Today marks the seventh anniversary of the attacks perpetrated on the United States on September 11, 2001.We really don’t have a good name for this day.
There needs to be a special name for this day along the lines of other days such as Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, or Independence Day.
Most Americans simply refer to it as, “9/11”.
Personally, I have corrected this lack of a name for 9/11 with the following:
“Rudy Giuliani, While Personally Unpleasant, Showed Up for Work, Posed with Firefighters Who Lacked Equipment and Logistical Support and Somehow Managed to be Taken Seriously as a Leader and Later a Presidential Candidate Day.”©
I think the name pretty much sums it up, but I’ll be damned how the hell I can fit that onto a greeting card or a T-Shirt.
More importantly, aside from the name of the observance, I have a far greater problem with this day…I just can’t get worked up about it on a macro-emotional way any longer.
Oh sure, I am still saddened about the incredible loss of life and the lasting effects it has had on countless families.
And of course, I still get pissed off thinking about the penultimate in cowardice of the planners and hijackers, but…
9/11 has become nothing more than a semaphore for political fear mongering, meaningless color coded charts, and a call to arms against third rate Muslim nations.
9/11 has become nothing more than a semaphore for political fear mongering, meaningless color coded charts, and a call to arms against third rate Muslim nations.
It has, for a sizable minority of Americans, become a seed that has been sewn and has yielded a crop of overt, religious bigotry.
I have come to detest this day...
Not only because of the attacks themselves, but for the empty speeches, poll driven tears, and the manipulation of this tragic event by some to elicit visceral reactions in order to promote their agendas, as well.
I am off today, and will be listening to talk radio and watching some memorial events on TV.
I am off today, and will be listening to talk radio and watching some memorial events on TV.
I am sure I will be disappointed by the infusion of political ideologies into these observances.I’ll become nauseous as I hear the royalties ring up for Lee Greenwood as he sings about how proud he is, while yet another radio station cues up studio tough guy Toby Keith singing about stickin’ a boot up somebody’s ass.
I’m sorry to be such a bummer, but after seven years, I don’t feel much of anything on this day. If anything; I feel, for lack of a better word, ickiness.
9/11 has been turned into a billboard…a yard sign…a 30 second sound bite…a joke.
Today, I am going to simply pray a word of peace for the victims and their families, and then go about my day.
Cheers!!
59 comments:
AGAIN I challenge your pussy bald head and probably hairy ass to come to NY (the land of nine eleven) you, my 'cheery' friend are exactly the excercise we need right now, if not we at least me! Cheers
oh and feel free to make a mockery of me again..it really 'ups' my 'hits'
Doggy: Gee, pup-pup; you never fail to amaze with me with your level of banality.
I am flattered that you want to exercise with me, but just because you have high levels of estrogen doesn't mean that I would switch teams for ya. Cheers!!
Doggy: I just did. I am so glad that you embrace your parasitic nature. Cheers!!
it would be fun to dribble you around a bit, in fact I can easily get some friends together and we can have a 'game' we can have a parasitic feeding frenzy...
And still no politician goes to Oklahoma City on April 19th to commemorate the 200 men, women and children who died in a terrorist attack carried out by white fundamentalist Christians.
I guess it just isn't close enough to nation election day to be useful enough for them.
Doggy: You really shouldn't drink and blog, but thanks for wanting to eat me. Once again...I'm flattered. Cheers!!
banal enough for you?
Jay: Well, and one other thing. It's Oklahoma City. Such a non-significant media market compared to New York and D.C. Sad. Cheers Jay!!
Doggy: You never let me down in that department. Cheers!!
come on there matty boy come to this big ol' apple...let see who eats what....you talk a lot on your little bloggy poo but you are a 'little man' arent you...thats so cute - cheers
7 huge buildings 3000 plus lives months of stench and years of anguish...and for you its just another day....move to oklahoma then...
cheers
wait two airplanes too..cheers you putz
Damn! Looks like there is a Korean BBQ going on in here!
9-11 saddens me - for the lives lost and for the "fear mongering" left behind. I'll always remember the terror and helplessness I felt, and still feel.
he just can't get enough of you mateo....
Dana: I have never felt helplessness, because in spite of our flaws this is the greatest country on Earth, and I know that we can overcome anything if we work together.
I am sad yes, but just very much as bitter, as what has become of this day. Cheers Sexy!!
Kat: I guess he can't. What did you think of what I said...You know, you being right of me. Cheers Kat!!
you never have a point you round ended asshole....comments only mean something to you...on paper...come to NY 'big guy'
cheers
korean bbq WTF does that mean?...This "day" is for you out there that come to visit 'ground zero' we, here in NY lived it and we moved on....despite the 'hoopla' did you forget that it was 7 buildings....
warrior....come out and play
Doggy: I always knew that I would have a stalker. I just never knew it would be a dickless guy from the Big Apple. I should have seen that...um...cumming. Cheers!!
mateo - from the right...
