Comments on: On this site stood…. http://mybeautifulwickedness.wordpress.com/2007/09/06/on-this-site-stood/ What a World, What a World... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:43:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Norm Magnusson http://mybeautifulwickedness.wordpress.com/2007/09/06/on-this-site-stood/#comment-1579 Norm Magnusson Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:58:34 +0000 http://mybeautifulwickedness.wordpress.com/2007/09/06/on-this-site-stood/#comment-1579 Hey, thanks for the blog shoutout! I thought you might get a kick out of this (http://www.funism.com/art/I75project.html) explanation of my I-75 Project, the bigger picture in which the markers at The Aldrich Museum fit. Your section on public history and the creation of identity through narrative sounds awesome! Hope you have fun with it. Sincerely, Norm Magnusson Hey, thanks for the blog shoutout! I thought you might get a kick out of this (http://www.funism.com/art/I75project.html) explanation of my I-75 Project, the bigger picture in which the markers at The Aldrich Museum fit.

Your section on public history and the creation of identity through narrative sounds awesome! Hope you have fun with it.

Sincerely,

Norm Magnusson

]]> By: Gerald http://mybeautifulwickedness.wordpress.com/2007/09/06/on-this-site-stood/#comment-1507 Gerald Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:10:15 +0000 http://mybeautifulwickedness.wordpress.com/2007/09/06/on-this-site-stood/#comment-1507 Wouldn't it though? I was listening to a report on NPR a week or so back. They were covering one of McCain's stops in Iowa and the crowd reaction. He was talking about the respect due to those who are serving in Iraq. Several Iowans were weighing in about how "no one respects people who serve" and one woman maitained that "Every day should be Memorial Day." I've got as much respect for our servicepeople as the next bed-wetting liberal peacenik, but I disagree here. There seems to be this constant refrain that America exists solely because of its wars. Now if were are talking about America the Great Power or America the Empire I can see that. But the America I give a damn about is the America where people live and work. That America was built by - people living and working. Why is that not worth remembering? Wouldn’t it though?

I was listening to a report on NPR a week or so back. They were covering one of McCain’s stops in Iowa and the crowd reaction. He was talking about the respect due to those who are serving in Iraq. Several Iowans were weighing in about how “no one respects people who serve” and one woman maitained that “Every day should be Memorial Day.”

I’ve got as much respect for our servicepeople as the next bed-wetting liberal peacenik, but I disagree here. There seems to be this constant refrain that America exists solely because of its wars. Now if were are talking about America the Great Power or America the Empire I can see that. But the America I give a damn about is the America where people live and work. That America was built by – people living and working.

Why is that not worth remembering?

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