Remembering Timothy McVeigh

[richardf8]

When the Oklahoma City Federal Building was blown up, the first suspects pursued were "middle eastern men seen driving away from the scene." I suppose it was unfortunate that they happened to be driving there and middle eastern.

Turned out the terrorist responsible was just a good ol' American boy, from a good ol' American town. He was executed a few months before 9/11. I can't help but think it must have been a great relief to the Bush administration for this white, American face of terrorism to have been scrubbed from the planet, in time for him to hang an Arab face on terrorism.

I can't help but think that had Oklahoma City happened on Bush's watch, those two middle-eastern men would have found themselves whisked away to a place from which they would never be heard again, while McVeigh remained free to attack again.

Comments

[lordrunningclam.livejournal.com]

I don't mean to nit-pick, but he was executed before 9/11/2001. I looked it up to make sure and it was 6/11/01. I remember thinking at the time that I wish McVeigh ad lived to see the WTC attack.

[richardf8]

In the finest tradition of Rovian political discourse, I have made the necessary corrections. Now if I were a true Republican spinmeister, I would delete your comment and pretend the error never occured. :)

[lordrunningclam.livejournal.com]

What? Down the memory hole? Not in America!!

BTW, sorry to see you're feeling ill. Since misey loves company I'll tell you that I've had a cold all week and its really drained me.

[richardf8]

That was actually yesterday. LJ seems to add a day to the date it pulls from my Linux box, so posts from that machine tend to get post-dated. But thanks for your well wishes, and here's wishing you a speedy recovery. Get plenty of fluids and, this is often overlooked, electrolytes. It's amazing how draining electrolyte depletion is.

Here is a borscht recipe that brought both me and morgan1 some solace in the throes of this crud:

3 good sized beets
1/3 cup Lemon Juice
2 Organic vegetable boullion cubes
2 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp Black Pepper
32 oz. Water

Grate the beets in a food processor. Combine all ingredients in a microwave safe bowl. Cover and nuke at 500W for 20 minutes.

I like this recipe because with a food processor and a micrawave, it's pretty close to zero effort, and it really picks up the electrolytes. Borscht is typically garnished with sour cream, but I wouldnt do that if you're all mucousy.

[richardf8]

Thanks for the correction. The Bush presidency has just been such a blur of Bad Things happening, that sometimes I forget the chronology. I will update the post accordingly.