Saturday, July 03, 2004
OPEN YOUR EYES
And See This
Bring Kleenex
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
I just returned from a walk through the birthplace of America, the cradle of democracy: Independence Park, just a handful of blocks from my house.
Normally I would avoid the heart of tourism in Philadelphia on Independence Day weekend, but it’s different this year. It’s different because, well, as you know, September 11 changed everything, and because this weekend the American Friends Service Committee is at the park showing Eyes Wide Open.
Blow me away. Pass me the handkerchief I forgot to bring along. Knock me over with the reading of the names of the dead: the Americans, an incredible number of whom carry names it is fair to assume belong to African and Latino Americans, and the Iraqis we’re not supposed to care about.
“Eyes Wide Open,” which already has been seen in, among other locales, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Washington, will be in Philadelphia through tomorrow, July 4. On the schedule for the near future: Charleston, W.Va., July 5-7, call (443) 983-2600; Rhode Island/Southeastern Massachusetts, July 10-16, call (617) 661-6130; Connecticut, July 17-22, call (617) 661-6130; Boston, City Hall Plaza, July 22, call (617) 661-6130; Western Massachusetts, August 3-11, call (413) 584-8975; and New York, August 28 - September 7, call (212) 598-0950.
On my way home from Independence Park I encountered a group of four middle-aged tourists with whom I engaged in the following conversation after having offered them an information card about the “Eyes Wide Open” exhibit:
Tourist: No. No. No, thank you.
J.M.C.: You don’t care about Americans dying in Iraq?
Tourist: No. No. No, thank you.
J.M.C.: Americans dying for nothing?
Tourist: The Lord is on George Bush’s side.
She no doubt sleeps well pondering that dementia thought.
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James Martin (Jim) Capozzola launched The Rittenhouse Review in April 2002, TRR: The Lighter Side of Rittenhouse, HorowitzWatch, and Smarter Andrew Sullivan in July 2002, and Bulldogs for Kerry-Edwards in October 2004. He is also a contributing member of President Boxer.
He received the 2002 Koufax Award for Best Post> for "Al Gore and the Alpha Girls" (published November 25, 2002). Capozzola's record in the Koufax Awards includes two additional nominations for 2002 (Best Blog and Best Writing), three nominations for 2003 (Best Blog, Best Series, and Best Writing), and two finalist nominations in 2004 (Best Blog and Best Writing).
Capozzola’s experience beyond the blogosphere includes a lengthy career in financial journalism, securities analysis, and investment research, and in freelance writing, editing, ghost-writing, and writing instruction.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from the University at Albany and a master's in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.
Capozzola lives in Philadelphia with his bulldog, Mildred.
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