No pretty pictures, no special Icons.

I too remember where I was, and how I kept emailing my aunt.

I had a friend whose dad was flying NY to LA, and it was HER bday, and thank god, he was on a different flight.

So many people were touched and hurt, and all because we can't get along.


Lets change that.

The terror and horror of five years ago should not be slighted. eyesthatslay did an icon post (of very very tasteful commemorative icons) for 9/11 icons. A canadian poster (I only refer to country of origin to indicate that the commenter is not a US citizen) referred to wishing people could just move on. Here is the specific comment.


Casey did an interesting post on 9/11 over at Maisonbisson.com. It poses some interesting questions and in some ways relates to the incredibly rude commentor on Eye's journal.

To say that just because 3000 people died in this tragedy should make it more powerful than events where fewer people died is just as foolish as to say that events where more people died are more powerful. A direct quote from that commenter, further down the page is this, "Tell me, did those wives and children in Iraq have anything to do with 9/11?! NO, of course they didn't but they got bombed to hell anyway." This is a good point.

The "war" on Iraq, originally was flawed. The only reason we could have KNOWN that there were WMD (weapons of mass destruction) over there would be because we had the RECIEPTS from when we sold it to them. Not to mention that Sadaam? yeah, we put him in power, or at least Bush Sr. did.

Can someone clear this up for me?
Originally we fought Iraq... and that was because they were at fault for 9/11 (supposedly) right? and then we moved into Afghanistan, and now we are fighting, who?

Im so confused.

Regardless. When England reigned supreme, everyone cared about England. As Casey refers to, when the Cold War was ongoing, the Soviet Union was king. Now its the United States' turn. I don't think we deserve it, but we are on top right now. Sept. 11th was a BLOW to us, but in a far more psychological way than in a physical way. (If part of my discussion here sounds a bit preachery, yes I did discuss this with Lynn on the ride in to work today).

Anyways, This is what I wanted to say. 9/11 was a horrible event, even if it was not to the same scale as the India Tsunami. It was an attack on our country and made headlines and changed the way our media and nation worked.
There were consequences and many people's lives changed. Regardless on my feelings for Bush, I do not feel that people should be expected to get over sept 11th in 5 years. It is still a fresh wound for our country. I am sure that every anniversary for the next 15 will be fresh and it will take a long time for these wounds to heal.

In the meantime, can we PLEASE start using our country's vast resources and intelligence to find ALTERNATIVE fuel than Fossil??