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the last thing we need is to further shut our economy down, and damage yet more small businesses struggling to function in america. israel can shut their economy down because THEY GET OUR MONEY.
who is going to give us money?
the great thing about america is FREEDOM. you don't want to shop, don't shop. YOU can make a voluntary choice now, and others can as well.
The problem is on 9/11 (or days after) we lost that great thing called "FREEDOM" thanks to that anithesis of Freedom -- the very anti-patriot "Patriot Act".
Frankly, we are ALL connected to the tragedy, I'm so sorry if you and your wife are "bothered" by anyone elses needs but your own.
Yeah, I know. You watched it on TV. Wow. I love it when people who were not there want to tell those who were there just how awful it was and how it should be mourned or remembered.
Us crying over 9/11 is the equivalent of the biggest bully in the world breaking down into tears over a splinter.
3000 people? more die from aspirin every year. I'm sick of the sobfest, let it go.
Exactly! 250,000 Americans die taking prescription drugs as prescribed each year! But we let the FDA merrily continue on approving the drugs anyway. I guess those deaths are acceptable.
Celebrating a tragedy is assanine. Who celebrates Pearl Harbor? Leave the past where it was and move forward.
Who says we are celebrating a "tragedy"? We are commermorating a event that millions of Americans watched unfold on live TV.
As for moving forward New York City has and they are rebuilding at ground Zero.
Terrorists picked the wrong target because New Yorkers are like cockroaches! You can try to kill them but they will never die and I mean that in the most sincere sarcastic way!
Pearl Harbor is a memorial whereas lower Manhattan isn't. Life goes on despite the events of 9/11.
On the first anniversay of the tragedy there were debates on how to observe the event in light of families that lost loved ones still grieving and processing their loss...the over all attitude of the families was that they did not want to participate in any observance. There were some that stepped forward to speak about it but actually very few...mostly it was police and firemen. My family took this cue and since have observed the tragedy with a non-observance. We do not formally observe 9/11 instead we as a family do something as a family as a sort of rememberance of those that lost their family members..we hold our family closer for one day.
The bombing of the WTC was only the second time in American history that America was attacked on her own soil. The first being Pearl Harbor...and that brought us into WWII. The lives lost at the WTC equal the lives lost at Pearl. I think the 10 year anniversary should be observed as a nation with flag waving, The Pledge of Alliegence and the National Anthem. We should come together as a nation to renew our vows as a nation to stay strong and stay free.
Yes, if you are a senior citizen you have experienced a huge amount of loss and grief personal and national. As such, you may not want to participate..but that does mean it should not be observed. Young people, as we speak, are having to face their own personal and national crisis with the economy, the shortage of jobs, and more and more people losing their homes to forclosures. Plus it is the young people (our future leaders) that will ultimately see the end of all this..the future is literally riding on their shoulders and the burden is heavy. Many are already exhausted from the emotional toll this is taking. That does not mean that this anniversary should not be observed. It means that they must find a way that they personnaly can observe it even if that means by not observing it.
We must observe it because, just like when I was a child, when the Attack of Pearl Harbor was observed it taught me that we can overcome anything as a nation if we stand together as a nation. Citizens of The United States of America coming together to observe and memorialize the darkest day in American history. To tell the families of the dead that we have not forgotten, that we will never forget the sacrifice their family made for our freedom.
Anniversary of 911.... It only took 10 YEARS to find Osama bin Laden
Thank you Barack Obama
Thank you Navy Seals
It's only now that we can truly move past the events of 911. It wasn't just finally taking down the mastermind Osama bin Laden, it was the WEALTH of intelligence gained when the compound was raided.
And it was done without starting a immoral and illegal war
it's funny how Dubya & Cheney couldn't find him! Would Osama sang like a bird if he were caught? "These people paid me in the 1980s!" for Afghanistan against Russia!
Reagan loved his War criminal friends! Osama,Noriega in Panama!
Yeah, I know. You watched it on TV. Wow. I love it when people who were not there want to tell those who were there just how awful it wasand how it should be mourned or remembered.
Just because you don't live in NYC does not mean you weren't affected on a personal level by 9/11. There are thousands of people across the United States that lost family members in the WTC and they could only watch the events unfold on tv knowing their loved one was "somewhere" in the rubble. I can't imaggine a more helpless feeling. At least if you lived in the area you could at least go and DO something no matter how futile.
I can only think that if you feel this strongly about this then you must have been affected on a very personal level. From my heart..I am sorry for your loss.
Yeah, I know. You watched it on TV. Wow. I love it when people who were not there want to tell those who were there just how awful it was and how it should be mourned or remembered.
Way to miss the point.
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Anniversary of 911.... It only took 10 YEARS to find Osama bin Laden
