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...pull down a Saddam-style statue effigy of the visiting President Bush, and a twin suicide bombing in Turkey injured hundreds and killed dozens, among them the British consul, in a signal that al Qaeda had thoroughly infiltrated that country. But I got only two Breaking News E-mail Alerts??one to tell me that Michael Jackson was in custody, another to tell me that he had been booked and bailed. And lest one come down too hard on ABC News, the emphasis was almost universal. When I tuned to CNN to see how the president was faring...
...revisions necessary for a postmillennial American public, the ideological script is remarkably easy to follow. Now if, as someone said in class the other day, “terrorism is the new communism,” the rest follows neatly: coming out of Washington are “Red Alerts?? and “Freedom Fries,” while coming out of us is grim humor and heavy irony. Meanwhile our freedom endures a precipitous rise in CIA funding and the renewed persecution of left-wing groups. A thin pretext for attacking a maligned third-world country...
...have had several “high alerts?? since Sept. 11. Consistently, we have been told to resume our regular routines in a sign of solidarity and strength. The day after the attacks, we were instructed by our government officials, and by the president of this University, to get back to work so that Osama bin Laden, would- be terrorists and the whole world would witness our resolve. So the first battle we were asked to fight in this war against terrorism was to fight our own fear. Instead of fear for ourselves and our loved ones...
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