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December 1, 2010
"Above the fold: bravery in the face of utter danger, below the fold: fear in the face remote danger."
Home of the Brave?With the confluence of the Medal of Honor award to the first living recipient since the Vietnam War and the TSA âpat downâ fiasco, Americans were presented with an odd, but telling juxtaposition of stories on the front pages of their local newspapers. Above the fold, the story of Sgt. Salvatore Giunta â the Hiawatha, Iowa native who, on a night-darkened ridgeline in Afghanistan in 2007 single-handedly took on a Taliban ambush, saving the lives of several fellow soldiers. Below the fold, American travelers complaining of the ignominies suffered at the hands of the TSA, while the agencyâs chief â the properly named, John Pistole â defends the new airport security procedures as necessary in order to respond to the âever-evolving nature of the terrorist threat.â
Posted by Vanderleun at December 1, 2010 11:09 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.