Happy 9/11

Today's the 7th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

I had written about it last year as well, but then I was more disgusted with the fact that it was buried in the media next to the Paris Hilton/Lindsey Lohan horse shit that was leading most of the major news outlets.

This year I'd just like to recap the state of things seven years since the attacks:

+4100 US casualties as a result of our invasion of Iraq

No clear timeline or conditions for withdrawal of troops from Iraq

The largest opium poppy harvest on record in occupied Afghanistan

Federal agencies most likely won't be held accountable for their illegal wiretapping activities on innocent US civilians

An estimated cost of three trillion dollars to the US taxpayer

Not even a whiff of the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden

Happy 9/11 America!

Did you remember what today is?

Today is September 11th. For those that have forgotten, six years ago the U.S. was attacked by terrorist who hijacked commercial airlines and flew them into the World Trade Center Towers and the Pentagon.



Three thousand Americans lost their lives that day.

More than three thousand, seven hundred American soldiers and civilians have lost their lives during the four years of war since then.

But what is on the front page of MSN today?



"Summer's Biggest Scandal"? Paris and Lindsey are front page news on 9/11? I'm surprised they mentioned 9/11 on the front page at all. At least they gave a small link on the left of the page to acknowledge the fact that it was 9/11.

For today, try to not read the celebrity gossip news and sports box scores. For today, think of how the world has changed in the last six years and how that's affected your life and the lives of your loved ones. Today, remember the fallen Americans that were killed six years ago today and the thousands that have died since.

Never forget.
Never forget.
Never forget.