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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Jim Connelly's
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Monday, January 15, 2007
Jesse Steichen's Favorite Recordings Of 2006
Friday, January 12, 2007
Bill Bentley's Favorite Recordings Of 2006
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Tom Ridge's Favorite Recordings Of 2006
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Lee Templeton's Favorite Recordings Of 2006
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Anthony Carew's 13 Fave Albums Of 2006
Monday, March 27, 2006
SXSW 2006: Finding Some Hope In Austin
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Letter From New Orleans
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Jennifer Przybylski's Fave Albums of 2005
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Music For Dwindling Days: Max Schaefer's Fave Recordings Of 2005
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Sean Fennessey's 'Best-Of' 2005
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Lori Miller Barrett's Fave Albums Of 2005
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Lee Templeton's Favorite Recordings of 2005
Thursday, January 5, 2006
Michael Lach - Old Soul Songs For A New World Order
Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Found In Translation — Emme Stone's Year In Music 2005
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
Dave Allen's 'Best-Of' 2005
Monday, January 2, 2006
Steve Gozdecki's Favorite Albums Of 2005
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Johnny Walker Black's Top 10 Of 2005
Monday, December 19, 2005
Neal Block's Favorite Recordings Of 2005
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Jenny Tatone's Year In Review
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Dave Renard's Fave Recordings Of 2005
Monday, December 12, 2005
Jennifer Kelly's Fave Recordings Of 2005
Thursday, December 8, 2005
Tom Ridge's Favorite Recordings Of 2005
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Ben Gook's Beloved Albums Of 2005
Monday, December 5, 2005
Anthony Carew's Fave Albums Of 2005
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Prince, Spoon And The Magic Of The Dead Stop
Monday, September 12, 2005
The Truth About America
Monday, September 5, 2005
Tryin' To Wash Us Away
Monday, August 1, 2005
A Psyche-Folk Heat Wave In Western Massachusetts
Monday, July 18, 2005
Soggy But Happy At Glastonbury 2005
Monday, April 4, 2005
The SXSW Experience, Part 3: All Together Now
Friday, April 1, 2005
The SXSW Experience, Part 2: Dr. Dog's Happy Chords
Thursday, March 31, 2005
The SXSW Experience, Part 1: Waiting, Waiting And More Waiting
Friday, March 25, 2005
Final Day At SXSW's Charnel House
Monday, March 21, 2005
Day Three At SXSW
Saturday, March 19, 2005
Day Two In SXSW's Hall Of Mirrors
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Report #1: SXSW 2005 And Its Hall Of Mirrors
Monday, February 14, 2005
Matt Landry's Fave Recordings Of 2004
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
David Howie's 'Moments' From The Year 2004
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Lori Miller Barrett's Fave Recordings Of 2004
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Noah Bonaparte's Fave Recordings Of 2004
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Kevin John's Fave Albums Of 2004
Friday, January 14, 2005
Music For Those Nights: Max Schaefer's Fave Recordings Of 2004
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Dave Renard's Fave Recordings Of 2004
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Neal Block's Top Ten Of 2004
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Jenny Tatone's Fave Albums Of 2004
Monday, January 10, 2005
Wayne Robins' Top Ten Of 2004
Friday, January 7, 2005
Brian Orloff's Fave Albums Of 2004
Thursday, January 6, 2005
Johnny Walker (Black)'s Top 10 Of 2004
Wednesday, January 5, 2005
Jennifer Przybylski's Fave Albums (And Book) Of 2004
Tuesday, January 4, 2005
Mark Mordue's Fave Albums Of 2004
Monday, January 3, 2005
Lee Templeton's Fave Recordings Of 2004
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Friday, Sept. 14, 2001
Cut The Flag-Waving
Neumu's Michael Goldberg writes: The station wagon contained
a father and his teenage son. It was driving down Broadway in Sonoma,
toward the Sonoma square, the center of town. From a flagpole at the
back of the car an American flag flew.
I felt sick.
This is not the time for nationalism. This is not the time for
American flag-waving.
George Bush has declared war. We are going to find the evil and wipe
it off the face of the earth, he said. We are good, these terrorists
are evil, he said. Yes, what the terrorists did was horrifying beyond
belief. What they did is evil. But that doesn't mean that the
United States is blameless. It doesn't mean that this is, like some
'50s Western, white hats and black hats.
We, the United States, are not always good. In fact, we have done
some very evil things too. Slavery was evil. Placing
Japanese-Americans in camps following the bombing of Pearl Harbor was
evil. Our Iran-Contra dealings under Ronald Reagan were evil. Our
support of dictators who serve our ends is evil.
So as the flag-waving and patriotic bullshit moves into ever higher
gear, we might consider the alternatives to huffing and puffing and
bombing the hell out of whoever we decide is to blame for those
indefensible acts of terrorism.
In many parts of the world the United States is perceived as a big
bully that throws its weight around. In a piece on the New York
Times' "Op-Ed" page Thursday, Thomas L. Friedman wrote that many
terrorists and supporters of terrorists "hail from failing states in
the Muslim and third world. They do not share our values, they resent
America's influence over their lives, politics and children, not to
mention our support for Israel, and they often blame America for the
failure of their societies to master modernity."
We all need to understand the context in which Tuesday's events
occurred. A chain of events over many years has created the kind of
unbearable living situations that drive people to terrorism. I don't
begin to understand all that has gone down in the Middle East over
the past decades. But as we well know, a deep-rooted hatred has
festered. There are people who hate America, and Americans, and it's
not a big mystery why.
Bringing those who were responsible for the horror that took place
this week "to justice," as Bush put it, will not end terrorism in the
U.S. or elsewhere in the world.
What is needed is statesmanship combined with international
cooperation. Unless the problems that cause people to turn to
terrorism are solved, there will only be more death and destruction.
And if you want to wave a flag, how about waving one with a peace symbol on it?
The InsiderOne Daily
Report appears weekdays at 9 AM PST, except when it doesn't.
by Michael Goldberg
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