Why should I acknowledge 9/11 today?

[cynatnite]

I have to acknowledge it every single day as it is. It's when bush and his cohorts let this horror happen. Since that day they have used 3000 dead people as a stepping stone to remain in power. Since that day they have used it to send 100,000+ people to their deaths. Since that day they have eroded our civil rights and shit on the constitution.

It's the day a bullhorn ushered in fascism.

[jjmalonejr]

1. Because today is 9/11

Isn't it? I acknowledge the fact.

[JDPriestly]

2. I think you give pretty good reasons for acknowledging 9/11.

Of course, we think also of those who died due to the criminal negligence of the Bush administration and of the Republicans in Congress who refused to heed Clinton's warnings about Bin Laden. We especially think, and if we are religious pray, for the survivors of those who were killed in the 9/11 attacks.

[cynatnite]

3. I have to acknowledge it every day...that's my point

why should today be any different just because it's the anniversary?

[Pachamama]

4. While its true that * & the fascists exploit this day, atleast remember &

acknowledge it as a day that 3000+ innoncent Americans (including 5 friends of mine and my husband's) died for a cabal of neo-cons that have used it to destroy our constitution and profiteer.

It's a sad day, made sadder by the negligent homicide done in New Orleans....also sadder for the 100's of thousands of innocent dead Iraqi's and our nearly 2000 and counting US soldiers and the 10's and thousands of maimed and injured US soldiers.

That's what I acknowledge today as...I mourn the loss of all these innocent people over the last 4 years since 9/11/01 and my rage and fury is directed at those responsible - the Bush Administration. :grr:

[CascadeTide]

6. Exactly, remember the innocent people who died

not the parades for the assholes in power that caused it

[derby378]

5. Goodbye, 9/11 - hello, 8/29

Hurricane Katrina happened. New Orleans is under water. There's probably at least 3,000 dead throughout the Gulf Coast. I'd say the victims, survivors, and their families still need whatever help we can spare.

[readmylips]

7. It's become a political show....

It's no longer about the dead or the living, it's about the GOP politicians. Enough is enough. Let those families go on with their lives to remember their love ones as they knew them, and stop politicians from making a mock of innocent people they didn't know. They knew BinLanden wanted to strike the home land, and bush did nothing but recue the rest of the binLanden's asses out of the country.

[Fleshdancer]

8. For the people of New York.

I like to take a moment on 9/11 to reflect on the incredible heroism of that day. From the fire fighters and other first responders to the people on the street helping their fellow Americans run to safety. The scariest day (for me) also brought such wonderful images of what makes America wonderful. The people.

The global response on 9/11 also deserves a moment of reflection. Remember the small town in Canada that took such wonderful care of the Americans who were stranded there after the planes were all shut down? Remember the vigils in France? The tears streaming down the faces of people in Russia? Ironically even Saddam Hussein made a statement that the people of America didn't deserve such violent acts.

For one day I wish to not think about the current state of our government even if they politicized 9/11 from day one. I do not wish to think about how the global support was wasted years later. I choose to focus on the only thing that day that ever gave me hope. My belief in liberalism was reinforced that day. The violent acts of a few brought out the best of many. That was and still is 9/11.

[cynatnite]

9. It was never my intention to disregard the heroes or the innocent

I don't and I will never forget that day for as long as I live. I'm reminded of it every single day and I get angry because of what has happened since.

Good people died that didn't have to. I still mourn for them and those who have died since. That day marks not just their deaths, but also the death of our republic to me.

Burning a flag on this day reflects how I feel.

[AlGore-08.com]

10. F.Y.I. Smirk didn't actually use the bullhorn on 9/11, he did that on 9/14

As others have said, there were thousands of innocent people who died on Sept. 11th. The terrorists who killed them were not attacking the Smirk administration. They were attacking America. They would have tried to carry out the same plan if Gore had been serving in 2001.

There are still several thousand of their family members who are with us, and who speak up loudly against a lot of what Smirk tries to do when he uses 9/11 as a justification.

You can acknowledge 9/11 or not acknowledge it, it doesn't change the fact that it happened. Or that for many people who have never supported Smirk or his agenda, that it is a day of mourning.

[cynatnite]

11. I stand corrected on the bullhorn...

It's my belief that if Gore was in office, as he was supposed to be, 9/11 would not have happened. The warning signs were there for months and bush & minions did nothing.

The month before there was a PBR stating Osama was determined to attack America. Hijacking planes was mentioned and the targets were the Twin Towers.

If you read Richard Clarke's book, 'Against All Enemies' you will see they did nothing to prevent or even give terrorism any kind of serious priority. All they cared about was invading Iraq.

I am not denying 9/11 happened nor am I trying to take anything away from those who have suffered and died. There is no way I can, but I do know this regime has profited on the backs and on the blood of those who died.

They used those deaths to bring about more death and they used those deaths to help bring fascism into this country with the erosion of our civil rights and their pissing on the constitution.

Homeland Security came about because of 9/11 and with the bureaucracy and cronyism so rampant in this regime we now have untold thousands of dead in New Orleans.

The history of this regime does begin in 2000 when the election was stolen, but for me, the blood begins on 9/11. Every single day I am reminded by more death brought about by a murderous and uncaring regime who only seeks to push their theocratic ways and neocon agenda.

[AlGore-08.com]

12. You don't have to convince me that 9/11 almost certainly wouldn't have

happened under Gore. But either way, the same terrorists still would have continued to try and launch an attack on American soil, or on American embassies and military installations. If they did not succeed there, they would have attempted attacks against U.S. allies.

Gore has said on a number of occasions that if he had been President when 9/11 happened, he would have used the national unity to tackle the problems of shifting America off fossil fuels and stopping global warming. He has also said, many times, he never would have invaded Iraq.

That aside, I'm not sure that I agree that 9/11 changed the scope or character of the Smirk admin's plans and actions. Before 9/11 Smirk had passed his tax cuts for the super rich, helped Enron loot the California treasury and almost caused a war over the spy plane downed in China. (Remember "Do they have bibles?") If 9/11 hadn't happened, I'm not sure we would have seen much different from the Smirk admin. Their anti-civil rights movements would have been more subtle, but they would have attempted to achieve the same results.