"Let's roll" now "Let's Roll Over"

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'Let's Roll' Nation Mired In 'Let's Roll Over' Mush

By MARK STEYN Posted 09/09/2011 05:46 PM ET

Waiting to be interviewed on the radio the other day, I found myself on hold listening to a public service message exhorting listeners to go to 911day.org and tell their fellow citizens how they would be observing the 10th anniversary of the, ah, "tragic events."

There followed a soundbite of a lady explaining that she would be paying tribute by going and cleaning up an area of the beach. Great! Who could object to that? Anything else?

Well, another lady pledged that she "will continue to discuss anti-bullying tactics with my grandson." Marvelous. Because studies show that many middle-school bullies graduate to hijacking passenger jets and flying them into tall buildings?

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On a day when all the fancypants money-no-object federal acronyms comprehensively failed — CIA, FBI, FAA, INS — the only bit of government that worked was the low-level unglamorous municipal government represented by the Fire Department of New York.

Mari Steyn's Column

[ollie]

That's a great column. I have this guy bookmarked on mu home PC. He really knows  how to lay it at your feet.

[New California Republic]

I'm a big fan of Steyn myself.  I've read America Alone and After America: Get ready for Armageddon, both great books.