Reply #9: Thanks for a great essay. It really clarifies a few things, and makes me [View All]

[milkyway]

wonder once again just what kind of country we live in today. The people of Spain have shown how democracy is supposed to work. They have demanded that their government be open and accountable to them. It makes me ashamed to think that our country has yet to have a full accounting of the events of 9/11. This information blackout has been conducted not only by the government, but by the mainstream corporate media as well. Why haven't the NY Times, Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, CBS, ABC, and NBC been using some of their vast resources to investigate 9/11? What little is reported by the corporate media is simply government press releases.

I really like your second silver lining. The Spanish people could have voted for fear and hysteria, but they did not (and in the U.S., shrub's approval rating was well over 80% a few days after 9/11). I visited Spain on my honeymoon in 1986. My Cuban wife and I loved the country and had thoughts about not returning to the U.S. It was such a vibrant and joyful country where people were so happy to be free of Franco. I was so sorry to see this crap happen to them, but their actions afterward makes me think that their might be hope for the human race after all.