Trinitite

Last night I sat in the front row of the Woolly Mammoth Theater and watched an astounding monologue by Mike Daisey: "If You See Something Say Something." Amazing storyteller, and an even more amazing set of stories, all woven together to form an uncannily honest description of our life in "post-9/11" America. He says all these things that all of us think, including some disturbing stuff about how much of a police state we've turned into.

He talks about the history of the Department of Homeland Security, about White Sands, about George Washington's farewell address, and about the little worm that is inside him, that I know is also inside me. The worm is the insurgent, the insurrectionist in all of us as we wait in line at airport security. He had one way with dealing with it; I have another. When I know I am not hurried for the flight, I simply refuse to take my shoes off. When asked why not, I explain the truth: it hurts me when I walk without my shoes. It always requires an inspection, but if everyone did this, I think that they would stop asking us to take off our shoes.

If you live in Washington, go and see this show! He really says it like it is. He also makes clear that we need to do something about this.

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