In Remembrance

Nine years have gone by since the attacks on American soil that killed 3,000 people. To this day, it is still the most vivid example of monstrous grotesqueness I have ever seen. I cannot help but to hold back tears. I do not have a long winded post for this anniversary, only pictures and a few short comments.

First came Shock.

Then the Horror.

Then the Pain.

Then Disbelief.

Palestinians celebrating the attacks

Then the Kooks.

Here is a great site that has the top 10 celebrity conspiracy theorists and why they dug themselves a deep grave. Here are a few choice quotes:

Even Noam Chomsky, who could find a fascist plot afoot in Dora the Explorer, had this to say on 9/11 conspiracy theories:

I think the Bush administration would have had to be utterly insane to try anything like what is alleged, for their own narrow interests, and do not think that serious evidence has been provided to support claims about actions that would not only be outlandish, for their own interests, but that have no remote historical parallel.

And Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone offers the following concise review of a popular online documentary that is a favorite of 9/11 conspiracy theorists:

“Every time one of those Loose Change dickwads opens his mouth, a Republican somewhere picks up five votes.” 

But then came resolve.

Then War.

Then the division.

Then the mess.

Then Victory (?)