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...During last month's orange alert, the fatalistic talk about contingency plans and three days' supplies of water hinted at a message no one would tell Americans plainly: we believe a terrible thing is coming, and we will not be able to stop it. Ridge had a basically Rogersian task--getting Americans to accept a terrible eventuality that they could not prevent. So Homeland Security offered a slogan--Don't Be Afraid ... Be Ready--which seemed immediately preposterous to citizens who (having grown up on Mister Rogers) knew that being afraid is normal, reasonable...
...During last month's orange alert, the fatalistic talk about contingency plans and three days' supplies of water hinted at a message no one would tell Americans plainly: we believe a terrible thing is coming, and we will not be able to stop it. Ridge had a basically Rogersian task - getting Americans to accept a terrible eventuality that they could not prevent. So Homeland Security offered a slogan - Don't Be Afraid ... Be Ready - which seemed immediately preposterous to citizens who (having grown up on Mister Rogers) knew that being afraid is normal, reasonable...
...last week seven tons of Duralumin "tractor," driven by a twelve-cylinder automobile engine, chugged into the surf of Guantanamo Bay and set out to sea. Instead of sinking, the Buck Rogersian vehicle paddled to & fro at ten miles an hour, turned, charged the beach and landed a party of U. S. Marines...
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