London Underground OR All politics is local



I notice today that a lot of local bloggers are commenting on the London Underground Bombing and the only thing that comes to my mind is: “What the fuck do I care?”

In the heart of the Midwest, in bumfuck cowtown KC, Osama not only doesn’t want to get you, he doesn’t even care to find you on a map. Other than the soldiers that are shipped out from around here everyday, the War on Terror has so little to do with your everyday life that it might as well be happening on Mars. Unless you’re looking for an excuse to harass and beat up a local Arab merchant (and who isn’t?) there is really no reason to “remain vigilant.”

It’s always funny to me how some people get riled over the international war on terror or the war in Iraq but couldn’t care less about the insurgency on the Eastside or KC’s own little rap battle that has claimed more than a few lives. But then again, if you remain in your corner of suburbia or at least east of Troost you don’t really have to worry about the brown people in this town coming to kill you.

And that’s the sad and great thing about modern war . . . you can watch it on TV and then turn it off or change the channel. In fact, if you want to think we’re winning the war on terror you can tune into Fox. Still, it’s hard to get worked up over terrorists until I see them practicing the monkey bars at Mill Creek Park. Until that time, I guess I can pretend to care about violence in far away places or the Eastside of this city.

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