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Sep. 6th, 2002 08:57 amI was watching the joint session of Congress on C-Span.
Imagine a whole day of congressmen giving the same speech about September 11, about the horrible loss of life, the bravery of the firefighters and the passengers on Flight 93, the resillience of the American public. Sitting through a whole day of that.
If a congressman actually decided to introduce a quick bill about something unrelated in the middle of that, he'd be a hero to all those in attendance. In fact, I'd say it's something that NEEDS to be done, as a statement that it's not good for the human mind to spend great stretches of time wanking over the tragedy. Or at least one of them should talk about some great pre-tragedy New York experience, about some Broadway show they saw or some street musician they saw in the subway or whatever. But no, that would be too human.
Actually, now that I flip back to it, the speeches have ended and they're all going for a nice walk for some politically symbolic effect. The caption at the bottom reads "Federal Hall National Memorial".
It's times like this that make me thing that George W. Bush referring to his Texas compound as "the Western White House" is the coolest thing ever. We need a Western White House. As an Arizona resident, I like the idea of a federal government office born on our side of the country, and I wish it were actually true, and not just something his advisors told him to say so it wouldn't like he was on vacation.
But perhaps it's a blessing, because right now, on C-Span, New York City looks exactly like Washington D.C.
Imagine a whole day of congressmen giving the same speech about September 11, about the horrible loss of life, the bravery of the firefighters and the passengers on Flight 93, the resillience of the American public. Sitting through a whole day of that.
If a congressman actually decided to introduce a quick bill about something unrelated in the middle of that, he'd be a hero to all those in attendance. In fact, I'd say it's something that NEEDS to be done, as a statement that it's not good for the human mind to spend great stretches of time wanking over the tragedy. Or at least one of them should talk about some great pre-tragedy New York experience, about some Broadway show they saw or some street musician they saw in the subway or whatever. But no, that would be too human.
Actually, now that I flip back to it, the speeches have ended and they're all going for a nice walk for some politically symbolic effect. The caption at the bottom reads "Federal Hall National Memorial".
It's times like this that make me thing that George W. Bush referring to his Texas compound as "the Western White House" is the coolest thing ever. We need a Western White House. As an Arizona resident, I like the idea of a federal government office born on our side of the country, and I wish it were actually true, and not just something his advisors told him to say so it wouldn't like he was on vacation.
But perhaps it's a blessing, because right now, on C-Span, New York City looks exactly like Washington D.C.
