...or as it is sometimes referred to around here, "'temba leva blah blah 'temba leva blah blah 'tembaleva blah blah blah..." Not to minimize what happened on that day, but it sometimes seems like people try to attribute everything that's happening on this planet to that day.
"I hear miniskirts are coming back in vogue."
"Yes, well in this post 9/11 world it's important to see as much leg as possible. You see, a nice pair of gams stands in tribute to the twin towers that fell."
"Yeah, and them Ay-rabs don't like either. Take that Saddam!"
Which brings me to the next point. If around here we say "'tembaleva blah blah," you could accuse the Bush administration of saying "'tembaleva IRAQ 'tembaleva IRAQ IRAQ IRAQ..." Quickie reminder for those who forget: there wasn't a single Iraqi involved in the 9/11 attacks as far as anyone can tell. Every time Dubya & the gang says "'tembaleva IRAQ" they're just trying (and god help us, succeeding in many cases) to push your emotional buttons. The war in Iraq may get wrapped up in the guise of fighting terrorism, but until we went there Iraq really had nothing to do with terrorists. So now we've got soldiers all wrapped up in the 9/11 thing, where they really don't belong.
And we seem to have completely lost Osama. Remember him?
Anyway, I figure I'll be paying as little attention to the media today as I possibly can, because a good chunk of coverage will probably be wallowing in "tembaleva blah blah". Again, not to minimize what happened, but grieving is something personal. It doesn't do me any good to watch others deal with their pain, and I seriously doubt it helps those grieving to be doing it in the full glare of television lights with some blow-dried "news" person shoving a microphone in their face.
Posted by Jason at September 11, 2003 08:59 AM