Webloggin » Arizona 9-11 Memorial Redesign in Works

At Least they call the blogosphere “others”!

This is a good sign. The blogosphere is providing a check that the mainstream media just doesn’t do anymore. Thanks to the keen eye of Espresso pundit and the strength of the blogosphere we will likely see the anti-war (read anti-American) political statements removed from the Arizona 9-11 memorial.

Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano

PHOENIX — A state commission that authorized placement of the Arizona 9-11 Memorial in Wesley Bolin Plaza will review controversial laser-cut inscriptions “and see if some of them could be removed,” the panel’s chairman said Wednesday.

Former state Sen. Tom Smith, chairman of the Legislative Governmental Mall Commission, also said the commission hadn’t made it a practice to review the wording of any memorials. “We sure as heck will do it in the future,” he told The Associated Press in an interview.

Also Wednesday, Gov. Janet Napolitano said she didn’t pre-approve the wording criticized by Republican gubernatorial nominee Len Munsil and others as containing “blame America” messages and lacking enough sentiments related to faith, unity and patriotism. - KVOA TV News

I am not sure if the memorial needs anything related to faith but I am sure that it doesn’t need any blame America slogans. That is a slap in the face of those whose memories it was meant to serve. They should keep it simple. Just memorialize the victims. There were 3000 of them!

My bet is that the commission spent thousands upon thousands of dollars to study how to put this together. They probably filled the commission with a who’s who of politically connected members and some well funded businesses and in the end nobody bothered to check the finished product.

I could have saved them thousands of dollars. Here’s an idea, instead of all these unnecessary quotes how about engraving likenesses of each of the victims into the memorial and their image would show up on the sidewalk when the sun hit the imprint. That would have impact. That doesn’t mean you couldn’t have educational materials at the site, you could. School trips could be arranged and discussion could ensue.

Why do politicians always get these things wrong?

The whole incident shows how underhanded the American left is. There is no way that these inscriptions would have gone unnoticed forever. The people responsible, who have not been named, probably had a good ol’ time elbowing each other and giggling when they saw their inscription on the sidewalk. A few high fives for the big coup!!!

Fortunately the outrage is real at least in half of America. There is no reason to protest against the war in Iraq or embed polarizing anti-American slogans into a memorial for victims of terror when that view is not shared by all the victims’ families. That is just dumb.

At least a difference may be made in this case.

Others: Michelle Malkin - Arizona 9/11 memorial to be reviewed

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