Unspeakable

September 11, 2023

Today’s the anniversary of an unspeakable horror that a madman and his henchmen wielded on the U.S. We remember that day today, while also focusing on more modern madmen. Some have nuclear weapons and are teaming with Russia to assist in pounding out Ukraine’s independence and turning that territory into a Russian-dependent state.

The horror of 9/11 is beyond description, and it might not have been the worst assault on humanity during my lifetime. Other unspeakable episodes include America’s destruction of unlucky citizens in WW II by bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki; McVehgh’s not-so-long-ago domestic destruction of Oklahoma City’s Federal Building; and Ted Krazinsky’s bomb sending through the mail.

McVeigh and Krazinsky’s exploits encouraged other madmen to act on their idealistic fantasies, and such craziness eventually brought us to mass shootings–now many and so often that newspapers no longer headline the “routine episodes.”

It’s old news, Stupid!

A continuing Russia vs. Ukraine conflict, aided by modern destructive technology, intensifies the world disorder, that on 9/11 re-awakened everyone.

“I just want to say, you know, can we all get along?” (Rodney King)

Dear Friends: This Wednesday, I’ll start learning to speak in Yiddish. Diana