Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 17:56:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: master of time and space <sistersunshine5-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: compulsory patriotism


hello all!
the thing that bothers me most about the 9-11 tragedy
has been the surge of compulsory patriotism. friday
was supposed to be official "wear red, white, and blue
day" and of course i wore black. i was explaining to a
friend of mine, a friend who is arab-american, that i
was wearing black to show that while i was in mourning
over the lives lost, i am not proud to be an american.
he looked at me and said "i'm glad that you feel that
way. i am not allowed to say that these days." this in
the land of the free. heh.
imho, *people* are coming together to help the
victims. *people* are donating their time, money,
blood, prayers, whatever, to help *humanity*.
*americans* on the other hand, want revenge. they are
hungry for blood. and the symbol of this is the
american flag.
i'm rallying around a lil blue marble called the
earth. :)  

anyway, i wanted to pass on this (almost) first hand
account of what happened at cnn on tuesday. it's
written by a friend of a friend who's aunt works at
cnn. it's gotta be at least as real as what the media
tells us. ;)

"my aunt said the whole thing was very chatoic, but
they were immediately evacuated and they were aware
that the cnn center was target, I am not sure if this
was before the pentagon was hit or not, but it was
early in the day....  
she said we turned over operations of at&t and cnn to
the government at 10:30 am and only essential
technical staff and essential reporters and the feds
were left at the cnn center.

the bottom line here is that she felt that those in
charge of the situation in atlanta knew atlanta was a
target tuesday am, and this was announced to us
(public) on saturday.....
also that the government presence at the cnn center is
always there, but the news that we are getting is very
filtered (much more that usual)

Not that this should be new information to you, but I
just thought you my be interested in an almost first
hand account. "


love,
shannon





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