The HBO World Trade Center Special

[ml/nj]

I'm watching.

I didn't know if I would watch. I thought the NY Times article today about the phone calls from those who were trapped was tasteless. I didn't read it.

I'm angry again. Not that I've stopped being angry, but I'm angry again. At this point I have two new (for me) thoughts.

The first is that President Bush (so far missing from the show) blew it big time. We were all united on that day, and he has let the political midgets separate us again; and we've really done nothing to avenge the massacre, and little to prevent the next one.

My second thought is that I've seen and heard a lot of nameless Americans so far. Black, White, Hispanic, Asian - I've seen no Arabs. None. These are mostly random pictures taken during the chaos. I've seen lots of Orthodox Jews. Surely there are more Arabs living in NYC than Orthodox Jews? No Arabs.

ML/NJ

[Clintons Are White Trash]

Absolutely heartwrenching. My anger and sadness are renewed, I hope every other person in this country feels the same way.

[Utah Girl]

What else would you have President Bush do? He's reached out across the aisle hundreds of times since he became President. The Dems were united as Americans for a bit after 9/11, but now it suits their politics to be divisive. That is the Dems' choice to be that way, all President Bush can do is continue to be the people's President, and he is doing a pretty good job of it.

[Clintons Are White Trash]

President Bush didn't blow it big time, the Dems did. He has bent over backwards to remain bi-partisan and they have shunned him at every turn.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

What channel are you watching this on? I've got 8 channels of HBO including one in Spanish and I'm not seeing it.

[cowgirlcutie]

If I hear one more time that "Bush blew it", I'm going to get sick! What was he supposed to do?! How about, "Clinton blew it!". That idiot was in office ALOT longer through other terrorist attacks and DID NOTHING!!

[McGavin999]

I fight very hard to keep from hating these people. Every time it enters my head I beg God "don't let me hate them, don't let me hate". I don't want to kill them out of hatred. I want to kill them because they are a mistake, a broken, perverted mistake that needs to be eliminated.

Vile, cowardly people who could do something like this to thousands of innocent people are an infection on this earth. They are a sickness that must be wiped out before they spread to more people covering them with their filth.

Those who would take advantage of this to divide us are just as perverted and sick. I support my president and I support my country.

[ml/nj]

What else would you have President Bush do? He's reached out across the aisle hundreds of times since he became President.

Don't you think it should have been clear to him even way before Sept 11, that "reaching across the aisle," just doesn't work? He should have asked for a declaration of war (I said so then too.) and crushed his opposition (if he had any). We're arguing about how well we treat Taliban prisoners? Give me a break.

ML/NJ

[UB355]

No way can I agree that President Bush has let political midgets separate us. His popularity has remained very high, the country has confidence in him and his team. The media are the only ones attacking him along with Hillary, Daschle, and Gebhardt. The democrats are without issues, the media is just shilling for May sweeps.

[eddie willers]

I thought the NY Times article today about the phone calls from those who were trapped was tasteless. I didn't read it.

I did, and thought it was the finest thing they have ever done.
Especially the interactive section.
In this regard, the lines of the potential of the Internet and the reality of the Internet actually crossed.

[ml/nj]

What channel are you watching this on? I've got 8 channels of HBO including one in Spanish and I'm not seeing it.

Geez. HBO's been advertising this for at least a week now. It was preview in Friday's WSJ and other places too I guess. Maybe if you are in California, they won't show it until 9PM out there? Or maybe it's that Spanish channel that replaced the regular HBO that us poor folk with only one HBO channel get?

ML/NJ

[areafiftyone]

Its on again on Tuesday at 10:00 EST

[Real Cynic No More]

"I don't want to kill them out of hatred. I want to kill them because they are a mistake, a broken, perverted mistake that needs to be eliminated."

I don't want to kill them for revenge. I want to NUKE any country's leadership that is still plotting against the innocent peoples of the world. Not for vengeance, not for justice, not for revenge - but to send those who remain one message: these cowardly acts will not be tolerated, and woe be to those who commit them.

[cowgirlcutie]

I agree, but we also have the pantywaist DemocRATs who whine everytime someone even says the word "evil".

[Real Cynic No More]

President Bush is President of all the U.S. Not just the right wing.

[Bommer]

Please explain how "Bush Blew It?" I can see how "Clinton Blew it" being offered Bin-Laudin on a plate, not retailiating for the African bombings, the 1st WTC bombing and the bombing of the USS Cole, THATS BLOWING IT! But not getting coheasive and concise information from a Dyslexic FBI and CIA (a CIA head who BTW Clinton wouldn't even see during his last 3 years of office) that had been defunded and demoralized for the last 8 years, so please tell me how its his fault?

[Alouette]

I've seen lots of Orthodox Jews. Surely there are more Arabs living in NYC than Orthodox Jews? No Arabs.

Orthodox Jews dress very distinctly, so they are easy to spot. Also, there is a topnotch volunteer rescue unit, Hatzolah, of Orthodox Jews, which was first on the scene of the WTC, working alongside the firemen and police.

[A. Morgan]

Here, here! I could not agree with you more.