Oh, GOD, the Chicago Tribune editorial board:
These alternating epochs arrive unannounced and elbow one another aside. During one morning's aeronautical attack in 2001, this nation discarded the carefree holiday from history that traced to 11/9 — the date in 1989 when dispirited communism gave up on the Berlin Wall — for the combative era of 9/11. It was just that fast: One day Americans assume they're invulnerable; the next day warriors armed with knives and ailerons are murdering them by the thousands.
Guys? I know it's hard to bestir yourselves from Morton's, but attempt for two minutes to realize that from where you are sitting you can chuck a rock and hit three or four neighborhoods where absolutely nobody had then or has now any illusions of invulnerability. Not everybody needed the crash course in coping with disaster that they got after 9/11. Not everybody needs to be told by the TV news how to talk to their kids about things that suck.
Even if we're only talking terrorism, a bunch of people wrote this book report called BIN LADEN IS GOING TO KILL US ALL FOR REAL, and that the president shrugged and went back to his pudding doesn't mean nobody else gave it a thought. I realize noticing the people who noticed this sort of thing requires us all to feel stupid for not listening to them, but feeling stupid for not listening to people who were right is kind of a required thing.
A.
One of the first blog-based books, the anthology Special Plans examines Feith's role in misleading America into war. Buy from 
being right is no longer a plus apparently.
Posted by: pansypoo | September 12, 2011 at 12:11
and elsewhere in the tribune this morning, doonesbury was banished for the week for not "meeting our standards of fairness" and the op ed page announced the looming disaster of charles krauthammer's column returning next week.
Posted by: mellowjohn | September 12, 2011 at 15:45
At least here on local and National TV News, we've had weeks of Terrah Terrah Terrah revenge for OBL on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. We Won't even make it to the Mayan end of the world on December 2012.
Today, not a whisper on local news (and 3 sentences on ABC News) that nothing happened. Despite everyone being primed for fear, some guy in KC had a funny package and was acting funny but later shown not to be a problem. And a Jet turned around when 2 folks headed for the restroom at the same time. (Apparently one of them was sick. Not an attempt at the mile high club.).
Along the line of this board pointing out that the threat of attack has crippled us, any beginning chess player learns that the threat of an attack is far more effective than actually executing the attack.
Posted by: MapleStreet | September 12, 2011 at 17:44
I loved your earlier post. You definitely put into words my jumbled thoughts in a most beautiful way.
Posted by: pie | September 12, 2011 at 18:42
i can haz republican debate crack van?
PS That 9/11 AIDS thing is the BEST THING YOU HAVE EVER WRITTEN
Posted by: The Kenosha Kid | September 12, 2011 at 19:09