It’s a Shame
Last night, my husband was surfing web clips and such and ran across one that made my blood run cold. Seems there was a survey of the American people about 9/11. 30% could not remember the year it happened. The video started with that tidbit and then turned into a Jaywalking type thing where they stopped random people in the street and asked them questions about 9/11. Questions included what year it was, who was responsible, how many people were killed, and where the attacks happened. They gave multiple choice answers to many of the questions, yet people still got them wrong! According to some of the answers given, 9/11 happened in October 2000. 30,000 people were killed in New York alone, murdered in an attack by Buddists.
Have We the People gotten so complacent that the details of the worst terrorist attack on our soil have faded in our memories in less than a decade? Are we so wrapped up in our own lives that we have forgotten what our service men and women are STILL at war over? Do we just not care anymore?
I put part of the blame on human nature to not think on things that are unpleasant. It’s natural for horror to fade with time.
I put quite a bit of blame on the liberal controlled media. The same media who loves to turn the lives of famous people into a daily drama-filled soap opera, while ignoring what the President of the United States is doing. The same media who will announce how many military people were killed today (with a gleam in their eye), while neglecting to report anything positive that happens in our war. The same media who will, upon hearing a conservative make a speech, vilify, ridicule and crucify that person for weeks, while praising a liberal who says the same thing. This is the same liberal based media who decided to stop showing footage of the destruction on 9/11, because *it might make someone feel bad* (there’s that damn PC police again – see earlier post)
The American people OUGHT to feel bad when we think of 9/11. It ought to make us pissed off. We should know that 9/11 happened on Sept 11, 2001, that 3000 people lost their lives in New York, Washington DC and Pennsylvania. We should know that the attack was masterminded by Muslim radicals hell bent on destroying America. And we should all stand up as one, and let them know they won’t destroy us. Not Muslim radicals, not the politics of the White House and not a liberal media hell bent on our destruction.
It’s horrible. People care more about Brittany spears’ shaving her head than 9-11. There was a poll on a local radio station and there conclusion is that Brittany shaving her head got more press time then 9-11. what have we come to? so many friends and family dying. so many people fighting a war that will never end. so many people losing there life to defend your right to piss on our nation’s flag. it infuriates me to no end. People are dying for no reason and people need to wake the fuck up. iv lost to many friends over this bullshit and it needs to stop. i would like to thank all the men and women that have fought for my rights. some might have been lost but none will ever be forgotten.
Neurotically yours,
-Phlip
Phlip - January 16, 2010 at 8:33 am |