John Nichols: Looking Forward, Rather Than Backward, on Another 9-11

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from The Nation:



Looking Forward, Rather Than Backward, on Another 9-11
posted by John Nichols on 09/11/2008 @ 11:58am



The various speeches, statements, pronouncements and pontifications by the president and the political class arrayed around him on this seventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon serve as a reminder that –despite silly suggestions to the contrary – nothing has changed.

George Bush and Dick Cheney were running things on September 11, 2001. And George Bush and Dick Cheney are still in charge on September 11, 2008.

Democratic leaders in the House and Senate were ridiculously deferent to Bush and Cheney on September 11, 2001. Democratic leaders in the House and Senate continue to bow to Bush and Cheney on Sept. 11, 2008.

Major media failed to serve as an effective watchdog on the White House on September 11, 2001. Major media still fails to effectively counter or contradict the White House on September 11, 2008.

So cynical and self-serving spin remains the order of this September 11, as they have been the case on every day since September 11, 2001.

Far from everything changing, everything has remained depressingly the same. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/359085