April 21, 2004

The September Project

Posted by Eszter

Where will you be on September 11th?

Posted on April 21, 2004 09:28 PM UTC
Comments

Do these people not realise that “earnest” is a pejorative term?

Posted by Nasi Lemak · April 21, 2004 10:19 PM

As far away from Manhattan as possible…

Posted by Elayne Riggs · April 21, 2004 10:23 PM

Uh hu…yay yay USA, go Team Democracy…that’s what I’ll be doing on 91104, I’m sure.

Libraries are best for subversive purposes, not to prop up an empire that needs to die. 911 has, ever since, been a shining example of some of the differences between liberal apologists and radical critics of power. I don’t mean to be too nasty about it, I’m usually a very personable fellow, but the patriotic left leaves me awfully dissapointed.

Posted by mdog · April 21, 2004 11:54 PM

“Uh hu…yay yay USA, go Team Democracy…that’s what I’ll be doing on 91104, I’m sure.”

Oh! Oh! Are we doing sarcasm? Great! My turn! My turn! Um… I know:

Indeed. Why encourage people to think for themselves and engage in dialogue? It’s much better to cram polemical screeds down people’s throats.

Hey, this is fun.

Posted by George Williams · April 22, 2004 12:49 AM

This Paddy will be at my desk in lower Manhattan working, same as I have been every 11th September in the last few years, including 2001.

Posted by billyfrombelfast · April 22, 2004 01:07 AM

It will be Saturday, so, for my part, I may even go to my local library…

Posted by LiL · April 22, 2004 02:37 AM

Wow. 11 of 9 falls on Saturday this year. I guess I’ll wake up, do the usual, hit the recycles center at the farmers’ market; do the Saturday shopping; stop in at my local pub and bitch about SEC v ACC football; go home hear the Wife bitch about why I haven’t done something…I’m sorry, what was the question?

Posted by rick · April 22, 2004 02:38 AM

george, you’re right. no sarcasm here. i’m sorry. over the top political screed more pushy than needed, bad habbit.

Posted by mdog · April 22, 2004 02:40 AM

But seriously, I will probably not be thinking about what it means to be an American citizen, well-informed or otherwise. And neither will all the other immigrants in the library here that day, trying to check out a movie (they’ve a good collection,) check email sent from (gasp!) another country, read an Indian newspaper… This is New Jersey, after all.

Posted by LiL · April 22, 2004 02:41 AM

Celebrating our 24th wedding anniversary. (We postponed the 21st for severaldays for obvious reasons.)

Posted by Theophylact · April 22, 2004 03:40 PM

Won’t the World Cup of Hockey be on then? Go, Canada, Go!

Posted by canuck · April 23, 2004 05:05 AM

I loved this bit…

round tables: Organize local professionals to offer various perspectives on topics like the Patriot Act, education, health care, and democracy.

Notably missing: the topic of Islamic terrorism and what to do about it. Funny, musta just slipped their notice…

Posted by heh · April 23, 2004 11:08 PM

Many people do not know where they will be on 911. Some people do not know where they will be the next day… Just think about those people that have lost loved ones on 20010911. Think about all those people that have lost their house because their loved ones where the ones paying off the mortgage, or the where the one that took care of the kids while they where out. I don’t know where i’ll be on 911, but I will say one thing, I didn’t loose anyone on 911, but I know that someone did. And someone will have tears in their eyes by the time 911 comes to an end.

Posted by Tarius · April 27, 2004 12:28 AM
Followups

→ The September Project.
Excerpt: You've heard about beating swords into plowshares. Well, how about turning tragedies into conversations? The September Project: "On September 11th libraries big and small will host events where citizens can participate collectively and think creatively...Read more at Snarkmarket
→ Reclaiming "Patriotism".
Excerpt: In far too many ways, for too many election cycles now, the political right has had a lock on several key campaign buzzwords, despite their repeated violations of everything that I’ve understood those concepts to mean. Like “family values,&...Read more at Planned Obsolescence
→ The September Project: An Invitation to Get Involved.
Excerpt: this is not alex, it's david silver. alex: thank you for letting us in and thanks for lending your brains throughout. michael berube rules. his blog entry, written with soul, got Chuck Tryon and E. David Morgen to organize something, offline, in ...Read more at Alex Halavais
→ the September Project (revisited).
Excerpt: I've mentioned the September Project before. It's an effort to organize discussions and other civic activities in local libraries all across America on Sept. 11, 2004. I'm delighted to report that 267 libraries in 42 states are now onboard, and...Read more at Peter Levine's blog
→ The September Project.
Excerpt: The September Project is an effort to organize discussions and other civic activities in local libraries all across America onRead more at Deliberative Democracy

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