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According to The New York Post
August 26, 2003 -- WITH the second anniversary of the 9/11 attacks only three weeks away, TV networks have planned nearly no special programming to commemorate the horrible events of that day.
Which leads Rachel Lucas to note:
I don't get it. I don't get it. I. Do. Not. Get. It.And the more I think about it, the more pissed I get. I remember seeing "specials" about Princess Diana on the anniversary of her death for a few years. In primetime. The networks will devote entire two-hour blocks to stupid crap like that, crap that means absolutely nothing, but here we are 24 months after September 11, fer crissakes, and they have nothing particular planned besides the re-airing of an interview with Bush and other similar crap on the regular news shows. ABC seems to be the exception, but even their coverage will apparently be focused on how much Bush sucks and how much money we've spent fighting back.
However, not everyone has forgotten,
A group operating openly in Britain that regards itself as a front line for global Islamic conquest, is planning a conference to celebrate the anniversary of America's "comeuppance" on Sept. 11, 2001.Two years after the attacks on New York and the Pentagon, "Muslims worldwide will again be watching replays of the collapse of the Twin Towers, praying to Allah … to grant those magnificent 19 Paradise," says the group, Al-Muhajiroun, on its English-language hatesite.
The group said Muslims will celebrate Sept. 11 this year, rejoicing the U.S. got its "comeuppance for atrocities" it has committed, "and indeed continues to commit, against Muslims."
Afghanistan and Iraq are the most recent examples, the statement said.
"With thousands of innocent Muslims still in captivity under barbaric conditions in Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. inquisition against Islam and Muslims shows no signs of subsiding," the group said. "In contrast, the operations being carried out by the Mujahideen against the occupiers in Iraq, Palestine, Chechnya and in Afghanistan have also been stepped up to meet the menace led by the U.S. and UK regimes."
And as Misha helpfully points out:
Yet here, in the country that was attacked, our blowdried talking heads can't find it in themselves to "waste" a few minutes of their essential Kobe Bryant coverage in order to commemorate our fallen heroes.
What more can I say?
Teach your children.
Peace be upon you.
