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How quickly we forget. Hell, it's only been 7 years...

Yeah, I know... this topic has been beaten like a dead horse and everyone has such busy lives, who's got the time to commemorate one of the most tragic days in American history?

Well, guess I do.

I just want to recall some of the most striking images of that day, and there were many. But the ones that still stick with me more than any others are of seeing people making the decision to jump to their death rather than face immolation from burning jet fuel.

Good lord, one minute you're at work doing a mundane job, the next you're faced with what's the most preferable way of dying. I have no idea what was going thru those folks mind, of course... but I probably would have done the same thing.

I remember thinking at the time how terrified the passengers on those planes must have been... but they really didn't know what was coming, and then it was over in an instant.

The other thing that bugs me is whenever I see an "old" movie set in New York, they invariably show pics of the WTC in the background... and everytime I see them, I get a hollow feeling in my gut and a real sense of sadness over what was lost... immediately followed by an insane rage to go kill somebody.

I will never forget.

Nobody cares anymore. What's on TV?

Martyred wrote:What's on TV?

In about a half hour, Charlie Gibson interviewing Sarah Palin.

And you Canadian pussies never cared. But we remember.

Martyred wrote:Nobody cares anymore.

Did you celebrate on that day, Marty?

War Wagon wrote:

Martyred wrote:Nobody cares anymore.

Did you celebrate on that day, Marty?

Called a few comrades...talked about throwing some ribs on the grill...crackin' a few icy cold ones...

Nothing ever became of it. Not like the "old days".

:(

War Wagon wrote:How quickly we forget. Hell, it's only been 7 years...

Who said anyone forgot? Just because we're not getting all weepy and calling for an American Jihad doesn't mean we don't remember.

Diogenes wrote:

Martyred wrote:What's on TV?

In about a half hour, Charlie Gibson interviewing Sarah Palin.

Oh, but the SEXIST MEDIA is out to get SARAH PALIN!!! OH, THE HUMANITY!!!

Sincerely,

Aerosol-huffing, shit-eating GOPers like TARDOGENES

BSmack wrote: Who said anyone forgot? Just because we're not getting all weepy and calling for an American Jihad doesn't mean we don't remember.

I wept. I still weep.

What's with the "we" stuff? You usually don't have any problem speaking for yourself... wait, it's an election year. I understand...

Btw, I remember quite clearly you posting pictures at TNW of Palestinians celebrating... as if you were gloating. Yes/No?

Patten for Welker?

War Wagon wrote:

BSmack wrote: Who said anyone forgot? Just because we're not getting all weepy and calling for an American Jihad doesn't mean we don't remember.

I wept. I still weep.

What's with the "we" stuff? You usually don't have any problem speaking for yourself... wait, it's an election year. I understand...

You wondered if the collective "we" had forgotten. I answered in kind. It's really that simple.

Btw, I remember quite clearly you posting pictures at TNW of Palestinians celebrating... as if you were gloating. Yes/No?

Nope, that wasn't me. And I sure the fuck wasn't gloating about something I knew would serve as the pretext for our idiot President to bankrupt our country and shred the Constitution.

Patten for Welker?

Who scored more points last week? A trade is a calculated risk. I'll be seeing the Crusaders in a couple of weeks. ;)

Screw_Michigan wrote: Oh, but the SEXIST MEDIA is out to get SARAH PALIN!!! OH, THE HUMANITY!!!

The media aren't sexist, but they are on a crash course mission to defame, defile, and destroy her candidacy...

Look, I didn't start this thread with an open invitation to mouth breathing idiots to comment about Palin.

Show some respect.

Martyred wrote:Nobody cares anymore. What's on TV?

surprisingly- or maybe not- no 9/11 retrospectives

Screw_Michigan wrote:

Fuck off, bitch.

BTW, props to both candidates and campaigns for taking the day off. I know it's the obvious and right thing to do, but these days that doesn't always matter to some.

BSmack wrote: Nope, that wasn't me.

You sure about that?

For all my faults, a failing memory isn't one of them. You were quite the radical back then. Maybe one of the old crew can verify or debunk that notion.

That pissed me off, whoever it was... and surely you remember... as if what happened was deserved.

R-Jack wrote:

Cuda wrote:

Martyred wrote:Nobody cares anymore. What's on TV?

surprisingly- or maybe not- no 9/11 retrospectives

Figured your earning power didn't allow such splurges as basic cable.

Try History or MSNBC.

Don't know (or want to) about MessNBC, but the Histoty Channel has 9/11 specials from 8PM on (PST)

mvscal wrote: It means we'll lose.

Huh? :?

Obama hasn't been elected yet, so since when did we become France?

War Wagon wrote:

mvscal wrote: It means we'll lose.

Huh? :?

Obama hasn't been elected yet, so since when did we become France?

Wishfull thinking on mvscum's part. Still rooting for America to be irretrivably destroyed.

No, mvscal's post, and who it was directed at, zinged right over your heads.

I thought a lot about 9/11 today, more than I had for a few years.

I think mvscal is right - we're no closer to an answer to terror than we were that day. We've made some progress, but I have to assume those who would attack us have also.