I am with you on tossin' up a prayer for peace for the victims and their family and friends...and I would add one for our country.
I agree the day... and the remaining emotions of the events... have been used without honor and have made many (like you) callous and void.
However I hope the day's events seven years will be a reminder to us all that there are men on this earth bound and determined to eliminate the American way of life.
I will be very surprised if our new President...whomever he may be...is not tested by another attack on our soil within a year of taking office. And I am concerned the terrorists have learned much during there hiatus.
I will be listening and watching today too...
Kat: I am never callous where it comes to lives of anyone. Whomever they should be.
The day will come again when we are attacked, be it on a grand scale in LA or a small scale in Kokomo, Indiana...That's how perverse this world has become.
I do not speak about how this day should remind us all of how some bad people have changed the world. That is apparent.
Today, seven years later, reminds of how some good people have changed, period. Cheers!!
lucky you.....cheers
I know you are not callous to the loss of the lives... but to what the day has become.
it is....icky
I sometimes worry about living so close to silicon valley...it would be a devestating target. They would never attack LA-LA land...too many sympathizers live there.
Doggy: Yoou are starting to bore me. Cheers!!
Kat: See? Al-Qaieda doesn't think about who sympathizes among Americans. They would be willing to attack Americans wherever they are. I think you are are wonderful, but this red/blue shit; I just don't get that when it comes to National security. Cheers!!
I believe that you have chosen the best way possible to spend this day.
I think your long winded name for the day in question, based on the description you've given, could be simplified to Glory Hound Day.
I've been to ground zero several times and even though life goes on, it feels different in that spot, for me anyway. I am bothered by people that go there just for it's tourist attraction draw. That is not what it is! I told beople on my last visit there, April 08, got to the church on the corner and see the memorial if you really want to see something of that day. They are like oh yah yah. They just want to be able to say they saw ground zero. They really, at this point have just seen a piece of real estate. You can tell that is how they feel from the brief time they spend at the site. Geeze they like, don't even seem to take a minute to remember, and we must remember. It's like oh there's the hole, huh not so much any more, hmm, where is Broadway...
""See? Al-Qaieda doesn't think about who sympathizes among Americans. They would be willing to attack Americans wherever they are.""
EXACTLY
And the blind hate they employ is just what the fear mongerers attempt to instill in US and I refuse to let them.
Looks like Doggy has a 'man crush' on you sugar ;-)
Maybe Doggy's comments have been slack on his blog and he's feeling unloved. Gee, go figure.
9/11 was a tough day for all of us.
Those at home in NYC, home at their farm in Kansas or people like me who were overseas, very far away from home.
As Doggy says, move on. Leave all the hoopla and tears for the individuals.
....we could just call it "Ru Day"...
Nick: Coming from you I appreciate that. Cheers Mr. Nick!!
Lu: Ha. Sorry to laugh, but the way you said it, was amusing. No less on point, but amusing in a sad way. Nice. Cheers to ya Lu!!
TB: Exactly, right back at ya. San Francisco or Kokomo, IN. DEM or REP., the freaks on that Isalmic fringe see any American as the devil.
And, I know he does...I am expecting flowers any minute now. Cheers!!
Micky: Well, I hope he has gotten the pub that he longed for. Yeah, I agree let's just mark it in quiet and move on. Cheers!!
Phfrankie: I hate you. You know why? Because I didn't think of that. Ha, good one. Cheers!!
I thought Phfrankie really got it to the point with the least amount of effort, or ink too.
Damn, looks like someone pissed in Dorkyboy's Wheaties again.
The speeches, moments of silence and so forth are all good and well if they come from the heart, but when they're done simply to hear the sound of ones own voice or to work some sort of political angle, they turn my stomach.
If the soap box preachers truly feel as strong about their convictions as they claim to, then their words shouldn't be limited to just one day when the press coverage will be at its highest.
Everyone is entitled to an opinion. I personally, will never be "over it". Never.
I have always said there is a difference between the people who were there that day - in NY or in DC - and people who were safely somewhere else watching it on tv. If you weren't there, then you'll never truly get it.
9/11 is real to me. I can remember that smell of death. I know what it is like to literally be afraid to walk outside your door. It is not a billboard or a joke or political sound byte to me.
Micky: He has a knack for that, doesn't he? Cheers!!
Jeff: In a word, "Amen". Perfect. Cheers Jeff!!
Karen: I understand your position Karen, I just think far too many people have cheapened the memeory of 9/11 by their marketing of it. Cheers!!
cheapened the memeory of 9/11 You should've seen the souvineer sellers hauking shit all around ground zero. They sprang up like weeds; disgusting. I wonder, did they do that in DC or PA, lets not forget flight 93.
On a lighter note, Ru DAy. Does that mean we could have Winnie and the rest of the gang in the parade? Oh wait that would be 'Roo Day.
