tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092996210304232071.post2074224432495157049..comments2023-09-03T04:29:24.818-05:00Comments on poesophical bits: 9/11+10Philip Thrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03021615111948806998noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092996210304232071.post-70101207064816693522011-09-12T06:47:21.587-05:002011-09-12T06:47:21.587-05:00I do think that if Gore rather than Bush had been ...I do think that if Gore rather than Bush had been 's'elected president in 2000 that there would have not been the Iraq invasion and war that followed. On economic issues (taxes, financial meltdown), it's harder to analyze how Gore would have changed the course. But I do think the decade without the Bush-Cheney Iraq invasion would have been different.Philip Thrifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021615111948806998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092996210304232071.post-46962015446103340212011-09-12T06:22:31.378-05:002011-09-12T06:22:31.378-05:00This is more of a commentary than a poem but you&#...This is more of a commentary than a poem but you're all ignoring the fact that it doesn't matter who gets in - the system is broke (in more ways than one).rchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10390033530066470195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092996210304232071.post-82384657209009639562011-09-11T16:54:47.454-05:002011-09-11T16:54:47.454-05:00It is hard to believe 10 years has past but it has...It is hard to believe 10 years has past but it has but the memories will never pass from this day. it was a day the world stood in shock at what happened and many prayers were sent out from all around the world this day <br />http://gatelesspassage.com/2011/09/11/the-sorrow-of-our-times/Ann LeFlorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09421100825301270608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092996210304232071.post-58447203465435623862011-09-11T16:36:52.796-05:002011-09-11T16:36:52.796-05:00One of the more interesting thought-games is to sp...One of the more interesting thought-games is to speculate about what the decade would have been if Bush-v-Gore went the other way in 2000. (We could see a repeat of that in 2012.)Philip Thrifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021615111948806998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092996210304232071.post-17199067693556000682011-09-11T15:57:51.838-05:002011-09-11T15:57:51.838-05:00Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but one thing t...Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but one thing that happened that's different is we had a fundamentalist president. Possibly the worst person for the job at the worst time. That opened up new possibilities, none of them good. I do think America has changed and not for the better. <br /><br />For me the urge to "remember" means 2 things. One, to memorialize and show respect for the innocent dead. And two, to think about how other courses of action would surely have had better results for everyone.Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092996210304232071.post-57573255654197723172011-09-11T14:18:21.973-05:002011-09-11T14:18:21.973-05:00... yes. not to wax all political or anything, but...... yes. not to wax all political or anything, but i sometimes wonder what it would really take. real change might no longer be a viable possibility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092996210304232071.post-86756576254519613822011-09-11T13:21:20.813-05:002011-09-11T13:21:20.813-05:00We live in scarey times. Trying not to allow my p...We live in scarey times. Trying not to allow my politics to blend into a day of memory, but I have to agree with your poem.California Ink in Motionhttp://themslvh.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092996210304232071.post-86996099544772589442011-09-11T10:35:50.079-05:002011-09-11T10:35:50.079-05:00pow. thank you...i am glad for the change of tone ...pow. thank you...i am glad for the change of tone from the rest...and i have similar questions...we are poised now on the grand junction of our nation and i am somewhat fearful of who takes the helm next....Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092996210304232071.post-48724178614626209072011-09-11T10:26:13.923-05:002011-09-11T10:26:13.923-05:00I also have no internal knowledge of what you spea...I also have no internal knowledge of what you speak of in this intereting and constuctive poem - but i like the fact that you have taken it on and sincerley delivered something alternative whilst maintaining an appropriate amount of respect. It is such an expansive topic so i will not comment on specifics but i liked your poem a lot.Arron Shillinghttp://tom-eliot.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092996210304232071.post-80088360004640542622011-09-11T10:14:53.719-05:002011-09-11T10:14:53.719-05:00i don't feel really qualified to comment on th...i don't feel really qualified to comment on this but from an outsider point of view it seems that america has changed since then...just from what we europeans hear and see on tv..but i have never been to america...so yes...just my humble thoughtsClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.com