Behind the Goggles

Never let it be said I am above beating a dead ten month old blog post for all that it's worth.

Regarding my comments yesterday about the Movie Maven, Minnesota Public Radio's critic, and her interpretation of United 93 as an "indictment of the government" I noticed in her original post she responded to the criticism of her lone commenter (no, it wasn't me) who asked "What planet do you live on?" as follows:

I live on the planet where a movie showing the FAA and the military not knowing how to deal with a hijacking, not having a way to even communicate with one another, not knowing what the chain of command should be and learning about a plane hitting the WTC on CNN is an indictment of how well the government works.

For those who haven't seen the movie, "the government" was portrayed as the people staring at thousands of little dots darting around a radar screen and trying to figure out which, if any, might have been taken over by lunatics intent on crashing them into buildings. This unprecedented problem was made more difficult by the fact that engraved invitations identifying the flight numbers and scheduled routes weren't forwarded in advance by the hijackers. And even if "the government" could figure out which planes were hijacked, they had to know what to do to fix the problem. And, no pressure, but no matter what the decision, scores of innocents are likely to perish. BTW, that decision needed to be made IMMEDIATELY.

A rather daunting assignment. But their failure to instantaneously do exactly the right thing is an indictable offense, according to the Movie Maven. If only the all-knowing, all-powerful government would have reacted better, everything would have all been all right. A more concise definition of the liberal mindset would be hard to find.

If malpractice were an indictable offense for all government employees, our tax-subsidized movie reviewer would be doing ten to life.