Posted by
Catmman on Friday, June 27, 2008 4:12:07 PM
While activists and political hacks rail about what we can't do, or what will take "decades", other nations are prospering and thriving.
What exactly is our problem?
We are nearing the seventh anniversary of the destruction of the World Trade Center. Its replacement — the Freedom Tower — should have been a sign of our determination and grit right after 9/11.
But it is only now reaching street level. Owners, renters, builders and government have all fought endlessly over the design, cost and liability.
In contrast, in the midst of the Great Depression, our far-poorer grandparents built the Empire State Building in 410 days — not a perfect design, but one good enough to withstand a fuel-laden World War II-era bomber that crashed into it.
We need to get our true spirit back.