9/11
It is hard to believe it has been 6 years (72 house payments) ago.
I was sitting in my office when a co-worker called and asked if I had the television on. Normally turning the television on was the first thing I did in order to keep up with the news of the day. For whatever reason I had not turned it on that morning. She told me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center.
I turned the set on expecting the see the tail end of a Cessna hanging out a window on the 90th floor or something like that.
What I saw was one of the buildings belching smoke like the chimney of some huge industrial complex. The next thing I saw was a passenger jet banking towards the scene. I remember thinking “what in the hell does that guy think he is doing?” When it became clear to me that he was going to take the plane straight into the other building it was as if time stood still.
This morning I heard John McCain say on one of the wake up America programs that “when I am President we will catch Osama Bin Laden”. I could not help but laugh. In a way what he was saying is that we will catch Bin Laden when hell freezes over.
And that does not matter to me. Catching Bin Laden will not turn back the clock just like hanging Saddam and killing his sons did nothing more than scratch an itch for revenge.
I long ago tired of the war versus anti-war discussion. I am who I am and I believe what I believe. I expect nothing less from others. Be who you are and believe what you believe. I know that I am the only person who can change my mind and I have no desire to attempt to change yours.
9/11 is a day that I take to remember the stunning horror of that day. I try not to think about what is or what might have been.
verr well putt, sir. arguin over thangs dont make nuthin change. i gut minny wishes and wooda shoulda couldas bout thisn, but here we are now. i am jes hopin to git thru the day in man hattan without nuthin else a’happnin.