Septermber 11, 2001

This is the tenth anniversary of the "9/11" attack on the Trade Buildings in New York City. I could probably not write anything new about what an abomination that attack was. Millions of words have been written about that attack, far better writers than I, have written about it, but still, no person has come up yet with words strong enough to accurately describe or define the act that ripped the mantel of conplacency that we in America lived under. There are no words to aptly describe the evil that is Al-Quaida, no matter how vile, disgusting, obscene, or insulting the words are, they still are not bad enough to express the horror or hell that caused so much suffering for individuals and for the whole country. We cannot forget it!

That having been said, why are the daily papers and the news stations on TV showing us and telling us about the miserable state our country is in at this time? Why aren't we all on the same team? Why aren't we all in this together trying to work together to do what's best for our country? While we are all grieving still, over an outside force trying to distroy our country, why are we all busy calling each other names, rejecting any idea that doesn't originate with the party of our choice, why can't the governing bodies that we elected to speak for us, do their jobs? What is more important, their "jobs" (which they are not doing) or the country that we are all living in? Are they willing to destroy our economy and our country just to prohibit one party or person from being successful? Are they willing to neglect the sick and poor and starving children in our country because, to do otherwize, would diminish their superiority?

They are not bombing our buildings or trying to destroy our cities but their actions are slowly but surely destroying the fabric of America just as the Al-Quaida tried to damage our buildings and the people in them. Is it any worse to destroy the spirits of the jobless and the poor and eventually cause them such hardships that their lives will be shortened, than to fly an airplane into a building and kill lives and dreams along with it? Is it?