September 11, 2002
Good Morning, and welcome to MajorMediaNews.
For those of you just tuning in, widespread panic has gripped the nation as terrorists have performed the largest terrorist attack in United States history just under eight-thousand, seven-hundred sixty hours ago. This, day three-hundred sixty-five of our continuing coverage of the events that shook our nation, must not be ignored. If it is, the terrorists will win, America will crumble, and you will be marked as a bad person, doomed to spend eternity in either jail or hell. Or both. Laws are currently being drafted to decide.
Ugh. It's funny. On this day last year, I was very, very happy I had television, so I could keep up with the events as they happened. Conversely, one year later, I'm happy that I don't have television, because today is the day we get slapped in the face with an endless barrage of media recounts of everything they've been broadcasting for the past year, all packed together back-to-back in a super duper September 11 tragedy rehash extravaganza!
Screw that. Not to downplay what happened last year, because three planes crashing, taking out three buildings in New York, a slice of the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania killing thousands of people certainly does suck to an enormous degree. But while it's important to remember this as a terrible part of history, we need not be reminded of it every single hour of every single day afterward. Screw the sensationalism, screw the media hype, and screw the scare tactics.
Plus, the government now has the perfect excuse to essentially kill privacy and trample the rights of the citizens of this country, all under the guise of Fighting the War on Terror. Don't kid yourself into thinking this can't happen. It already has.
The past year has also provided entry for an explosion of the commercialism of patriotism. I got a present in the mail last week (my official American Flag DiscoverTM Card) that I didn't request, simply because it is assumed that to be a good American, one must have Old Glory pasted on everything in sight. By putting the symbol of America on a credit card (how perfect is that), they're hoping I drive to the nearest retail outlet in my gas-guzzling SUV and spend the budget of a small, island nation - all in the name of patriotism. Funny how the numbers of people waving the American flag shot up in the past year. Where was your flag before September 11, buddyman?
It's one year later. Thanks to the major news outlets forcing the images to remain fresh in our minds, it seems like it was only yesterday.
Is it real? Or is it Memorex?
(09:56)
Update: Links you should read:
http://www.newtimesla.com/issues/2002-09-05/stewart.html/1/index.html
http://www.lp.org/press/archive.php?function=view&record=605
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-sept-11-legal-rights-glance0905sep05.story
(10:59)
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