tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post4717691461061503727..comments2024-03-05T21:04:43.133-05:00Comments on The Cahokian: The Biggest Terrorist Attack of All Timeishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-15896202383113776512010-08-07T12:28:08.144-04:002010-08-07T12:28:08.144-04:00i miss the days of wandering around the city thoug...i miss the days of wandering around the city though. I'm going to take the train down one of these days and do some 'city art' for the blog. i'm longing for the cool graffiti, the people you only see in cities, my beloved lower east side, although I'm under no pretense that it will be anything like I remember it in the '90s. stay tuned for CityColour!Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-32429044805427912352010-08-07T07:19:49.292-04:002010-08-07T07:19:49.292-04:00Wow Casey pretty intense about your father. And yo...Wow Casey pretty intense about your father. And you're absolutely right about the attitude toward soldiers.<br /><br />Your artwork and your flowers are a pretty nice world to live in. I completely understand building your own world around yourself. In some ways I try to do that too; I'm just not lucky enough to be able to do it up in the country so I'm not nearly as successful at it.ishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-62892232754289211232010-08-07T03:26:20.960-04:002010-08-07T03:26:20.960-04:00My dad was a sailor in the Navy, offshore when one...My dad was a sailor in the Navy, offshore when one of the bombs was dropped in Japan, not sure if it was the first one or second one. He died at age 64 and the doctors at Yale said his internal organs were more like twice that age. They wondered if he had ever been exposed to low-grade radiation of any type, and he told them about the war. The sailors were encouraged to stand on deck, looking through exposed film to protect their eyes, to watch the 'magnificent' mushroom cloud that would signal perhaps the end of the war. We don't care what we do to our own soldiers, let alone 'others.' Such evil really existed then and exists today on a daily basis. That's why I deal with almost no one anymore, and spend my time staring at wildflowers and making art recreating a past that's not mine or a future that will never be. Reality is SO overrated.Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-5448476331031120962010-08-06T12:40:25.724-04:002010-08-06T12:40:25.724-04:00I always thought it would've been better to si...I always thought it would've been better to simply demonstrate the bombs by dropping them in the ocean. Hence, intimidating Japan rather than nuking the shit out of it.Jennynoreply@blogger.com