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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jttmab who wrote (9692)	1/22/2002 9:11:21 AM
From: Angler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

JT: you got that right - a great analogy! I'm getting angrier reading current op pieces along the information hiway. I wished it was just the Burma Shave signs of my youth many years ago. Nothing's funny any more. For instance: reading the letters to the editor the other morning, I found one from a young woman (I presume in her 30s maybe) that took offense at all this "focus on dates like 9-11." Even December 7th in her view was a waste of time to recall as dates are insignificant with what occurs from week to week now. So who will care or know about Dec. 7th 100 yrs. from now? Well, of course, folks like myself born in the 20s will always remember Dec. 7th, but didn't she realize that December 7th brought us into World War II (the conflict that spawned Searching for Private Ryan in her day)? Perhaps, her grandfather's cousin Charlie, who she never met, got killed on that same beach? What's the use of recording history if we throw out all the dates even the sentimental ones? I'm sure that not every young person feels that way about dates. Birthdates, wedding dates. But how about the generic President's day? No more recollection of Lincoln and Washington? They've taken the founders names off of major byways lately replacing them with current activists. One such became even International Blvd. I'm told. What's new is better? Trying to impress my grandsons that their human mind is a computer only faster and more agile, and they should download good stuff into their memory bank. They don't seem to bridge the significance and connections between time, space, and events - and their own future yet. All this concentration on high activity with immediate results using visual tools by reflexes results in a nerd mentality IMO. Something good surely is lost along the way - like why make it when you can buy it cheaper. Angler