The Stranger in the Mirror - BOB HERBERT & Dawson College Killer, Kimveer Gill
- Herbert: Our Character - We Americans could benefit from looking in a mirror, and absorbing the shock of not recognizing what weve become.
- Dawson College Shooter: The Killer Who Brought Blood And Despair,
Suspected Montreal gunman called himself 'Angel of Death',
First person accounts,
Columbine' game was gunman's favorite game and more
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The Stranger in the Mirror
By BOB HERBERT
Published: September 14, 2006
We had elections in New York and around the country on Tuesday. But it seems to me that the biggest issue of our time is getting very short shrift from the politicians, and thats the fact that the very character of the United States is changing, and not for the better.
One of the things that stands out in my mind amid the memories of the carnage and chaos of Sept. 11, 2001, is the eerie quiet an almost prayerful quiet that hovered over a scene on the western edge of Manhattan that afternoon.
I stood for a long time outside the triage center that had been set up at the Chelsea Piers sports and entertainment complex. Sunlight glistened off the roofs of ambulances lined up in military fashion on the West Side Highway. Doctors, nurses and other medical personnel were standing by, waiting for what they thought would be the arrival of legions of seriously wounded victims in need of emergency care.
There seemed to be very little talking. As I recall, most of the people maintained a kind of stunned, awed silence.
Continued:
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Israeli president begins short leave of absence; probe turns to wire-tapping
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Princeton Professor Raises Alarm over Electronic Voting, Hacks Test Machine
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Hack the vote? No problem
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Cut Off, Gazan Economy Nears Collapse
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Air America Ch. 11 rumors in the Air again
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/12362706.html
Dawson College Shooter: The Killer Who Brought Blood And Despair
Suspected Montreal gunman called himself 'Angel of Death'
First person accounts
Columbine' game was gunman's favorite game
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/12365396.html
And More on Today's Newswire
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/2006/09/14/
MARC PARENT
CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/ Homepage
http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/14409 Archived
http://www.dailykos.com/user/ccnwon Archived
The Stranger in the Mirror
By BOB HERBERT
Published: September 14, 2006
We had elections in New York and around the country on Tuesday. But it seems to me that the biggest issue of our time is getting very short shrift from the politicians, and thats the fact that the very character of the United States is changing, and not for the better.
One of the things that stands out in my mind amid the memories of the carnage and chaos of Sept. 11, 2001, is the eerie quiet an almost prayerful quiet that hovered over a scene on the western edge of Manhattan that afternoon.
I stood for a long time outside the triage center that had been set up at the Chelsea Piers sports and entertainment complex. Sunlight glistened off the roofs of ambulances lined up in military fashion on the West Side Highway. Doctors, nurses and other medical personnel were standing by, waiting for what they thought would be the arrival of legions of seriously wounded victims in need of emergency care.
There seemed to be very little talking. As I recall, most of the people maintained a kind of stunned, awed silence.
Continued:
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/12364958.html
YouTube: VIDEO: Watch Condi's Date With Canadian Foreign Minister - Video
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/12366515.html
Atta in Prague - Bush Lied
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/12366082.html
Israeli president begins short leave of absence; probe turns to wire-tapping
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/12360917.html
Princeton Professor Raises Alarm over Electronic Voting, Hacks Test Machine
YouTube: DIEBOLD HACKED - New Video
Hack the vote? No problem
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/12358007.html
Cut Off, Gazan Economy Nears Collapse
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/12367518.html
Air America Ch. 11 rumors in the Air again
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/12362706.html
Dawson College Shooter: The Killer Who Brought Blood And Despair
Suspected Montreal gunman called himself 'Angel of Death'
First person accounts
Columbine' game was gunman's favorite game
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/12365396.html
And More on Today's Newswire
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/2006/09/14/
MARC PARENT
CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/ Homepage
http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/14409 Archived
http://www.dailykos.com/user/ccnwon Archived
MARC PARENT
CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS
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