Our country has entered a new wave of recycling. God help me from my puns.

The Navy has unleashed the newly christened U.S.S. New York with the strength of seven and a half tons of steel wreckage from the September 11th World Trade Center attacks.

Perhaps it’s just me but it feels strange to honor the dead and wounded from the 9/11 attacks by using wreckage from the disaster to create a warship. Pieces of that horrible day are literally a functioning part of a machine that’s most basic purpose is to destroy. A strange irony or a fitting vengeance?

In related news, progress at the site of Ground Zero proves that it’s possible for construction workers to move even slower than highway repairmen. Then again, you can’t rush perfection. Here’s some ground zero linkage to tease and tantalize:

• A live webcam courtesy of EarthCam.com directly facing the Ground Zero construction site is a pleasure for both patriots and voyeurs alike.
• You can find details of Freedom Tower here, the center piece of Ground Zero construction, which is estimated to be completed by 2011.

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