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To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (730399)	8/1/2013 11:44:51 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1576830

9-11 Museum Chief Curator Jan Ramirez Solves Problem of Too Much Rah Rah Americanism – Finds Way to “Undercut the Myth” .......................................................................... by Maggie • 7 30, 2013 maggiesnotebook.com Stories like this turn my stomach but fully reveal the underlying problem no liberal will admit, this administration has infected and spread across our country a huge oozing sore of anti-Americanism, and yes…I do question their patriotism. The creative director of the National September 11th Memoriam Museum, Michael Shulan, thought the iconic photo of the raising of the flag in the rubble of the World Trade Towers by Ground Zero Firefighters was too “rah rah America: “I really believe that the way America will look best, the way we can really do best, is to not be Americans so vigilantly and so vehemently,” Shulan said. Raising the American Flag Over 9-11-01 Rubble Shulan wasn’t alone. Other staffers pondered hailing America too “vigilantly” as well. And what did they finally do? Chief curator Jan Ramirez proposed the fix – a way to “undercut the myth” of Americanism: Jan Ramirez, 9-11-01 Museum Curator The Franklin shot was minimized in favor of three different photos via three different angles of the flag-raising scene. “Several images undercut the myth of ‘one iconic moment,’ Ramirez said, and suggest instead an event from multiple points of view, like the attacks more broadly,” the book says. Michael Shulan, Creative Curator Shulan told the New York Post he didn’t want to reduce-down the attacks into something was “too simple.” He didn’t want to “distort” the complexity of the event.” Only someone in the arts, on the left side of the aisle in Congress or a member of Western Muslim communities cannot truthfully explain that the attacks were “jihad,” unless they’ve already committed jihad, like Nidal Hasan on trial for the Ft. Hood murders – who says he killed his fellow soldiers because we “would hate for the law of Almighty Allah to be the supreme law of the land.” It really is that simple. No myth. So simple, media isn’t talking about it.

To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (730399)	8/2/2013 11:41:56 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576830

GOP risks defections: If Boehner and Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) don’t have a coherent strategy, they risk a whole bunch of defections, especially in the Senate. In fact, some GOP senators are already acting on their own. A few were down at the White House yesterday -- Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and even Tea Party Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), for example, meeting with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, looking for some way out, some compromise. But even if the White House can forge a consensus with enough Republican senators to get something bipartisan passed, it’s unclear whether Boehner can deliver a similar compromise. It’s clear no one wants a government shutdown (other than Democratic strategists for 2014 who are convinced it will destroy the House’s GOP majority). But there’s a chance, thanks to inertia, fear of conservative criticism, that suddenly there isn’t a way out. The White House believes it has the upper hand in all these negotiations, it sees the lack of a cohesive GOP message as an opportunity to divide and conquer, er, compromise. This also means the White House is not interested in caving the way some Democrats believe they did back in 2010, 2011, or even 2012. The White House believes it has the higher ground and, supposedly, a stiffer spine. The fall is going to be a wild ride.