You'd think this was the first time something horrible happened on the planet.
I think the reason it's being drilled into us by the media so much is because it was a New York Landmark. Notice how much longer this has stayed in the media than Oklahoma City did.
I'm sick of all the "Touching story" 9-11 e-mail forwards I keep getting. We have an idiot at work who forwards EVERYTHING she receives, usually to most of the office.
I'm sick of all the American Flags everywhere. Nothing against the flag, but I have a very low opinion of "It's fashionable to be patriotic" style Patriotism.
I'm sick of the single loon in the office who keeps saying it's terrible that a movie called "The Two Towers" is coming out in November, and that they're just trying to grab media attention by using the title.
I do NOT want to hear another conversation about how Sept 11 should be a national holiday.
I'm also sick of the head of lettuce we have for a president. I am still angry that all the worthwhile candidates were eliminated in the primaries, leaving us with two people who just don't have what it takes to be president. I think it's fitting it was so close the supreme court had to pick the president.
I can't believe that eyelash curlers are on the list of forbidden items. I don't use them, but how the hell can you use one to take over a plane?
I agree with you that it seems like the only hurting people the media wants to recognize are the ones who were harmed in the terrorist attacks. Forget the homeless, forget the poor and everyone else who needed help on Sept 10, 2001. Instead, focus on the widow of the stock broker who made seven figures in 2001 and left a trust fund for his children. </Rant>
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Date: 2002-09-17 09:23 am (UTC)I agree.
You'd think this was the first time something horrible happened on the planet.
I think the reason it's being drilled into us by the media so much is because it was a New York Landmark. Notice how much longer this has stayed in the media than Oklahoma City did.
I'm sick of all the "Touching story" 9-11 e-mail forwards I keep getting. We have an idiot at work who forwards EVERYTHING she receives, usually to most of the office.
I'm sick of all the American Flags everywhere. Nothing against the flag, but I have a very low opinion of "It's fashionable to be patriotic" style Patriotism.
I'm sick of the single loon in the office who keeps saying it's terrible that a movie called "The Two Towers" is coming out in November, and that they're just trying to grab media attention by using the title.
I do NOT want to hear another conversation about how Sept 11 should be a national holiday.
I'm also sick of the head of lettuce we have for a president. I am still angry that all the worthwhile candidates were eliminated in the primaries, leaving us with two people who just don't have what it takes to be president. I think it's fitting it was so close the supreme court had to pick the president.
I can't believe that eyelash curlers are on the list of forbidden items. I don't use them, but how the hell can you use one to take over a plane?
I agree with you that it seems like the only hurting people the media wants to recognize are the ones who were harmed in the terrorist attacks. Forget the homeless, forget the poor and everyone else who needed help on Sept 10, 2001. Instead, focus on the widow of the stock broker who made seven figures in 2001 and left a trust fund for his children.
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