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As we approach the one year anniversary of the devastating terrorist
attacks on the United States I must pause to ponder the American response to
those events as well as the leadership and actions of President Bush. The
shock of those actions…

One year after September 11th, the debate over what to teach kids about 9/11 reveals a continued climate of intolerance and hate


As the anniversary of September 11th approaches, flag factories work overtime and political alchemists prepare to turn…

Agenda Interrupted"

"9-1-1, nine eleven, 9/11

We all looked at the same event. A tragic event to most of us. We all felt
lifes tedious movement come to a jarring halt on a beautiful September
morning in 2001.

And we all saw desperation, panic, and…

Toward a More Perfect Union: Lessons Learned- Or Not-
Since 9/11

After the terrible tragedy on September 11 the world
has changed drastically. we went from fighting against
one another over political issues to being united
against the criminals who…

"Toward a more perfect union",

"The things that we have learned about our Republic have been frightening for
me since the terrorist attacks.

I keep reading that President Bush has not yet formed an opinion about the
coming military struggle to…

NORAD 911 Stand Down Math

by Mark Elsis, MyCountryRightOrWrong.net -- Questioning September 11th

8:13:31: American Airlines Flight 11 (AA11) last transmission.

8:13:32 / 8:20: AA11 goes off course, transponder signal stops, and is
hijacked.

8:36:…

"The Irony of It"

The irony of it:
that an act so dastardly in and of itself
should act so diabolically upon those who have
survived it;
that those of us who were so rocked
with grief and pain, who wept and profusely such real tears,
who once sang…

Have things changed since September 11, 2001? Many
people would probably answer that question yes. Things
have not only changed in the government, but people
have changed also. People now view life differently
and new insecurities have developed…

TOWARDS A MORE PERFECT UNION

America s Greatest Gift To Mankind

A firefighter for 25 years, my father was a hero to me, but he thought, as did most Americans during the 1960 s, that the United States might come under attack by communists. We were…

Toward A More Perfect Union

When I opened my eyes on September 11th, I saw
citizens paying for government interests we know
little about and finally experiencing similar
fatalities as other countries have endured. I then saw
us as the world s bully…

All War Talk, All The Time
America's Leaders Fail To Offer Public Alternatives To War


Americans went to public places 12 months ago bearing their doubts and their questions. They gathered in town squares, in living rooms, they even called into talk…

Toward A More Perfect Union


The events of September 11 taught Americans several shocking lessons. We learned that our protective systems were imperfect and that we were passionately hated in some parts of the world. We learned that we were…

It's a Small World After All


Citizens of the United States listened, mum, throughout the hedonistic
decade of the 1990s as the rhetoric of globalization poured forth from every media outlet; hailing new technologies and ideas that would erase…

Toward a more perfect union

.......we were walking down the high street
in the days when high streets had stores
with big windows filled with TV screens
you were wearing your SUV sole sneakers
(i'd been more conscientious, having purchased
skimpy…

"Toward a More Perfect Union"

Can you say idiot? Well, in my opinion that is in fact what our president is.

According to certain internet rumors, President Bush
knew about the 9/11 attacks and who would be
responsible, before they took place. I…

"here is a piece on Agenda Interrupted.


September 11 is an eminently forgettable day of disgrace, not only for what
a bunch of homicidal maniacs , treating the USA as a sort of totem pole of
evil that needed to be destroyed, did in New York and…

"Toward A More Perfect Union-Lessons Learned Or Not-Since 9-11 ",

"I was so very proud of how America responded to the 9-11 attack. We didn't respond as people of different religious, ethnic or political groups; we responded as human beings united…

Lets Preserve Hope on September 11th

Its been a year since the Towers have gone, the Pentagon was hit, the plane crashed in Pennsylvania, and yes, its terrible, and yes, life will never be the same, but I plan to meet this infamous anniversary with…

Toward A More Perfect Union: Lessons Learned - Or Not - Since 9/11
Tragedy and Missed Opportunities


The tragedy of September 11th is not merely that airplanes were piloted into corporate eyesores, killing thousands, though that is certainly an…

"Preemptive or preventive war?"


As media speculation about war with Iraq reaches frenzied proportions, commentators insist on mistakenly terming the impending conflict "preemptive." As Harold Meyerson wrote for The American Prospect this week,…