9/11 Anniversary Open Thread

MSNBC TV is re-running their NBC News coverage from 9/11/01 - it's truly surreal to see the coverage like this, as if it were happening all over again. The fear in the reporter's voices, the confusion, shock, and the horror as the day unfolds.

This is a very emotional day for those who lost loved ones or knew those who did. The impact of 9/11 on the psyche of our country was enormous. We lost something substantial and tangible that day. Was it our optimism or our naivete? What did we learn from 9/11?

When I watch this coverage and think about the seven years that followed, I don't know that we as a nation learned much. And to think about the last two weeks of this presidential campaign - and the pablum that has stood in for a real campaign for the leader of our country - it's pathetic.

Stop talking about f'ing lipstick and take this election seriously.


Please share your own 9/11 thoughts in the comments.