Post Thirty Four - Five Years Later

September 11th, 2001 - Five years ago, I am sure everyone remembers the story and where we all were, though outside of that, it seems a lot has been forgotten, like the big picture. Everything has been Hollywood-ized and played out to extremes by the fear-mongerers, constant news reports, and rainbow power terror warnings. People became complacent in their days and their worries, and personal lives. I without a doubt, am obviously not all that different.

All of this while wars are waged with your hard-earned tax dollars over no real motive except that of the military-industrial complex. All of this while thousands die in Iraq, Afghanistan, (and god knows where else), including innocent civilians and our brave fighting men and woman in uniform. All of this while we lose our civil liberties to the Patriot Act, which classifies every breathing being a terrorist, and impend on your right to liberty and privacy as an American, under the guise of terrorism. Happy nineteen-eighty-four everyone.

People say that politics should be pushed aside and the day be used as a remembrance for those who died, and I would whole-heartedly agree if not for that fact that 95 percent of Americans do not think about these things other-wise. People should use this day not only to remember, but to ask questions, to voice doubts, views, and their hopes for the future. For that is what I hope America still is, a place of hope, freedom, and understanding, during this time of fear and blindness.

that's all, for now.