Blogs are cool and IE sucks.
***Note: This is the fourth time I've attempted to post something in the last ten minutes. Bloody Internet explorer can't seem to handle something as complicated as a data packet.***
I think blogs are cool. Rather, the idea is cool. The practicality or functionality of it may not be existant, but it still feels good to (as the site puts it) publish my ideas.
Here's where I start:
This pictures is huge so I'll just post a link to it.
Purple America
It still being soon after the election, a lot of people (myself included) feel separated from the majority of America. The election divided like none I've ever seen, and media takes that harmful notion and runs with it like Forrest Gump.
However, although the majority of America is purple, there are a couple of locations that are mainly blue that I would like to point out.
The first is New York City. Ground zero. Where the terrorists did attack. Where this whole War Against Terrorism has hit the hardest. They voted almost 3 to 1 for Kerry. That's pretty freaking blue.
The second is Washington, D.C. The terrorists also attacked here. Killed here. They voted around 9 to 1 for Kerry.
Here, let me post my source:
Nov. 15, 2004 article of The New Yorker, under their 'The Talk of the Town' section, which was written by Hendrik Hertzberg:
"Along with the sadness and the puzzlement [of the 2004 election], there is apprehension. Here in the big coastal cities, we have reason to fear for the immediate safety of our lives and our families--more reason, it must be said, than have the residents of the "heartland," to which the per-capita bulk of "homeland security" resources, along with extra electoral votes, are distributed. It was the deep-blue New York (which went three to one for Kerry) and deep-blue Washington, D.C. (nine to one Kerry), that were, and presumably remain, Al Qaeda's targets of choice. In the heartland, it is claimed, some view the coastal cities as faintly un-American. The terrorists do not agree. They see us as the very essence--the heart, if you like--of America. And, difficult as it may be for some rural gun owners to appreciate, many of us sincerely believe that President Bush's policies have put us in greater peril than we would be facing under a Kerry (or a Gore) Administration."
I had never thought about that before I read that article. The two places where the terrorists actually attacked wanted Kerry to lead them. They beleived that Kerry would offer more protection that Bush has. That implies a lot.
Now for those of you who read my one and only LiveJournal post, I know I'm repeating, but I thought that it would make more sense to post that one thought here where all of my following thoughts will come instead of leaving it to rot away on LJ.
Anyone feel free to reply to anything I say. I'm pretty sure I have it set up so any replies will be visible by anyone who looks at this site. And don't let the name stop you from posting your name. I hope to have this be an open discussion of ideas.
I think I might have babbled a lot here, and am still babbling now, so I'll stop and go to bed.
I think blogs are cool. Rather, the idea is cool. The practicality or functionality of it may not be existant, but it still feels good to (as the site puts it) publish my ideas.
Here's where I start:
This pictures is huge so I'll just post a link to it.
Purple America
It still being soon after the election, a lot of people (myself included) feel separated from the majority of America. The election divided like none I've ever seen, and media takes that harmful notion and runs with it like Forrest Gump.
However, although the majority of America is purple, there are a couple of locations that are mainly blue that I would like to point out.
The first is New York City. Ground zero. Where the terrorists did attack. Where this whole War Against Terrorism has hit the hardest. They voted almost 3 to 1 for Kerry. That's pretty freaking blue.
The second is Washington, D.C. The terrorists also attacked here. Killed here. They voted around 9 to 1 for Kerry.
Here, let me post my source:
Nov. 15, 2004 article of The New Yorker, under their 'The Talk of the Town' section, which was written by Hendrik Hertzberg:
"Along with the sadness and the puzzlement [of the 2004 election], there is apprehension. Here in the big coastal cities, we have reason to fear for the immediate safety of our lives and our families--more reason, it must be said, than have the residents of the "heartland," to which the per-capita bulk of "homeland security" resources, along with extra electoral votes, are distributed. It was the deep-blue New York (which went three to one for Kerry) and deep-blue Washington, D.C. (nine to one Kerry), that were, and presumably remain, Al Qaeda's targets of choice. In the heartland, it is claimed, some view the coastal cities as faintly un-American. The terrorists do not agree. They see us as the very essence--the heart, if you like--of America. And, difficult as it may be for some rural gun owners to appreciate, many of us sincerely believe that President Bush's policies have put us in greater peril than we would be facing under a Kerry (or a Gore) Administration."
I had never thought about that before I read that article. The two places where the terrorists actually attacked wanted Kerry to lead them. They beleived that Kerry would offer more protection that Bush has. That implies a lot.
Now for those of you who read my one and only LiveJournal post, I know I'm repeating, but I thought that it would make more sense to post that one thought here where all of my following thoughts will come instead of leaving it to rot away on LJ.
Anyone feel free to reply to anything I say. I'm pretty sure I have it set up so any replies will be visible by anyone who looks at this site. And don't let the name stop you from posting your name. I hope to have this be an open discussion of ideas.
I think I might have babbled a lot here, and am still babbling now, so I'll stop and go to bed.
posted by Benjamin at 8:56 PM
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