Phoenician Ground Zero
01/19/2006 11:25 p.m.
I'm working a piece on this, but I need to journal this too; think of it as my emotional pressure relief valve or an emotional ketchup burst a la Douglas Coupland. Here's my concern and topic of a forthcoming piece:
When the first dirty bomb, fissile nuclear device, or bio-weapon goes off, it's gonna happen in Phoenix.
I live in Phoenix, so you can imagine this causes me concern. Logically so, right? Then I must ask: why don't my fellow Phoenicians and our leaders in government do something about it? I hear only rhetoric on radio and cable news, no action. This boarder fence idea sounds terrific, albeit 5yrs too late. Fine, let's build the fence. But, uhm...why isn't the military standing that Mexican boarder shoulder to shoulder RIGHT NOW until it's built? Gov. Janet Napolitano brandished sound bites last week, threatening to put the Arizona National Guard on the boarder NOW and send the bill to Donald Rumsfeld. Great idea! But could someone just DO something instead of TALK about it? Aside from the proximity to the UNPROTECTED boarder, isn't there an element of symbolism and irony if al Queda attacks Phoenix? After all, we 'invaded' their desert.....
There. I said it. I feel a bit better. But it doesn't protect me from becoming a crispy chicken and then the rest of America saying, "ooooh, Phoenix was attacked. Yeah, that was a logical target." Help!
I am currently Anxious
I am listening to Lateralus - Tool