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Has it been 6 years already?

SteveJRogers Sep 11 2007 05:16 PM

I'm surprised no one posted about the 6th anniversary of 9/11 today. Um, I'm not sure how to express how I'm feeling right now about it, but I posted this on another board about the feelings I have going on right now. Is it wrong to be so turned off by all the crap (not just on this board of course) from the conspiracy theorists and the fact that Osama is still alive, while we went after Iraq on false information (no WMD, no link to al Queda) and continue to be bogged down in what just might be something worse than Vietnam; not to mention how suddenly, and this pretty much happened rather quickly, not an evolvment, the nation just went back to its junk/scandal culture ways despite having a major "this will put things in the proper perspective" about what really matters event, that you almost get turned off by all the tributes and rememberances today. No, I'm not taking shots at anyone, maybe its just that I've become way too cynical, even before 2001. Not sure exactly what I'm expressing, certaintly sadness, maybe it is also frustration about certain things that happened since, I mean the 2000 election was a fracturous one for the country, and certaintly things have been boling for decades before that, but it really, really seems that things are worse now than they were even 6 years ago, heh, maybe Pearl Harbor would not have worked today as well as it did back then (and I'm sure those who think 9/11 was an inside job would feel that Pearl Harbor was rigged based on various sources). Again, I don't know exactly what I'm expressing here, but I guess I just needed an outlet. Certaintly thoughts and prayers go out to those who lost family, friends, ect.

metirish Sep 11 2007 05:41 PM Re: Has it been 6 years already?

SteveJRogers wrote: I'm surprised no one posted about the 6th anniversary of 9/11 today. . I'm not one bit surprised,time moves forward and people move on with their lives,no people don't forget but yes it has been six years.

SteveJRogers Sep 11 2007 06:05 PM

BTW, my rant has nothing to do with people forgeting here on this board, just a bit surprised it took untill this evening for the first post to go up. Especially considering many here feel that was the first real "start" for the board in its eze board days as it was a place for the members to post what they were feeling on that day, week, ect.

Kid Carsey Sep 11 2007 06:17 PM

The Pool was closed between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning. I think the most important thing right now (and this has nothing to do with tributes, remembrances, etc. -- that's for people who need it, and want it, and who is anyone to be "fed up" with it if you don't need it) is that lots of people who are suffering from stuff after responding and helping in the aftermath are having trouble getting whatever medical or psychological assistance they need.

Elster88 Sep 11 2007 06:23 PM

There's a difference between ranting and babbling incoherently.

SteveJRogers Sep 11 2007 06:28 PM

Elster88 wrote: There's a difference between ranting and babbling incoherently. Then why don't you answer my incoherent babble about why part of me feels empty about the whole thing instead of taking your usual potshots.

metirish Sep 11 2007 06:31 PM

Steve,Elster can't answer why you feel empty,none of us can.You need to work that out.

Elster88 Sep 11 2007 06:35 PM

SteveJRogers wrote: ="Elster88"]There's a difference between ranting and babbling incoherently. Then why don't you answer my incoherent babble about why part of me feels empty about the whole thing instead of taking your usual potshots. You make a good point.

Nymr83 Sep 11 2007 06:56 PM

edit- forget it. i'm not in the mood for more politics online. i will, however, dispel a little of the crap above... ]and continue to be bogged down in what just might be something worse than Vietnam U.S. casualties in Vietnam are about 60,000 dead and missing. in Iraq that number is about 4,000 including private american contractors. there are plenty of other differences as well, but i don't think anyone can say "iraq is worse than vietnam" unless they are doing so for leftist or anti-american propoganda purposes and are lying through their teeth.

Edgy DC Sep 11 2007 07:27 PM

I think listing the facts is enough without speculating about why they get it wrong, but your point is taken. My friend's husband was a firefighter who spent months digging through the rubble --- sneaking in long after firefighters were told to stop coming. He recently asked her for a divorce. She fortunately was able to convince him to give counseling a chance, but she (and their two kids) isn't his problem. The problem is that he's still digging through that rubble in his head, and other firefighters are the only people he relates to anymore.

SteveJRogers Sep 12 2007 06:02 PM

Elster88 wrote: ="SteveJRogers"] Elster88 wrote: There's a difference between ranting and babbling incoherently. Then why don't you answer my incoherent babble about why part of me feels empty about the whole thing instead of taking your usual potshots. You make a good point. Actually what I should have said was, as I say to my co-workers, just because I give you a nice fat pitch down the middle, doesn't mean you have to swing every time!

Zvon Sep 12 2007 07:35 PM

="Edgy DC"] ...she (and their two kids) isn't his problem. The problem is that he's still digging through that rubble in his head, and other firefighters are the only people he relates to anymore. This is so sad,and so true. And this is not a singular thing.