I could not even look
at anything commemorating that horrendous day in September 10
years ago. The Republican Party used it (milked it to death) as a
way to get what they had yearned for some 13 years prior to that
sad day for America. The GOP made it into an agenda for Wars,
Greed and Power and It still makes me sick when I think of the
multitudes of human beings that suffered (and still are
suffering) because of the Neoconservatives’ belief that THE
END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS.
http://www.aeriagloris.com/UnrestrictedWarfare/TheEndJustifiesTheMeans.htm
Not one TV show nor news item did I watch or read about the 9/11
anniversary. I am so glad that Krugman put to words the ill
feelings I had during THE RELIVING OF THAT DAY (A grim reminder
of The Neocon Republicans' dirty deeds).
Paul Krugman is a brave hero for exposing the shame so many of us
felt during the past ten years:
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The disgrace is the responsibility of such “fake heroes” as former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and President George W. Bush, darlings of the Republican Party who “[cashed] in on the horror” for personal and political gain and drove the country apart, (Krugman) writes.
As Krugman has said elsewhere, the truth is often shrill. —ARK
The Huffington Post:
Paul Krugman drew conservative outrage on Sunday when he wrote that the anniversary of 9/11 had become a marker of “shame” for the U.S.
The New York Times columnist wrote a blog post called “The Years of Shame,” in which he said that “what happened after 9/11” was “deeply shameful.” Krugman castigated people like Rudy Giuliani and President Bush as “fake heroes” who exploited the attacks for their own personal, political or military gain. He also said that many in the media had “[lent] their support to the hijacking of the atrocity.”
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Oh, how the truth
hurts those who wish it to stay hidden by their lies… CW
thinkingblue
September 11, 2011, 8:41
am
The Years of Shame
Is it just me, or are the 9/11 commemorations oddly subdued?
Actually, I don’t think it’s me, and it’s not
really that odd.
What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the
right know this, whether they admit it or not — was deeply
shameful. The atrocity should have been a unifying event, but
instead it became a wedge issue. Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik,
Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the
horror. And then the attack was used to justify an unrelated war
the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons.
A lot of other people behaved badly. How many of our professional
pundits — people who should have understood very well what
was happening — took the easy way out, turning a blind eye
to the corruption and lending their support to the hijacking of
the atrocity?
The memory of 9/11 has been irrevocably poisoned; it has become
an occasion for shame. And in its heart, the nation knows it.
I’m not going to allow comments on this post, for obvious
reasons.