Seven years since America lost its innocence (Trees And Things)

thefadd: Re: Flight 93 passengers.. not heroes

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:07:00 EST

Well, they could've been heroes but they were shot down so we'll never really know.

delete me: Re: Flight 93 passengers.. not heroes

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:51:56 EST

Some animals just cower and wait for the inevitable.

laputanmachine: Flight 93 passengers.. not heroes

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:35:40 EST

Just wanted to again say the Flight 93 people were NOT heroes (said it back on Plastic a while ago). They hatched their attack plan after coming to the conclusion that their only chance for survival was to take back the plane from the hijackers. Fighting l

port1080: Re: Seven years since America lost its innocence

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:50:55 EST

My grandfather told me about Pearl Harbor. He heard about when he was movies or something. The next day he joined the navy. People got their shit together. Back then our nation was facing a major threat that could have destroyed it. The threat now? Noth

zyxwvutsr: Re: Brass Bells

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:43:14 EST
Brass bells!

thefadd: The Historical Context

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:36:15 EST
This anniversary has been different for me. It's the first year that I feel some 9/11 fatigue around me. Usually you're soaked in all that schmaltzy, grotesque memorializing but it's been far more muted finally. Personally, I feel like I can actually think

pO157: Re: Seven years since America lost its innocence

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:02:28 EST
I was a junior in college the day it happened. I remember vague, random images of that day. The amazingly clear blue sky. How nice it was outside. The daze everybody seemed to be in after. Panic.
What bothers me most about the whole incident is how much

joshv: Re: Schmaltz

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:26:10 EST
Oh but wait, there's more: http://www.nationalcollectorsmint.com/category_detail.jsp?path=-1&id=6966

joshv: Re: Schmaltz

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:18:56 EST
And then there's the 9/11 'silver certificate' - worth $20 Liberian dollars - http://www.911twenty.com/ - remember NASCAR fans, 9+11=20.

Lou: Schmaltz

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:23:26 EST
Wonkette has a nice collection of the Art of 9/11. Yeesh.

skeptic: Re: Seven years since 9/11/01

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:18:07 EST
I suppose I will commemorate this sad anniversary by writing this comment.
On 9/11 I experienced by far the deepest and most painful grief that I have ever felt about any event outside my personal life (and even within my personal life, only one event h