ONION does 9/11

[kpete]

Nation Would Rather Think About 9/11 Than Anything From Subsequent 10 Years

NEW YORK—As media coverage of the 10th anniversary of 9/11 ramps up this week, citizens across the United States collectively realized they would rather think about the terrorist attacks of 2001 than about anything else that has transpired in the subsequent decade. The events of Sept. 11 were unspeakably tragic, but really, when you think about it, things have only grown more horrible and unbearable since then," said Phyllis Bennett of San Jose, CA, who considered 9/11 a notably less unpleasant topic than the Iraq War, the worldwide financial meltdown, Hurricane Katrina, the nation's debt burden, the deaths of 6,200 U.S. troops, China's rise into a global superpower, the housing market, relentless partisan bickering, millions of job losses, the war in Afghanistan, nuclear proliferation, unchecked climate change, declining household income, swine flu, or the 9/11 Truth movement. "That was an awful day for America, but at least the nation came together and people actually seemed to care about one another. Just compare that to now, Jesus Christ." While stating they felt "kind of terrible" about it,† Americans expressed a longing to return to those "better days" of shared national agony in September 2001, when everybody truly believed things couldn't get any worse.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/nation-would-rather-think-about-911-than-anything,21309/

[DJ13]

1. Thats not funny, thats sad

Its a good piece, its just not typical Onion funny.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. In the end, The Onion isn't comedy.

Welcome to Level 2, Grasshopper.

[roody]

14. It is sad, but I am laughing.

[myrna minx]

2. Haunting Onion piece. wow. K&R n/t

[gateley]

4. Yeah. Pretty heavy. nt

[joeybee12]

3. This is not just satire, but biting satire...knr...and notice rand paul is an

indication that things have indeed gotten worse.

[Romulox]

5. Every one of us should be DEEPLY ASHAMED of what we've become over the past 10 years.

DEEPLY ASHAMED. :cry:

[progressoid]

6. "when everybody truly believed things couldn't get any worse."

Ain't that the truth.

[indepat]

7. Americans might well ponder the 9-11 horrors inflicted on us by terrorists as well as the

subsequent horrors inflicted on us by junior's policies and actions, or inaction as in the case of Katrina, as partially listed by Ms. Bennett. Sadly many of junior's horrors have been subsequently ratified, sanctioned, and continued as in the national interest. :patriot:

[loyalsister]

8. In the spirit of "A Modest Proposal" satire

that is actually one of the best pieces I have seen in The Onion. Journalistic hyperbole can be very effective. This piece certainly reminds me to think more broadly.

[Solly Mack]

10. K&R

[TBF]

11. It's sad when the Onion has the best writing of any of the journalists out there.

nt

[7wo7rees]

12. They forgot...

Re-election of GWB
Rise and success of the pistol-packin' Tea Party
Crumbling infrastructure
USA PATRIOT Act
Ennui involved with electing Obama
Troop suicides
Trillions lost hunting a ghost
Abu-Ghraib
Still no war crimes tribunals

Frickin' hilarious.

[deutsey]

13. Sometimes The Onion doesn't just strike a nerve

it hits you right in the heart.

:evilfrown:

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. America ceased 'coming together' and is tearing apart. the Onion

really pulls up the curtain...


thanks, kpete, for posting this.

[datasuspect]

16. that is completely insensitive

i am appalled and this dishonors the memory of the more than 200 office workers who fell to their deaths rather than face suffocation or incineration.

[Romulox]

18. Great satire!

:rofl:

[DemReadingDU]

17. +++

[Permanut]

19. Just one nit to pick...

"Partisan bickering" implies some kind of equivalency between the parties and their people and their actions. I humbly submit that that is a false equivalency. I further submit that the actions of the Republicans are more accurately characterized as ambush, attack, treason, and a greed for power wrapped in the American flag.