Hell in a Handbasket

So I had an argument with my older brother recently and the subject is perfect foder for the Dialogue.
Today, I just finished reading the 9/11 Commission Report for the first time. Next on my desk are Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw, and The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe. I watched and read some news briefly tonight and saw that, someone (gasp!) is suggesting that mistakes that were made in pre-war planning have led to problems in Iraq, the NY Times is suing the Department of Defense over documents related to the NSA domestic spying program, and I keep spending time in my mind dreading/thinking about/misunderstanding the 06 and 08 national elections. Compound that with a documentary on PBS earlier tonight about George Harrison and the concert for Bangladesh and one on now about Born to Run, and I'm back to this one question:

What is it our generation is all about? What are the yokes we have to carry? And are we doing a sufficient job right now?

These are the questions that keep me up at night. That and where the heck do we each as individuals fit.

My answer is yes, by the way, we are, at the moment doing it, whatever it is. My brother disagreed. He sees the people on CNN. I see the people at Notre Dame. He sees people marching without halfing understanding why. I see Devon kids doing things without having to explain things cause its all understood.

I dont know. But I guess, I lied in the first post. This is why I wanted this blog. To jump in, join in, and get started.

So...any thoughts? Does this count as something we can "dialogue"?

Welcome to The Dialogue. This is the first official post. My name is Chris and I am a 22 year old professional (barely) for the moment in Washington, DC. I am originally from Norristown, Pennsylvania and I am a proud graduate of Devon Preparatory School (02) and the University of Notre Dame (05). My partner in this blog, Dan, should be the author of the next post and then, I guess we'll really be up and running.

What's the point of this blog? For me at least, it's mostly an experiment. I'm new at this and I hope the blog gets better with time, but I'm hoping for it soon to be a forum for, as the name would imply, Dialogue. We'll post quotes. We'll post articles. We'll post just about anything we dig up. We'll have arguments and debates and we'll readily discuss sports, politics, and even religion. Anyone, please feel free to post anytime you like with anything that seems remotely relevant. We'll try to keep things flowing and connected and of course make sure the posts are interesting, but anyone else is ENCOURAGED STRONGLY to contribute and comment at all times.

Who's right? Who's wrong? What's good and what's bad? Is getting Bobby Abreu worth the Phillies picking up Manny Ramierez? What's the deal with Health Savings Plans? Who was that guy who, one time, played Morty Seinfeld? What, really, is the deal with Roman Catholicism? Finally, what should you be doing with your time rather than reading my random thougths?

Maybe we will get to the answers. If I could I would promise that this blog will solve hunger, save humanity, and get the entire American electorate to vote by 2008. Of course I can't promise those things, so I at least hope that it'll fill some recreational time why we rest from trying to do them ourselves and maybe give us some hints along the way.
And I hope you like it.

-CTC

The Dialogue

First Post. 2/24/2006. -CTC