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Peggy Noonan: Welcome Back, Duke
Opinion Journal ^ | 10/12/2001 | Peggy Noonan

Posted on 10/11/2001 9:10:10 PM PDT by Pokey78

Edited on 04/23/2004 12:03:47 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

From the ashes of Sept. 11 arise the manly virtues.

A few weeks ago I wrote a column called "God Is Back," about how, within a day of the events of Sept. 11, my city was awash in religious imagery--prayer cards, statues of saints. It all culminated, in a way, in the discovery of the steel-girder cross that emerged last week from the wreckage--unbent, unbroken, unmelted, perfectly proportioned and duly blessed by a Catholic friar on the request of the rescue workers, who seemed to see meaning in the cross's existence. So do I.


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To: WaterDragon
How I agree with Peggy! Sitting here with tears, I think of all the decent real men I have been fortunate to know during my life.


Me too... yes, me too...

81 posted on 10/12/2001 8:21:21 PM PDT by It's me
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To: Pokey78
Men who are welders, who do construction, men who are cops and firemen. .....They were tough, rough men, the grunts of the city--construction workers and electrical workers and cops and emergency medical workers and firemen.

Welcome to the world of real men. So you finally noticed them. Before this tragedy, you only thought of them as grunts. Now you're seeing them for the real men they are.

And suddenly I looked around me at all of us who were cheering. And saw who we were. Investment bankers! Orthodontists! Magazine editors! In my group, a lawyer, a columnist and a writer. We had been the kings and queens of the city, respected professionals in a city that respects its professional class. And this night we were nobody.

You certainly had an overblown opinion of your "group". The working classes comprise most of America. The "elite" group you hang out with is only a small percentage. Most of the effete intellectuals, whose company you keep, are weanies.

It may seem that I am really talking about class--the professional classes have a new appreciation for the working class men...

How noble of you. How nice of you to acknowledge them. I guess you have to, since they are the ones who are putting the city back together.

I missed John Wayne. But now I think . . . he's back. .....Welcome back, Duke.

I think I'm gonna hurl.

Newsflash to Noonan: The John Wayne-type was never gone. He just went out of fashion, thanks to people like you.

82 posted on 10/12/2001 9:31:52 PM PDT by my_pointy_head_is_sharp
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To: Pokey78
She's right. We've been missing men for a long time. There are a lot of those real men right here on FreeRepublic, that's what has given us all hope. Real men, secure men, men who build and create and leave the world a better place when they leave.

I'm glad they're back in style. I'm glad children have some real heros to look up to. I'm glad they're out there taking care of us.

83 posted on 10/12/2001 9:49:34 PM PDT by McGavin999
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To: strictlyaminorleaguer
bump for others to realize the gift for words few persons have- Peggy Noonan is such a person.
84 posted on 10/13/2001 8:17:57 AM PDT by prognostigaator
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To: HighWheeler
yow! I hope you don't have the same sentiments!

LOL

Try reading it another way. ;-)"they" being women, "you" being a man. Sounds like the way men are treated, too, doesn't it? Times change...

85 posted on 10/13/2001 4:22:55 PM PDT by SusanUSA
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To: tbeatty
Go find your tweezers and get some relief.
86 posted on 10/18/2001 5:14:17 PM PDT by LadyJD
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To: LadyJD
The same response to two threads. You're really excercising the old muscles tonight. You should get some rest.
87 posted on 10/18/2001 10:01:05 PM PDT by tbeatty
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To: *Peggy Noonan list
Indexing.
88 posted on 10/18/2001 10:06:05 PM PDT by Pokey78
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To: Pokey78; Landru; Black Jade; Snow Bunny; FallGuy; Dukie; Jeff Head; goldilucky; Ragtime Cowgirl...
"Boys, this whole story is about Good and Evil, about the clash of Good and Evil."

Thank you, Ms. Noonan...MUD

89 posted on 10/20/2001 3:38:39 AM PDT by Mudboy Slim
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