The Legacy of 9/11

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  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    What jackass accuses you of that?
    LMFAO!!!!!
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    I'm sure you felt this way 9/10/01.

    "I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America, I hate America."

    :D
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,928
    hippiemom wrote:
    America showed her true colors. "The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave" was proven to be a nation of cowards who would happily sacrifice the liberties their ancestors fought and died for because they're afraid.
    WARNING....posts by hippiemom may cause blindness....

    hehehe..........
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,263
    hippiemom wrote:
    LMFAO!!!!!



    :D

    Ha, I hope you knew my "jackass" comment was in jest to my previous comment that you had replied to in the previous post. I couldn't tell from your post whether you thought I was being serious or not.
  • EvilToasterElf
    EvilToasterElf Posts: 1,119
    hippiemom wrote:
    America showed her true colors. "The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave" was proven to be a nation of cowards who would happily sacrifice the liberties their ancestors fought and died for because they're afraid.

    I have the utmost respect for you darlin - but you obviously weren't living in New York
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    Ha, I hope you knew my "jackass" comment was in jest to my previous comment that you had replied to in the previous post. I couldn't tell from your post whether you thought I was being serious or not.
    I did, that's why I quoted it. Thanks for the laugh :D
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    EvilToasterElf wrote:
    I have the utmost respect for you darlin - but you obviously weren't living in New York
    No, I wasn't. Neither were most of the biggest supporters of the most draconian measures Bush has proposed. There are few places where Bush and his scare tactics are LESS popular than New York. I have all the respect in the world for New Yorkers. I wish the rest of the country was more like them.
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,928
    hippiemom wrote:
    America showed her true colors. "The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave" was proven to be a nation of cowards who would happily sacrifice the liberties their ancestors fought and died for because they're afraid.
    the more i read this post.......

    the more it sickens me......
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • El_Kabong
    El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    the more i read this post.......

    the more it sickens me......


    reality can be a hard pill to swallow at times...
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,928
    El_Kabong wrote:
    reality can be a hard pill to swallow at times...
    thats great......

    especially coming from you.....
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • El_Kabong
    El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    thats great......

    especially coming from you.....


    hey, i'm here for ya, speedy ;)
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,928
    El_Kabong wrote:
    hey, i'm here for ya, speedy ;)
    and i thank you...


    because every once in a while....

    i need a little escape from reality........
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • dkst0426
    dkst0426 Posts: 523
    9/11 will go down as one of the bloodiest days in American history. Probably THE bloodiest non-wartime day.

    But through it all, there's one thing: it was also the day of the single-greatest rescue operation EVER.
  • Open
    Open Posts: 792
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    the more i read this post.......

    the more it sickens me......

    Why?
  • dkst0426
    dkst0426 Posts: 523
    El_Kabong wrote:
    reality can be a hard pill to swallow at times...
    Hell, being a pill can be a hard pill to swallow at times........
  • VictoryGin
    VictoryGin Posts: 1,207
    I think 9/11 made me more scared to be an American because I saw the nation as a whole get swept up in fear. To see a nation that was founded on freedom and liberty turn into one that surrenders those very things to blindly follow the leader is really quite devastating. Thankfully not everyone is like that, though so many were at the time. Yet, some people were speaking out. And then One Beat was released:

    Far Away

    7:30 am nurse the baby on the couch
    then the phone rings
    "Turn on the T.V."
    watch the world explode in flames
    and don’t leave the house

    And the sky overhead
    is silent, waiting
    Clear blue holds its breath
    And the heart is hit
    in a city far away
    but it feels so close

    Don't breathe the air today
    Don't speak of why you're afraid
    (Standing here on a one way road
    and I fall down, and I fall down
    no other direction for this to go
    so we fall down, so we fall down)

    Why can't I get along?
    Why can't I get along?
    WHY CAN'T I GET ALONG WITH YOU?

    And the president hides
    while working men rush in
    To give their lives
    I look to the sky
    and ask it not to rain
    On my family tonight

    Don't breathe the air today
    Don't speak of why you're afraid
    (Standing here on a one way road
    and I fall down, and I fall down
    no other direction for this to go
    so we fall down, so we fall down)

    Why can't I get along?
    Why can't I get along?
    WHY CAN'T I GET ALONG WITH YOU?
    if you wanna be a friend of mine
    cross the river to the eastside
  • chopitdown
    chopitdown Posts: 2,222
    hippiemom wrote:
    You're right about the generosity. As president, I would have tried to harness that energy and turn it into something lasting. Rather than encouraging people to go shopping, I would have called for us as a nation to make any sacrifices necessary to achieve energy independence. There should have been an initiative similar to the Manhattan Project or Kennedy's promise to put a man on the moon. Beyond that, see soulsinging's post, I think he pretty much nailed it.

    thanks for answering. I agree we should have done more and perhaps missed a great opportunity to KEEP the country united and for once in a long time really establish a plan for our country.
    hippiemom wrote:
    What I would NOT have done: spy on American citizens; arrest people without warrants; prevent prisoners from speaking to their families and attorneys; accuse people who disagreed with me of hating freedom or hating America or sympathizing with terrorists.

    can i at least still accuse michael moore of hating america if i let everyone else off the hook? ;)
    make sure the fortune that you seek...is the fortune that you need
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    I'm not sure 9/11 changed me. I got paranoid about getting on a plane for a couple weeks, but that's about it. Nobody I knew died, and I'm not going to be a hypocrite and say how it affected me so deeply, when people are constantly killed and terrorized all over the world all the time. Terrorism is just a part of humanity. Sad but true. It will always exist. It was a sad event. That's about all I can say.

    And I don't think it was the worst day in history for humanity either. I think the Hiroshima bombing is much worse. It was a much larger act of terror, and it showed the world what nuclear weapons can do, which, as we all know, led to massive production of these weapons and the possibility of world destruction.
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    VictoryGin wrote:
    I think 9/11 made me more scared to be an American because I saw the nation as a whole get swept up in fear. To see a nation that was founded on freedom and liberty turn into one that surrenders those very things to blindly follow the leader is really quite devastating. Thankfully not everyone is like that, though so many were at the time. Yet, some people were speaking out.

    Very nice post. Ditch your own fear though.
  • lgt
    lgt Posts: 720
    Mookie Baylock wrote:
    I realized 9/11 sucked, but calling it the worst day in the history of the human race is a bit much. 3000 dead is awful, but how many died in the hiroshima/nagasaki bombs, the holocaust, and in attacks that occur on a daily basis in some areas of the world. No offence, but that was a pretty America-biased statement and is a part of the reason much of the world doesn't care for America- they think their lives are more valuable than others.

    That being said, I'm sure you didn't mean it like that, not trying to start anything.

    I agree with you that the Bush administration fucked up and turned the world against them when the world was at its most sympathic.

    That's exactly what I thought too! Just had to barge in the thread to say it... :o
  • Milhouse VanHouten
    Milhouse VanHouten Posts: 755
    After 9-11, I was encouraged by many acts of bravery, charity, and sacrifice by many people.

    I was also disgusted by many acts of crass opportunism, xenophobia masquerading as patriotism, and the blind, unequestioning allegiance to a president who would piss away every ounce of momentum and good will he had gained in the next 5 years.
    "Of course it hurts. You're getting fucked by an elephant."

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