Tomorrow is 9/11, Patriot Day. No politics. No partisanship. A day of remembrance.
Today, however, being 9/10 it’s worth noting that Osama Bin Laden still walks this Earth in relative freedom. It’s worth noting that, seven years later, 9/11 has become the emotional wedge used for the repression of our freedoms in the name of “security”. [...]
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“I refuse to be lectured on national security by people who are responsible for the most disastrous set of foreign policy decisions in the recent history of the United States. The other side likes to use 9/11 as a political bludgeon. Well, let’s talk about 9/11.
And there’s a lot more. If someone, anyone, had spoken [...]
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I’ve talked about Keith Olbermann before. I’m doing it again. Edward R. Murrow would be proud.
Video here. Text below. Read it, watch it.
And lastly tonight a Special Comment on why we are here. Half a lifetime ago, I worked in this now-empty space.
And for 40 days after the attacks, I worked here again, trying to [...]
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