Memories
Sixth and Seventh Avenues south of 14th Street in NYC used to offer great views of the World Trade Center. One spot in particular, at Greenwich Avenue and 7th Avenue South had a great view. The fence around a lot there has served as a wall for a memorial.
I've been thinking a bit lately about GW Bush's now famous Sept. 14, 2001 speech. In the audience that night were the leaders of Great Britain and France. I was encouraged to see them there. I naively thought that J. Chirac and T. Blair flew to Wash. DC to counsel Bush about the best and most proven means in stopping terrorism like changing foreign policy to eliminate factors that influence people to pursue terrorism and working to be less violent than the terrorists themselves.
Instead the world heard the words, "either you're with us or against us." and the "axis of evil".
Once upon a time I worked within the management of a Fortune 50 (Not 500) company. My direct manager who served in the US Army as a 'tunnel rat' in Vietnam taught me this; There are two things you can never go back on in life; missed opportunity and the spoken word."
It saddens me that the last six years have been such a sad and bloody affair.
I've been thinking a bit lately about GW Bush's now famous Sept. 14, 2001 speech. In the audience that night were the leaders of Great Britain and France. I was encouraged to see them there. I naively thought that J. Chirac and T. Blair flew to Wash. DC to counsel Bush about the best and most proven means in stopping terrorism like changing foreign policy to eliminate factors that influence people to pursue terrorism and working to be less violent than the terrorists themselves.
Instead the world heard the words, "either you're with us or against us." and the "axis of evil".
Once upon a time I worked within the management of a Fortune 50 (Not 500) company. My direct manager who served in the US Army as a 'tunnel rat' in Vietnam taught me this; There are two things you can never go back on in life; missed opportunity and the spoken word."
It saddens me that the last six years have been such a sad and bloody affair.
posted by Runs With Scissors at 8:59 AM
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