We're very comfortable here in America, and it's getting harder and harder for people to remember exactly how lucky/blessed we are.

rozy wrote:No, mvscal's post, and who it was directed at, zinged right over your heads.

No, he's made his agenda clear.

The sooner this country is irretrievably destroyed, the sooner we can begin putting it back together on a more sane footing starting with the basics.

http://www.theoneboard.com/board/viewto ... 2&start=30

Stupid, but clear.

R-Jack wrote:

Diogenes wrote: Don't know (or want to) about MessNBC, but the Histoty Channel has 9/11 specials from 8PM on (PST)

Good idea to shield your eyes from anything not Fox News.

I just mentioned ABC news, moron.


The only thing MessNBC is good for is a laugh at how retarded they can be.

Even Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams think they're an embarassment.

War Wagon wrote: The media aren't sexist, but they are on a crash course mission to defame, defile, and destroy her candidacy....

But now She's on a mission to kick some liberal, commie media ass

mvscal wrote:

Diogenes wrote:

rozy wrote:No, mvscal's post, and who it was directed at, zinged right over your heads.

No, he's made his agenda clear.

The sooner this country is irretrievably destroyed, the sooner we can begin putting it back together on a more sane footing starting with the basics.

http://www.theoneboard.com/board/viewto ... 2&start=30

Stupid, but clear.

You really aren't very smart...at all.

Coming from an unamerican halfwit like you...

BSmack wrote: And I sure the fuck wasn't gloating about something I knew would serve as the pretext for our idiot President to bankrupt our country and shred the Constitution.

PSUFAN wrote: We're very comfortable here in America, and it's getting harder and harder for people to remember exactly how lucky/blessed we are.

Not really.

For any American lucky enough to have been born here, part of their daily ritual should be quietly thanking God for their good fortune.

Or not so quietly.

KC Scott wrote: But now She's on a mission to kick some liberal, commie media ass/

And doing a fine job of that, you must admit.

Life goes on.......

And Texxon is there.

War Wagon wrote:
The other thing that bugs me is whenever I see an "old" movie set in New York, they invariably show pics of the WTC in the background... and everytime I see them, I get a hollow feeling in my gut and a real sense of sadness over what was lost... immediately followed by an insane rage to go kill somebody.

I will never forget.

I didn't read the rest of this thread. I rarely even read this part of the board anymore...

Rack You and God Bless... WW!

R-Jack wrote:I am watching the "As it happened" thing on MSNBC between mixing screwdrivers. One thing that stuck out was the replays of the second plane hitting the tower and how much it reminded me of when Buckwheat was shot.

Outstanding.

I think WW just had a stroke.

Ana Ng wrote:Life goes on.......

And Texxon is there.

At first, I thought this was a Zaxxon 9/11 reset...truly 1smoothg-worthy.

Man, 9/11 nearly slipped my mind yesterday with all the hurricane preparation I was going through. It had not dawned on me until I was able to catch the last couple of innings of the 'Stros game and saw the patriotic hats the players were wearing. I had all the flashbacks of that day shortly after seeing those hats.

Fuck terrorism.

RumpleForeskin wrote:I had all the flashbacks of that day shortly after seeing those hats.

You had flashbacks? I guess going to that "Death to bin Laden" Acid Test 7 years ago was a bad idea.

mvscal wrote:The idea of exporting liberal democracy as a revolutionary political ideology did not exactly perform to expectations. It was a noble effort and certainly worth a try, but it's time to get this thing wrapped up.

At the onset of the war, I questioned whether any Arab nation state was capable of democracy and whether it could work in Iraq, even if our military campaign and post-invasion reconstruction was flawless. I didn't say it couldn't work, but that I had my doubts. I distinctly remember posting something along those lines in a thread either on this board or over at thetrolls.com

Both you and Tom were in on that discussion, (if I recall correctly), along with mTool, who at the time was trying to argue that there are no Arabs in Africa or some shit.

At any rate, I don't think we should abandon liberal democracy as a revolutionary political ideology in a greater sense. Feeble facades of it in places like Jordan notwithstanding, today's Arab world is either incapable or unwilling to join the 18th century.

I think you're right about it becoming similar to Lebanan.

RadioFan wrote: today's Arab world is either incapable or unwilling to join the 18th century.

aint Islam a hoot?

Anyone happen to catch the special on The History Channel; 102 minutes that changed America, or something like that ? Rather eerie, really stirred up alot of the raw emotions from that morning.

Bucmonkey wrote:Anyone happen to catch the special on The History Channel; 102 minutes that changed America, or something like that ? Rather eerie, really stirred up alot of the raw emotions from that morning.

No, but I did watch MSNBC's "9-11 As It Happened" special where they just broadcast the NBC News reports of the first 4 hours of 9-11 coverage. I was surprised to see that it took them a solid minute to realize that the first tower had collapsed. Other than that, it was just as I remembered it.

Bucmonkey wrote:Anyone happen to catch the special on The History Channel; 102 minutes that changed America, or something like that ? Rather eerie, really stirred up alot of the raw emotions from that morning.

I saw that last Thursday. Outstanding.

WTC 7 ?