The banally named Freedom Tower revised architectural design was officially announced today.
Curiously, NY Gov. Pataki first unveiled the final plans, not at the planned unveiling this morning or to New Yorkers. Instead Katie Courac -- oh, and a few million viewers around the country -- got the first look. No, he's not raising his national profile in advance of the GOP convention in New York this summer. That would be cynical [ed. I'm ashamed you'd even have considered that. What can I say, it's a conditioned reflex].
Cynical? According to Brian Lehrer on WNYC, at the news conference, Larry Silverstein, the tower's builder, said that Pataki had demanded that ground be broken not on Sept. 11, but, rather, by Sept. 11. That sounds like it opens the way for a groundbreaking ceremony during the GOP convention. What a surprise.
Bring 'em on.
Meanwhile, enjoy this delightful example of the free exchange of ideas between the neocons and their critics.
Speaking of whom (critics), Josh Marshall asks how long the Shia in Iraq will continue their passivity in the face of Sunni violence?
"'I never wanted to do anything to harm him or cause detriment to his life or to the lives of those around him,' Essie Mae Washington-Williams, a 78-year-old retired schoolteacher said at a news conference in Columbia, South Carolina.
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, commenting on the emergence of Strom Thurmond's daughter and her decision to wait until Thurmond's death to go public with her parentage: "We can put that whole nature/nurture thing to rest. In this case the fruit fell a whole world away from the tree. She's clearly a sweetheart. He was a douchebag."
Curiously, NY Gov. Pataki first unveiled the final plans, not at the planned unveiling this morning or to New Yorkers. Instead Katie Courac -- oh, and a few million viewers around the country -- got the first look. No, he's not raising his national profile in advance of the GOP convention in New York this summer. That would be cynical [ed. I'm ashamed you'd even have considered that. What can I say, it's a conditioned reflex].
Cynical? According to Brian Lehrer on WNYC, at the news conference, Larry Silverstein, the tower's builder, said that Pataki had demanded that ground be broken not on Sept. 11, but, rather, by Sept. 11. That sounds like it opens the way for a groundbreaking ceremony during the GOP convention. What a surprise.
Bring 'em on.
Meanwhile, enjoy this delightful example of the free exchange of ideas between the neocons and their critics.
Speaking of whom (critics), Josh Marshall asks how long the Shia in Iraq will continue their passivity in the face of Sunni violence?
"'I never wanted to do anything to harm him or cause detriment to his life or to the lives of those around him,' Essie Mae Washington-Williams, a 78-year-old retired schoolteacher said at a news conference in Columbia, South Carolina.
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, commenting on the emergence of Strom Thurmond's daughter and her decision to wait until Thurmond's death to go public with her parentage: "We can put that whole nature/nurture thing to rest. In this case the fruit fell a whole world away from the tree. She's clearly a sweetheart. He was a douchebag."
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