by Lionel Bascom — August 22nd, 2006 — No comments
When you look past the obvious symbolism the Freedom Tower represents, the high rise will still not be just another pretty face to decorate the New York City skyline.
Authorities say it will be a 1,776 foot bunker, impregnable by conventional means. No one is saying terrorists are practitioners of convention. They would not have succeeded in toppling the Twin Towers in a country where the now useless phrase “think outside of the box” was invented.
Nevertheless, Freedom Tower is a massive experiment in homeland security never dreamed of by the inept U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Now, we don’t know or might never know exactly what that agency is really up to because America has long had a shadow government that does what it pleases where and when it pleases. I’m the first to admit my ignorance when it comes to knowing or even pretending to know what my government is up to beyond lying about its activity. Lying is actually central to the secret of any success the DHS has had without my knowledge.
What I do know is that the Freedom Tower is being built using all of the proactive measures and technology at our disposal and much of it will naturally be built with the secrecy only a nation that built the Atomic Bomb and used it before our enemy could protect itself against our technology.
So, yes we got hit and it stung but a friend of mine once told me that a fighter who gets in the ring not expecting to be hit at least once, sometimes hard, is in store for the beat down of his life – if he survives. The trick is to know how to get back up fast and counter punch.
The Freedom Tower isn’t a counter punch. It is more than a replacement.
New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly is the chief architect of New York City’s “homeland” security and Kelly says the tower meets top security standards. The first eight stories are encased in titanium or stainless steel. Archiitects moved the building almost 100 feet from West Street to protect the structure from a bum rush bomb blast tactics favored by terrorists.