The American Spectator : Old Ironsides Redux

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Old Ironsides Redux

By Lawrence Henry on 8.22.08 @ 12:07AM

Reflections on life amid another devastating setback.

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br> And many an eye has danced to see br> That banner in the sky; br> Beneath it rung the battle shout, br> And burst the cannon's roar; -- br> The meteor of the ocean air br> Shall sweep the clouds no more. /blockquote>

I LIVED IN LOS ANGELES FOR 18 YEARS, from 1972 to 1990. To some extent, even as late as 1990, L.A. remained comfortably spread out. You could see growth, but there was still room.

No more. When I went this last July, I found the western suburbs of Los Angeles -- Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, West L.A., West Hollywood -- absolutely buried in traffic and people, a stampede of money. People just can't leave anything good alone. It happened in Charlestown, where there is now no open space left at all. When Old Ironsides got buried in people, it sent a signal.

p> THE SECOND STANZA GIVES JOE SOME TROUBLE. I think we're going to have to separate it from the first and memorize it separately: br> /p> blockquote>Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, br> Where knelt the vanquished foe, br> When winds were hurrying o'er the flood,

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topics:
Hollywood, Constitution, NATO

About the Author

Lawrence Henry writes every week from North Andover, Massachusetts.

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