Lived in NYC area most of my life, now live in the sticks (in NC). Worked in Jersey City on 9/11/01 and stood at the window of our office building watching North Tower burn when 2nd plane came in from our right and pierced the South Tower. Spent the next weeks...months driving to and from work/stores/schools etc. seeing extra police units deployed in malls, on street corners, responding to this "apparent" threat or that "reported" incident. Watched local television news report nightly about police investigating possible terror links (NJ/NY Port Authority Police, local NJ police departments, FBI, NYC Police, etc.) Office buildings all around Manhattan, the tunnels and bridges, the sports arenas, the airports, the ports, all received a lot of added attention/protection/scrutiny.
Lived in the Northeast most of my life. Worked there. Got married there. My wife had our 3 children there. We knew several people who were fortunate enough to not make it in to work (at the WTC) that day. My family lives there. Most of the people I call friends live there. Many individuals I have worked with live there. Some of them are liberal, some are conservative. On 9/11 this did not matter.
There's a lot of Blue State vs. Red State all over this thread..."NYC can go drop" "Bush go to..." "Screw the Northeast..." "The Hicks and sticks don't matter as much as we do" If there is another attack in NYC, are YOU going to smile (just a little)? If the Mid-West is the target, is that going to make you say, "Now, how do YOU like it?" If Texas is next, will the North breathe a sigh of relief? If it's LA will anyone be happy?
Heck no! We'll probably remember how we felt on 9/11, get our minds right (again) and hopefully rally together and unite as ONE people.
But for now, let's just misspend money, argue about pork, and get back to doing what we do best--bicker among ourselves while our enemy readies himself.
Sorry for the rant...like I said, I have a lot of family and friends up in the NYC area...some of them are liberal...and some of them are conservative...
Sorry for the rant...like I said, I have a lot of family and friends up in the NYC area...some of them are liberal...and some of them are conservative...
Unfortunately the Blue State vs. Red State divide has become to great for what you suggest. I see a civil war in the near future.