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In reply to the discussion: I am not watching any coverage today on TV [View all]llmart
(15,536 posts)61. ..."the stupid security theater at air ports. Followed by draconian laws."
As if asking old women to take off their shoes was keeping us safe. Or thinking they could go to libraries and ask for a patron's record of what that person was reading. It was all window dressing for the rubes who would think Dumbya and his sidekicks, Cheney, Powell, Rice and Rumsfeld, were actually doing something about security.
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I'm grateful and a little suprised that the idea of creating "Patriot's Day" never got traction.
BobTheSubgenius
Sep 2021
#78
After hearing the released phone calls yesterday I am not wanting to take any more in just yet.
dameatball
Sep 2021
#13
I was pretty young in 1968 and don't really remember the Martin Luther King assassination.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
Sep 2021
#21
I'm still furious with how Bush & Cheney got away with it all, including letting his Saudi pals
LymphocyteLover
Sep 2021
#32
I will pay respect to those who lost their lives on that day. Exactly the way I respect every.....
usaf-vet
Sep 2021
#41
I refuse to be told once again how to feel about it. The truth is far darker and more complex
Ford_Prefect
Sep 2021
#42
I'm with you...it is one of those things...time and place are seared into your memory
ashredux
Sep 2021
#56
I am. Do what you want. The new documentaries this year have been well done.
Shanti Shanti Shanti
Sep 2021
#71
I watch every year to pay my respects to those that died from the terrorists and those
GemDigger
Sep 2021
#77