Solemn Remembrance

Today, the web is filled with articles and reminders of the disaster that occurred 8 years ago.  The mention of the words “nine eleven” resonates in our ears as September 11, 2001.  Nearly everyone in the modern world knows what happened on that day.  It was the day that a major international trade center was attacked by hijacked aircrafts and a national landmark was destroyed.  This was not a disaster that was soon to be forgotten, and has still not fallen out of the public eye 8 years later.  It’s hard to, especially when the resulting attack served as a catalyst for a war on terror that lasted more than two presidential terms.

Today, plans to erect a memorial structure called Freedom Tower, a tower that will itself be well over 1000 feet, is still in the early stages of construction.  Also, even though this was considered one of the most tragic events in recent American history, there is no shortage of jokes that revolve around 9/11.  How else do you deal with something that has mixed opinions around the subject, including those with conspiracy theories that say that the government planned the terrorist attacks?  This event has also undergone a lot of treatment in the cinema, ranging from semi-fictional drama to controversial documentary. 

I think that as long as we continue consuming media, we will not be able to forget 9/11.  It’s being thrown at us from every medium and every perspective.  Even in countries other than the United States.  (Here's the punchline, the leader of the terrorist group al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, still hasn't been found and suspected to be still alive.  OOO OOO OOO HA HA HA!!!  Actually that's sad.)

Random Quote of the Day:

Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.

   -Mark Twain (1825-1910)-

Random Word of the Day:

PUISSANT: /PWISS-uhnt; PYOO-uh-suhnt; pyoo-ISS-uhnt/, adjective:

1. Powerful; strong; mighty; as, a puissant prince or empire