Reply #67: Here, here!

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The thing that irritated me the most, by the end of the day on Sept. 1, 2001, was you would have thought no other single person or country had ever experienced an attack by 'terrorists' in the history of the world. The US was beating its breast, rending garments and shearing hair over the events. And while yes, the events were shocking, horrific and ...well, terrorizing to be sure, other countries around the world had managed to carry on, go forward and be more careful & aware w/ acts of violence occurring, in those countries, on a fairly regular basis. This country went into a red, white & blue frenzy that has not waned - note the recent Barack lapel pin attack. There was no voice of reason to pull us back from that brink because there was no leadership to be found anywhere. Only opportunists pretending to be.

As I watch the events unfold that day, I kept remembering November 22, 1963. While that was the dark ages of communication compared to today. By the end of that horrible day, we all knew Lyndon Johnson had been sworn in as President and that he was back in Washington, DC and the government was stable. It gave us a foundation for the events and was calming.

Chickenshit Chucklenuts barely made it back to DC by bedtime on the West Coast, after hiding out all over the country that day. No short reassuring speech in front of the White House. A complete failure from December 12, 2000 through today.