Time to remember
Writing by treason on Monday, 26 of June , 2006 at 4:27 pm
“…If we believe ‘24,’ we don’t think Bill Buchanan or President Palmer will keep us safe. We believe Jack Bauer will keep us safe (if everyone on the show listened to Jack Bauer, the show would be called ‘12′), but we also believe we are Jack Bauer.
The Capitol Dome stands today because of a handful of regular Americans—not soldiers, not bureaucrats, and not even ‘first-responders,’ but American guys who got on a plane on a September morning. A couple of months later Richard Reid, the shoe bomber, was wrestled by flight attendants and ’subdued’ (read: ‘pounded’) by two passengers.
So, experts need not worry what will happen if we take ‘24′ too seriously. The lesson of the show is not that Big Brother will keep us safe. The lesson is that we need ruthless bravery from Everyman to keep us safe.”
– Timothy P. Carney, “I Am Jack Bauer (What 24 means for homeland security),” NRO
When I was younger I honestly believed that I would always take classes and earn more degrees, listen to the popular music of the day, and go to movie theaters. But once I got out of college and started working full-time, the thought of homework and prerequisites was depressing; the sound of popular music was even more depressing; and the price of a movie ticket, a sticky cinema floor, and the sound of popcorn munching and conversation drowning out dialogue was most depressing of all. I can’t remember the last time I went to a theater to see a film.
I noticed in our Sunday paper that United 93 is playing at our neighborhood bargain movie house. I’m back in school…no, I’m not listening to current music…but maybe it’s time to go catch a flick.
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