Lu: Americans do have quite the knack for marketing genius, no matter what the event.
I was always partial to Tigger. Cheers!!
I am currently sitting at my desk and staring out at a gorgeous view of the Manhattan skyline.What do I feel? Sad. Nobody has mentioned what today stands for. Nobody is acting different that I have seen. Why doesn't this day stand for the strength we have built and the compassion we found throughout the country that day? We were forced to unite and we need to remember the beauty we want to protect. Why force everyone to relive the fear with news of how easy it still is to attack us and the various ways it can and will happen? I understand how you feel Matt-Man and I think a lot of people are missing the point of your post.
Knight: I feel your pain (no, I'm not doing a Bill Clinton impersonation), and thanks. You touched on something that is very important...
For a couple of months after 9/11 this country came together more than it had in recent memory. And now?
This day of tragedy and national togetherness has become a day of divisiveness. Thanks very much for helping to point out what I was trying to say.
Cheers Knight!!
Being married to a firefighter, he honors today, remembers his fallen brothers. But we continue with our lives as that is how they would have wanted it
I agree with Knight, I was there that day and I don't think I'll ever forget but working here everyday I've seen how disgusting it has become. 9-11 (I think some down here are calling it patriot day) was a tragedy that has grossly been profited upon. You want to talk about disrespect, talk to those people who come thousands of miles to see a grave that had nothing to do with a memory of a loved one but just to say they've been there. A tourist attraction... a guy on the corner selling a cheap album of the HORROR for $20... People who used to be call each other brothers now strangers once again.
I can't say I will ever forget but I can't stand what this day has become. I will remember it in my own way and pass it everyday, say a prayer and go about my day.
September 11, 2008
Unity World Day of Prayer
Celebrating Oneness, Healing The World
Bren: I think that he is correct. Thanks for stopping by and by golly, we are nearly neighbors. Cheers!!
Bittersweet: I'll never forget it either, but you're right i thas lost all meaning to many who were not in proximity to the events. Thanks for the comment and Cheers!!
Leelee: I will check that link out. Thanks, you cutie, you. Cheers!!
I just couldn't bring myself to do a 9/11 post today. I said a prayer instead and moved on with the day. I grieve for the loss of life and the loss of our misplaced feeling of security but I'm not one of those that wants to scream for vengeance any more.
I did not write about this today because i just feel like the talking heads are going to go on ad naseum about it...
I woke this morning in a bad mood and for the first two or three minutes I could not understand why and then my brain woke up and the memories of being in Manhattan that day came flooding back...
The whole day is shot...I can not think clearly...
Marilyn: Vengeance is indeed, a wasted emotion. Much like hate. Cheers!!
Bond: I thought that you were always in a bad mood. That would explain some of your comments. CHeers Vinny!!
"Today, I am going to simply pray a word of peace for the victims and their families, and then go about my day."
Excellent idea.
I get it Matt and I live in NY and I was there that day. You have NOTHING to prove to me. I get it.
Obama was on Letterman and he mentioned how Americans were told to "go about their day" to "go shopping" when the opportunity to unite us in the cause of alternative fuel was never as strong as it was then.
And we squandered all the good will and care and sympathy of the world because an asshat in cowboy boots had to prove how big a dick he has - is.
And fuck Rudy which I think I covered in a previous post LOL
Peace Matt.
When you come to NY I will pick you up at the airport. You and Schmoop can stay with us. And we'll visit Knight :)
Yes Dianne! That would be lovely. Come to New York yall!
RLL: I'm excellent that way. Thanks and Cheers Hot Stuff!!
Dianne: Thanks and I'd love to come to the NYC and see ya all. You guys are the best. And in spite of what some of us have felt here today, so is America. Cheers Di!!
Knight: I'd love it. And all of the vendor food is on me. We don't have too many around here. Cheers Knight!!
My suggestion for the shirt: "A Turd Is Born" with a picture of Rudy in a toilet bowl.
As to the day, I do think it is different for folks who lived through it in DC and especially NYC. And those people I really feel have the right to grieve in whatever way and for however long they need to.
That said, the market and prostitution of a tragedy by politicians disgusts me. You can almost see the wee trademark symbol right after the term "9/11" these days.
As for your flea ridden friend, I am now positive he drinks.
And a big old LOL at Dana. I got it ;)
This day sucks, it sucks more because we mention Rudy
Starr: Proximity breeds contempt. Oh, who am kidding? I am listenin' to Gordon Lightfoot with a buzz on. Cheers!!
Sparky: Rudy is an asshole, isn't he? What a jerk. Cheers!!
Its a sad, horrible event that happened. I believe we need to remember.... but don't let it take over our lives.
I went to NY and Ground Zero for the same reason I went to Pearl Harbor...to pay my respects and to honor those who had their lives taken. I lived through the events of that day differently than those who were in NY. I realize that they affect me in a different way.
But affect me they do.
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