America's, Bloodbath Nightmare Is A Waking Reality.

pstrong pbInnocent Children Threatened,br / Deadly Shootings, Hero's, Heroien'sbr / in Washington./b/p pbTwo Hatemonger's drapedbr / in America's Flag Fan Flamesbr / Of Hatred./bbr /bbr / Have A Nice Day./b/p/strong/p pDIV align="left" TABLE cellpadding="5"TR VALIGN="TOP"TD/td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TD/td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TDTR VALIGN="TOP"TD pby Joe. B./p pOn Monday, Sept. 17, 2001 America supposedly United States isn't./p pAs I look at tv's talking heads, listen to voices up and down AM, FM dial and the abc websites. /p pIts good to know there are some level and thoughtfull persons thinking what the word b"WAR"/b really means./p pWe've heard of hero's, heroine's of Flight '93 crashing in Pennsylvania thwarting suicidal terrorists, giving their own lives in the process sobr / lives in Washington were saved./p pFiremen, police die as the second unstable tower fell burying men trying to rescue and save lives trapped inside, individual heroism from the most unlikely people all over New York./p pBut a darkling shade is also showing itself as America is shown how destructable and mortal its citizens are./p pA few hours after Tuesday, September, 11th. Highjack suicide bombing of the World Trade Center, a smoldering fury begins as a phone call from an angry man threaten's the Islamic Institute of New York. /p p45 children in the school saying b"He was going to paint the streets with our children's blood."[Instructors of the school said.]/b /p pThe school is closed because of continued threats./p pA mosque in Denton, Texas, was firebombed, in Oklahoma City's own home grown American Terrorist Timothy McVeigh, a white racist was at first not thought as Arabs were first blamed may have helped cool some hot heads. /p pBut too late for Mr. Balbir Singh Sodhi, a 49-year old Sikh, an Indian Immigrant killed by Mr. Frank Silva Roque, 42, in a drive by shooting outside the gas station he operated. /ppMr. Roque's motivation, hate./p pThis nutcase drives 10 miles to a second gas station firing several shots through a window at a Lebanese-American clerk, then into a home of a family of Afghani decent. /p pHe's was arrested on a $1,000,000 bond. /p pWhat I worry about is this concentrated hate, rage, drowning out cool, level, clear thinking, minds like (D) Represenative Barbara Lee's lone vote against Last Friday's Authorization of force resolution./p pDeath threats in the thousands are emailed to her but supportive calls came to her also./p pAlong with the brave souls of Flight '93, fire and police personnel, Ms. Barbara Lee's name should also be added to the roster. /ppHer independant, true opinion should not garner death threats./p pWhile Fundamentalist Minister's Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell's hate filled dialogue about Gay, Lesbian, Anti Abortion tirade as fuel to anyone with the slightest homo/xenophobic streak into a full blazing molten fire./p pThen he, [J. Falwell] apologize after spewing filth on the 700 Club reads like an 'X File's b[APOLOGY AS POLICY SHOW].br / /b/p pIf Mr. P. Robertson did the same it only means they said what they meant and on international televison has already spread their airborne poison to minds susceptible to their brand of angry, smite 'em all justice.br /b/b/p pI wonder if was just a cynical way of beefing up ratings, both men could've sat privately in each others homes debating the issue as normal adults would - BUT NOOOOO, they spewed their bloody rag view across our airwaves, which is their right but morally... minds dim all over America unlike The Honorable, bRev. Amos Brown, Cecil Williams, and Mayor Willie Brown's/bbr / br /b call to decency, fairness, and standing up to bigotry is the very Essence of Spiritual Enlightened Humanity./b/p pCall me a moth b let me seek the luminous glow of hard trueth/b than easy retoric of two televised leader leading many into bleak, blank, darkening hues of ignorant dunce headed sheets of fear and hatred./p pWe know Allah, or all the thousand names of the Lord this is an aspect but not the only aspect of the holy eternal one. /p pI tend to think b'ole 'G, JC/b is a forgiving deity with a sense of irony and humor if not we'd all be dead, our souls forever burning./p pOur Father gave us free will to chose or own lives and lifestyles the, evil and good is in the eyes of the beholder and not those using the pulpit as a fearfull, psychotic call to arms of angels and devils with them being the former./p pFolks, we cannot let the knuckle dragging hatemonger's among us pull us backward. /p pIf we are American's united then these evil fractions must be isolated from freedom lover's everywhere. bCOME ON, WE'RE BETTER THAN THIS! Yes, a red-white-and blue flag with stars is taped from my window, I'd also where a ring and armlet the same colors because pI am essentially an American but that doesn't mean I'll blindly do a "Desert Shield/Storm lock step dance but will think of why, how, this happened and ways that it won't ever again if that's ever possible. /p pCould it be it's time for America as young as She/He is to grow the fuck up and deal with other countries large, small, or emerging with equality and humanity? /ppTell me your views people, I'd like to know. Bye./p pbr /Please donate what you can to Poor Magazinebr / br /C/0 Ask Joe at 255 9th. br /St. Street,br / br /San Francisco, CA. 94103 br /USA /p pbr /For Joe only my snail mail:br / br /PO. Box 1230# 645br / br /Market St. San br /br / br /Francisco, CA. 94102br / br /Email to:askjoe@poormagazine.org /p p/p/b/p/td/tr/td/tr/table/div/p