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"Times Square Learns to Start Worrying and Hate the Bomb Scare"
"By Laura Mortkowitz
Posted Sunday, May 2, 2010 - 2:41am
“Businesses and Broadway shows alike closed down yesterday evening when a Times Square was evacuated, reports the New York Times. When police discovered a bomb in a parked Nissan Pathfinder they evacuated thousands from the area. The bomb never detonated. Businesses along Seventh Ave. were evacuated as well as Broadway between 43rd and 46th Streets and part of Eighth Ave. Among the businesses that were uncharacteristically empty were a Foot Locker (FL), a McDonald’s and the Toys “R” Us between 44th and 45th Streets. Outside of the closed area, “tourists milled or sat at tables much as they do on any other Saturday night.”
The thing that tickles, tantalizes and terrifies me is that just beyond the barricades stand the crowds. Why are they there? Are they courageous patriots proving that they will not be frightened into submission? Are they hoping to see some fantastic destruction; is it bloodlust? Are they just too dumb to realize that their lives may genuinely be in danger?
IMHO, I am guessing it is a combination of all of these. The good news is that this is the American spirit that has stood up, when push comes to shove, and defended what our forefathers gained through their own acts of patriotism, bravery, and sometimes stupidity.
The question we should ask ourselves is how much longer will we be pushed by big daddy government (who supposedly is representing the people they govern) before we stand up, again?
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