a day of remembrance and outrage.

today is a day i think every american has cemented in their heads. we can probably all remember where we were, what we did, and how we felt when it happened. i, personally, was in my room getting dressed for school when my dad knocked on my door and called me to come into the living room to tell me i'm witnessing history. as we were watching the second tower was hit. i don't think i will ever forget how my mind felt like it turned off. staring at an event that i could not even fathom. sure, we've all heard the stories of pearl harbor (which was made into a horrible film. josh hartnett and ben affleck do not equal a great cinema experience no matter what people say) and all the war stories. but, this was different. this was my generation being viciously attacked on home soil. i remember the rest of the day was spent gathered around either a television or a radio. teachers had to sneak in radios into classrooms because our school system wanted "everything to go on as normal". normal? what's normal about thousands of civilians dying on a tuesday morning? what's normal about the president of the united states flying to the air force base 10 minutes from my school because of this event? this to you, school board associates, is normal? that being said...

every year on september 11th i google images of the event. i feel i need to remind myself of how vulnerable we felt, but also, how it seemed to drop barriers between us. it gave me a new outlook on the human race. or, it did until i found the picture imbedded in this post. i couldn't believe it. i don't think i've been so enraged over a picture. it was published by some british company as propaganda against tony blair. and, i understand, it's propaganda. activists will say anything to swing a vote. sometimes, there's a line you do not cross. and that's a large blinking one. maybe i'm overly sensitive, emotional, or (as my father calls it) just trying to pick a fight...but i just don't understand it. compassion has been compromised for politics. again.