalist, it's unlikely that I'm going to get much closer to them. I don't understand them. It doesn't matter where they're from, I just don't get it. I'm a multi-national kind of guy, I think.
Too many people - outside of the U.S. included - I feel are stuck in their own national comfort zone.
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No willing to traverse the world and be APART of the world and not just apart of a nation in it.
I agree and would follow William Gibson more because I'm sorta the same way (multi-national kind of person).
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Wait, Madeleine L'Engle died and I didn't hear smack about it until now?? *shakes fist* A Wrinkle in Time ROCKED. She will be sorely missed.
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