It would not be appropriate to be a writer and not have something to say on the 8th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11th. What words are there to convey the immense destruction brought upon U.S. soil?
Pissed off is my choice in words.
Pissed that idiots could not put the pieces together ahead of time to prevent the attacks in the first place. The Phoenix Memo clearly outlined unheeded warnings about Islamic terrorists training at US flight schools. http://www.thememoryhole.org/911/phoenix-memo/
Pissed that the US Justice Department’s Air Force Manual 10-100: Airman’s Manual, Aug 1999 version, and the manual “Managing Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents: An Executive Level Program for Sheriffs” which taught local law enforcement how to deal with terrorist attacks were a failure. In practicing for an event like 911; the simplest statement to issue- “run” would have saved thousands. Instead, they told people to stay in the buildings.
Twice as pissed that The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission) failed miserably to do its job. http://www.9-11commission.gov/
“I don’t believe any longer that it’s a matter of connecting the dots. I think they had a veritable blueprint, and we want to know why they didn’t act on it.”— Senator Arlen Specter, a Republican member of the joint intelligence committee that investigated 9/11.
“Had one human being or a common group of human beings sat down with all that information, we could have gotten to the hijackers before they flew those four airplanes either into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon or the ground of Pennsylvania.”— Senator Bob Graham, then Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Democratic co-chairman of the joint intelligence panel that investigated 9/11
image- http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/IEYTS24MTWATUTZHZGEE7I363Y
I am pissed that school’s do not teach what happened on 911 other than if you are lucky, on the day of September 11, 2001. The twin towers poster should be hanging right next to the flag of The United States of America that the children face as they say The Pledge of Allegiance. Look at it everyday and see the sacrifice.
I am pissed that there was no order to fly flags at half mast today in honor and respect of the day. President Obama ordered that “US flags fly at half-staff at the White House, all public buildings, all military posts, all naval vessels, and diplomatic outposts around the globe until sunset on Sunday to honor Senator Edward M. Kennedy. http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/08/obama_orders_fl.html He’s buried now, flags are back up. So is my dander.
I am pissed that the media rarely shows the twin towers or any images from September 11. Too gruesome? Tuff shit. Play the 911 emergency phone calls, show the planes, play the image of the men and women jumping to their death. Too inconvenient? “Never forget – as long as it’s not too bothersome.” said, Nick Monteleone in the New York Daily News.
image by http://www.sharonpaz.com/
I am pissed that ground zero is still a concrete hole in the ground. While lease holders argue about the name of the building, eight years later, not much has been done. The NY Port Authority should have made it a park. Period.
I am pissed that no one has convinced me either way that there was, or wasn’t a conspiracy set up by President Bush, Dick Rumsfeld or someone else. Charlie Sheen has gotten on the band wagon claiming, ” I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with our 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Hussein Obama, while he was out promoting his health care reform initiative.” Focusing on the events of 9/11 and the subsequent investigation—http://www.infowars.com/twenty-minutes-with-the-president/
I am pissed that there is enough evidence that our tax dollars were spent on the C.I.A training Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda and the Taliban. I am pissed at the war with Iraq and now Afghanistan. Thousands of dead soldiers and civilians. I know, it’s better to fight there than here- but get in, do your job, get out. Don’t linger like a fly pestering a camel’s ass.
I am pissed that our President saw fit to bow to a Saudi King.
I am pissed that while there can never be complete safety, that America’s borders remain wide open to illegal immigrants, drug dealers and terrorists alike.
“A 2,000 mile state-of-the-art border fence has been estimated to cost between four and eight billion dollars. Costs for a wall that would run the entire length of the border might be as low as $851 million for a standard 10-foot prison chain link fence topped by razor wire. For another $362 million, the fence could be electrified. A larger 12-foot tall, two-foot-thick concrete wall painted on both sides would run about $2 billion. Initially it was estimated that the San Diego fence would cost $14 million — about $1 million a mile. The first 11 miles of the fence eventually cost $42 million — $3.8 million per mile, and the last 3.5 miles may cost even more since they cover more difficult terrain. An additional $35 million to complete the final 3.5 miles was approved in 2005 by the Department of Homeland Security — $10 million per mile.http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/systems/mexico-wall.htm
It’s would be laughable if it weren’t true. Sub the job out to a private contractor, create some fukcing jobs and keep our borders safe.
Top it all off, from National Geographic, “Many species, including the mountain lion, find prey and mates via migration corridors that cut through public lands along the 1,950-mile (3,138-kilometer) border. the International League of Conservation Photographers sent a team of world-renowned photographers, writers, and filmmakers to the borderlands as part of a Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition (RAVE), which took place between January 25 and February 17, 2009. They returned with thousands of images—some of them presented here http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/photogalleries/us-mexico-border-fence-wildlife/
Now I am really pissed. Boo hoo for the poor cat that can’t come over the border. Humpty Dumpty sat on a fence. The photographers should be sentenced to sit there for the same amount of time documenting the human trafficking, drug trafficking, gun trafficking, and illegal entry of who knows potentially carrying either Swine Flu or some weapon of mass destruction.
Last thing, the thing that pissed me off the most. I am pissed this day to be recognized as a National Day of Service and Remembrance . How much of our money is going to be spent on taxpayer-funded grants for projects?
You ought to be pissed off too.
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