Have You Forgotten The Lessons of 9/11?

A few days ago, Fox News, in covering the Connecticut primary, asked if Democrats had forgotten the lessons of 9/11.

Ned Lamont won. A victory for anti-war Democrats, dominating the news cycle, and even bumping some Israel/Lebanon war stories from the lead.

Today, a massive terrorist plot is apparently disrupted. Threat levels are put at Red (“attack imminent”) for the first time, and Bush just got finished with a live statement, where he said that the terror plot arrests in London are a “stark reminder that this nation is at war with Islamic fascists.”

A “stark reminder,” people. On the day after a major momentum shift towards anti-war candidates, and the release of a poll that says that 3/5ths of the American people oppose the war.

Something to consider. Cicero’s quotation of Cassius’ maxim still applies: Cui Bono? Who benefits?

Clueless Asshat Advice…..

As some of you know, was at ‘s party on Saturday, and made quite a few completely inappropriate comments to women while there. I (like many of you) was pissed off, but was of the opinion that everybody, being grown-up, were more than capable of handling it themselves……but upon hearing that was also subject to his attentions, I decided enough was enough, and sent him an email.

In the email, I told him that I didn’t want to have to witness anything like that again, and that it would be better if he and I did not find ourselves in the same locations at the same time. Pretty fucking straightforward.

Well now, three days after I sent the email, he’s responded.

He’s completely fucking clueless. He actually wants me to have the people he “may have offended” contact him, and recount *exactly* what he did, so that he can “tailor my words personally to each as dependent to the offence.” Yeah — his response to being told that he’s crossed the line and presumed a level of intimacy that he hasn’t earned…..is to demand one-on-one communication with the people in question.

He’s also told me that he’s still going to come around, and that I should just deal with it.

Any of you who are willing to bother, comment below, or email me and I’ll give you the asshat’s email address.

Personally, at this point, I’m completely of two minds about this: Part of me wants to email him back and lambast him for being a socially-inept Asperger’s case, who doesn’t understand that it makes zero sense to want to go to gatherings where it’s OBVIOUS that he is disliked. The other part of me says to ignore the email and just be done with the whole damned thing…including not going to any gatherings where he’ll be present, because I don’t want to bring drama and/or violence to someone else’s space.

Advice?