9/11 is not patriots day

during a speech at the fbi academy, in which he demanded the expanded unconstitutional powers he would receive under the victory act, resident bush declared 9/11 "patriots day." what a way to quelch dissent—this is like the ultimate personification of goering's all-too-often invoked quote about rallying citizens by questioning their patriotism.

9/11, in my opinon, is the worst day in american history, because it is clear-cut evidence of america's wrongdoings in its approach to foreign policy. 9/11 was the day when the national security state's frankenstein came back and bit it on the ass, killing thousands of innocents in the process. 9/11 exemplifies the failures of the american government to truly represent the interests of its citizenry, as opposed to the interests of the frickin' shadow government that really runs this country. 9/11 is a disgrace. it is a day on which we should seriously reflect on our government's policy decisions and really take a good look at how we allegedly benefit from training guerilla armies and arming terrorists, like we continue to do in the middle east and latin america today; a day upon which we should weigh short-term interests against long-term effects. a day upon which americans stand up and hold their leaders accountable, rather than blindly rallying behind them in cowardice and fear and "resolve" against a "common enemy."

thus, by declaring 9/11 "patriots day," bush invokes language that makes questioning the governmental policies which led to these attacks "unpatriotic," thereby making such dissent easily dismissable and/or the dissenting party unwelcome, to say the very least. it is yet another attempt to silence his critics, and to scare legislators into giving him everything he wants; in this case, unchecked power to strip any citizen of their citizenship, and in turn, their rights. it is a subversion of democracy to suggest, even subtextually, that finding the president in the wrong is unpatriotic. but bush doesn't seem to care. apparently he doesn't like america, he doesn't like our constitution and he doesn't like democracy. but rather than tell it like it is, he will position himself to make those who question his motives "unpatriotic."

9/11 isn't patriots day. it is "the day of great disgrace." don't kid yourself, and don't sleep on the truth. i may mourn the loss of life on 9/11, but i just don't see that as a reason to throw away my sensibility.