Thanks for the John Cleese skit -- hilarious!<br><br> It reminds me that I've been reading a novel about the Blitz in 1940.* Bombs were coming down on London almost every night. During one phase, the Luftwaffe plastered port cities as far west as Bristol. Then V-1s started raining down on Kent.<br>
The English girded their loins and muddled through. They went onto rationing. By the end of the war, they could not even buy clothing. Many camped out in subway stations on most nights. Many sent their children out into the countryside. More than a million houses were destroyed.<br>
<br> There have been other times when England was under siege; notably the IRA bombings. The English girded their loins and carried on.<br><br> Contrast that with the cowardly reactions of the US after 9/11.<br> Why should the terrorists strike the US again? Their mission actually is accomplished: The US could not possibly be more hysterically panic-stricken, even 9.5 years later.<br>
<br> All I can do is shake my head.<br><br>-- Bill<br><br>* Connie Willis, two-part novel (1100 pages, yikes!) "Blackout" and "All Clear"<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. --Mark Twain<br><br>