What are you doing on September 11th?

[tblue]

I feel like I should do something special, but I don't know what. I'm working part of that day, but I want to take part in something related to the anniversary. Anybody know of anything going on that day?

[RandySF]

1. I'm going to live my life

free of terror and piss off the right wing that wants me hiding in a bomb shelter with my family and voting for kooks like Bush and Palin.

[tblue]

12. Yeah. I think I'll go to a bookstore and put Ann Coulter books in the "Horse" section.

That's how I'm gonna commemorate the day. Now I feel better.

[orleans]

22. now that's funny. oh, were it only true.... n/t

[tblue]

24. Doesn't everybody do that?

[Parker CA]

39. Hilarious. LOL!! ;)

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. What I would usually do - lunch with friends, clean out my garden, sip a beer.

[BlooInBloo]

3. Going to work, coming home. Or is it the weekend?

If it's the weekend, then I'll be watching football games.

[tblue]

35. You mean, you won't be doing this....

on September 11th?

[BlooInBloo]

42. lol! Poor girl.

[deaniac21]

4. I'm going to fly a remote control plane into a telephone pole.

[tblue]

20. With a picture of Dick Cheney on it!

[Oregone]

5. Im purchasing party duct-tape and candles for the 9-12 Project

Oh, I can't wait to go back to that place we were on that day and be scared shitless...and stupid

[fujiyama]

6. It's a Friday

My friend comes into town. I will go out and have a drink.

I will try to live my life. And I will be glad that 8 years later, at least now we have competent leadership guiding our country that would not ignore warnings of imminent terrorist attacks.

[tblue]

34. Oh yeah. Not just competent leadership, but...

[Swamp Rat]

7. Celebrating Bush's heroic capture of Osama Bin Laden, and Dick Cheney's victorious war in Iraq.

WOOHOO!!! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!!

[tblue]

9. Yeah. I think I'll do that, too.

[MrModerate]

8. Nothing special. As horrible as 9/11 was, no tectonic plates moved on that day . . .

It was not a moment "after which nothing was every quite the same," and does not warrant anything more than a bit of reflection on the victims (living and dead) of one of the world's greatest mass murders.

What happened after -- the saving of GW Bush's presidency and America's descent into war criminal status -- now that's world-historical.

[tblue]

27. Yeah. But can you do this.....?

[MrModerate]

54. Hell, I can't even stand on my *own* head! n/t

[aquart]

10. "Anniversary"?

September 10 is my sister and her husband's anniversary. It commemorates a day of great joy.

9/11 is just a black cloud of memory and lung-choking dust. And I don't need a "special" event to remember. Sorry. 9/11 as a holiday makes me ill.

[tblue]

11. Who said 'holiday'?

[cherokeeprogressive]

13. Trolling for Rainbow Trout

and catching them.

[Roon]

25. Yum!

I haven't had a trout breakfast in years!

[tblue]

31. Do they make it in a breakfast burrito?

[Roon]

44. naaa, you could i guess if you deboned it

[Roon]

14. I remember the freepers and foxnews counting on that first few anniversaries

to boost bush's approval rating.

[tblue]

17. Good point. I won't do that. But I will put all Bill O'Reilly books in the Sci-Fi section

at my local Borders (a Repub-owned corp).

[LatteLibertine]

15. 9/11 should be treated like any other day

IMO making a big deal out of it every year is allowing the terrorists too much power. Also it plays into the hands of the Rethuglicans. I'm not saying we should forget and I don't think we need annual events either.

[tblue]

18. You're right. But I will file all Michelle Malkin books in the Abnormal Psychology

section at my local Borders. That's how I'll commemorate the day.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. Working

[stevedeshazer]

19. "The same thing we do every night, Pinky—try to take over the world!"

Sorry to be flippant, but after tonight I need some ill-timed humor.

:)

[tblue]

23. Me, too. How about this?

[stevedeshazer]

I don't deserve that.

Come on now.

[tblue]

36. Of course not. Here. I'll make it up to you:

[Cid_B]

40. You took my line you smug SOB.

damn

[proteus_lives]

21. Working.

I'll be thinking about it though.

[mmonk]

26. Be depressed. That's the anniversary of America's loss of sanity

and moral compass as well as the horrible deaths.

[tblue]

29. Isn't that the truth? Screw it. I'll just go dancing -- like this...

[mmonk]

32. Love it.

[VOX]

28. Trying to forget how the right wing still uses 9/11 as a vulgar emblem of fear and nationalism.

It's just another day, and for that, I'm grateful.

[tblue]

30. Thank you. Could not agree more. I'm taking this attitude:

[The Straight Story]

33. Thinking about all those who have died from lack of health care here in the US (nt)

[givemebackmycountry]

37. I'm gonna raise the terror alert in my house to "orange"

Then I'm going to add some lime juice, and a dash of Sprite, and a couple of shots of good tequila.

One sip and BLOW ME TOM RIDGE! I will shout.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

[tblue]

38. Here's your Orange Threat Level right here:

[XOKCowboy]

41. Fly fishing....

8 years ago I was working in Hawaii. After being awakened very early to the tragedy, having to do some quick emergency work and then tiring of watching the twin towers falling down continuously, my friends all decided to go snorkeling. We figured that if we were all going to die we'd rather do it looking at something beautiful.

So now if I'm not working I usually do something that includes beauty and serenity on 9/11. Nowadays that would be fly fishing. It's just me, the river and trying to outsmart the fish. If I do everything right not even the fish die.

[tblue]

49. I can just picture you...

[XOKCowboy]

53. Well he looks serene

and I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ;)

[kcass1954]

43. Taking my son out to dinner for his birthday.

Unless he's got some big plans with his friends; then we'll go out on Saturday.

[lovepg]

46. I am going shopping and buying duct tape!

[Iggo]

45. I don't celebrate mass murder.

I'll take a minute (privately) to reflect about the victims.

Then I'll go about my business.

[earth mom]

47. On September 11th, I will be wondering what the hell * & Cheney are up to on that day!

:scared:

:tinfoilhat:

[Jennicut]

48. Remembering the day because I was with a friend from work and her sister was at the Pentagon.

My friend was frantic and could not get any info on her sister. Turns out she was in the area right where the plane crashed into the building and ended up in a coma. She did come out of it. I just remember hugging my friend as she cried. It was a tough, tough day. And it still pisses me off the way Rethugs used people like my friend and her sister to build up fear and intolerance in this country and war in another country. So I will be remembering Joceyln and her sis.

[Hippo_Tron]

50. Giving a presentation for a class on why the US should not invade Iran

The irony of this does not escape me and I'm fully expecting the neocons presenting the other side to invoke 9/11 and I'm totally prepared for it.

Then when that's all done I'll probably go drink.

[Contrary1]

51. I will be paying college tuition for my dentist's kid.

I told the receptionist to clear the whole afternoon for me. Several cavities, and one abscess.

Other than that, I will think about the good people that died that day. And, I will also think about all the good people who have died since, because the Cheney White House wanted to make a lot of money.

[JesterCS]

52. Taking my friend to his vasectomy. n/t