The Huffington Post notes the similarity between the poster for Disney/ABC's pro-Bush propaganda movie, The Path to 9/11, about America's inability to root out the terrorists among us (lurking behind the flag) and the poster for the 1996 TV series Dark Skies, which depicts those terrorists as they really are: lemur-eyed extraterrestrials. Slightly off topic, I was almost late for w*rk today because my train, which enters Manhattan through the gaping hole formerly known as the World Trade Center, was cancelled from 3:30 to 5:00 for a Bush-and-wife wreath-laying photo-op at the former base of the former tower(s). He never misses an opportunity to milk tragedy for political gain. No ill respect meant to the dead--here's hoping that the truth will come out eventually about the events of that horrible day--as opposed to the Administration whitewash and exploitation we've had so far.
history channel has been getting their "osama on" all day. their prime time offering seems a bit bizarre.
Bizarre indeed. Funny, I haven't seen that team of archaeologists digging around the WTC ruins, and I'm there every day.
documenting the atrocity
That "wading pool" is a temporary thing someone hastily installed because nothing has happened on the memorial. As a visual it's somewhat lacking. You can see the larger footprint of the former South Tower surrounding the pool, and the train station we use every day directly behind that. Train service has been cut back lately because they're supposedly blasting to...not sure...possibly deepen the hole for the memorials.
Here's another good shot, from DailyKos: filling the 9-11 wading pool:
I hate to be so cynical when this obviously means something to the victims' families. Here's another cropped shot making the "pool" look like a bigger deal than it is. As the Kos poster points out, the illusion is blown with a wide angle shot. You realize that the authorities "cheaped out" and are being even more cynical about the manipulation of the 9/11 families for sensational images:
Reuters
Cornerstone of FreedomŽ Tower.
NYT
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The Huffington Post notes the similarity between the poster for Disney/ABC's pro-Bush propaganda movie, The Path to 9/11, about America's inability to root out the terrorists among us (lurking behind the flag) and the poster for the 1996 TV series Dark Skies, which depicts those terrorists as they really are: lemur-eyed extraterrestrials. Slightly off topic, I was almost late for w*rk today because my train, which enters Manhattan through the gaping hole formerly known as the World Trade Center, was cancelled from 3:30 to 5:00 for a Bush-and-wife wreath-laying photo-op at the former base of the former tower(s). He never misses an opportunity to milk tragedy for political gain. No ill respect meant to the dead--here's hoping that the truth will come out eventually about the events of that horrible day--as opposed to the Administration whitewash and exploitation we've had so far.
- tom moody 9-11-2006 2:19 am
history channel has been getting their "osama on" all day. their prime time offering seems a bit bizarre.
- dave 9-11-2006 2:35 am
Bizarre indeed. Funny, I haven't seen that team of archaeologists digging around the WTC ruins, and I'm there every day.
- tom moody 9-11-2006 3:01 am
documenting the atrocity
- mark 9-11-2006 9:43 am
That "wading pool" is a temporary thing someone hastily installed because nothing has happened on the memorial. As a visual it's somewhat lacking. You can see the larger footprint of the former South Tower surrounding the pool, and the train station we use every day directly behind that. Train service has been cut back lately because they're supposedly blasting to...not sure...possibly deepen the hole for the memorials.
- tom moody 9-11-2006 8:11 pm
Here's another good shot, from DailyKos: filling the 9-11 wading pool:
- tom moody 9-11-2006 8:39 pm
I hate to be so cynical when this obviously means something to the victims' families. Here's another cropped shot making the "pool" look like a bigger deal than it is. As the Kos poster points out, the illusion is blown with a wide angle shot. You realize that the authorities "cheaped out" and are being even more cynical about the manipulation of the 9/11 families for sensational images:
- tom moody 9-11-2006 8:48 pm
Reuters
- mark 9-11-2006 9:14 pm
Cornerstone of FreedomŽ Tower.
NYT
- mark 9-12-2006 12:36 am