--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why was it that after 9-11 Rudy Giuliani became known as "America's > Mayor"? I think it's because, first and foremost, it is the local > officials who must take responsibility for disasters.
With acknowledged respect for Giuliani in his management, straight fowardness and 24/7 dedication in the 9/11 disaster, and some degree of admiration of him since his DA days, I was struck by his incomplete even recalcitrant stances on some aspects of responsibility. A few days after the attack, the Saudi ambassador to the US presented him and the city of NYC a check for $10 million. In his short speech, in acknowledging the horror of the event, also petitioned Americans to try to understand how such twisted motivations arise, a call to better understand the "palestinian" refugee issues and calls for a soverign homeland, the religious objections to american presence in the country of Mecca and Medina, etc. Giuliani refused the check and with some self-rightousness, made a big point of not accepting any money that makes some moral equivalency comparisions of the 9/11 attack and American actions, direct and indirect, in the middle east. "There is no moral equivalency to this horror...." its this sort of self-rightous blind sidedness and arrogance that is at the root of many of Americas problems internationally. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
