"The fact that Bush's tawdry, heartless counterfeits of family and community and spirituality appeal to so many Americans isn't necessarily proof that they're stupid. More likely, it's proof that they're so starved for these things - and for the sense of belonging they engender - that they'll swallow anything. Because just as starving explorers used to eat strips of leather and splinters of wood while straggling through some wasteland, starving hearts will swallow lies."
I believe the man has a point. S went down on Pacific Hwy today to do some photos of the dismantling of a bridge. Made for sadness. The bridge had been built in 1945 with obvious care. The builders intended for that bridge to last. They'd done a beautiful construction job.
Men passing stopped to watch a bit and comment, "That bridge looks mighty solid to me."
They were responding to the city's comment that it was getting unstable.
The bridge turned out to be anything but unstable. They've had two of those huge machines that bite chunks out of concrete working on it all day, and until now they've managed to chunk out a small part of the middle. They'll be working all night.
S thinks of the men who designed it, built it, were proud of their work, and constructed it to last for a whole lot longer than just to this time. And now it will be gone.
As are so many many buildings, homes, yards, that were part of our memories, our heritage, that Bush uses to pretend those things are still with us. ... knowing full well he intends any vestige of them to be gone, thus to be replaced.
How can you replace a redwood forest?
Wrap.
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