Wishing and Hoping

By the way, despite my previous post about being oblivious to current events, I'm not so out of it that I haven't noticed that the right-wing media seems to be looking forward to another 9/11-level terrorist attack. Stu Bykofsky of the Philadelphia Daily News wrote on Thursday:

America's fabric is pulling apart like a cheap sweater.

What would sew us back together?

Another 9/11 attack.

The Golden Gate Bridge. Mount Rushmore. Chicago's Wrigley Field. The Philadelphia subway system. The U.S. is a target-rich environment for al Qaeda.

Is there any doubt they are planning to hit us again?

If it is to be, then let it be.

It took virtually no time for many in the reactionary media, Drudge, FOX News, right talk radio, to celebrate Bykosky's vision. And it was awfully thoughtful of Bykosky to suggest some possible sites for the projected deaths of thousands of Americans. All of a sudden, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson's statements after 9/11 don't sound quite so odious.