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Sept. 11, 2001: The Day the Earth Stood Still

wired.com — Militants from al-Qaida, a network of Sunni jihadists under the nominal leadership of Osama bin Laden, hijack four

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  • DariusMonsef, on 10/10/2007, -3/+124Or the day the Earth started spinning rapidly out of whack...
    • fluidfoundation, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18+1 to Perception.
    • joel2600, on 10/10/2007, -6/+6yes, it truly was a new pearl harbor
      • flogistan, on 10/10/2007, -11/+3Oh god, I'm going to vomit. Didn't the neo-cons write papers with that idiotic phrase in it before it happened? Yes, they did. You should read Michael Ladeens book. Machiavelli on Modern Leadership. Are you a Strausian? Tell these people they were writinig about 9/11 before it happened. All you have to do is read people. It's all there for you. I'm not talking about reading digg, I'm talking about real books.
        • Godlike, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Machiavelli knew his stuff. I am halfway through 'The Prince' and though it is completely out of context, he knew what to consider and what really motivated people.
      • kahrytan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10@flogistan
        Like all the signs of a Pearl Harbor attack were there before it happened but US Intelligence ignored it. It doesn't matter if people foretold 9/11. US Intelligence knew Pearl Harbor was going to happen but didn't believe it.
        • GawtMilk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I don't think they ignored it...if you get 10,000 "tips" a day, it's a bit harder to believe something that says, "people are going to blow up the WTC with planes". At the time, that was a far-fetched idea you'd only see on television.
    • Roger, on 10/10/2007, -8/+12By "the Earth" you mean "the USA", right?
      • ThndrShk2k, on 10/10/2007, -5/+7In the eyes of americans who cannot find the world on the map of the US, is it not the same?
      • Tarl, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4I thought the same thing. I was living outside the US when it happened and believe me people still carried out their day to day business.
        • WhereAmI, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I'm in Wisconsin and we still carried our day to day business...just with CNN on...
          • nick111, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3If you can get it I'd recommend Al Jazeera World Service - or failing that, The BBC.

            CNN is pretty limited these days.
        • KMartSheriff, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"I'm in Wisconsin..."

          I'm so sorry. My prayers go out to you.
      • fluidfoundation, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1By "Roger" you mean dumb *****, right?
    • trogdor282, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2http://youtube.com/watch?v=qVGpOVES6_w
    • quaxon, on 10/10/2007, -5/+4the day americans finally got a taste of what the rest of the world sees everyday.
      • fluidfoundation, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1it always comes back to that, doesnt it..
  • banning, on 10/10/2007, -14/+4agreed
  • ripstuntz, on 10/10/2007, -13/+1089/11/2001: The day everyone in America was pro-war.
    • fluidfoundation, on 10/10/2007, -15/+499/12/2001, the day people took sides like sheep and stopped thinking for themselves.
      9/11/2007, the day I give up on false patriots AND conspiracy theorists.
      ??/??/????, the day America is back to the state where my grandfather would have been proud of it again.
      • dshPls, on 10/10/2007, -11/+35The terrorists have won, we're all terrorized, some to the point the go into an insane rage against the government, others who attack an entire religion based on a minority of its followers.
        • Wargalas, on 10/10/2007, -8/+9"we"? I don't know about you, but I'm NOT terrorized. They want to come in and kill innocent people? They'd better pray to Allah that I'm not around. I'll go down swinging for any American, liberal or not.
          • nick111, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Maybe you know how Iraqis must feel then?

            Remember those pictures on the TV of Baghdad on fire? Those were innocent people. They had nothing to do with 9/11
        • mrFREEZE, on 10/10/2007, -4/+10Well I'm glad we have Internet tough guys to protect us.
          • Wargalas, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7June 17th, 1999 - Woman being robbed. I jumped in to help her. Got my right front tooth knocked in for my troubles. The robber got away with nothing.

            August 2000 - I went into a Target when an elderly gentleman had a heart attack. My friend and I kept him alive with CPR until paramedics arrived.

            January 2003 - A man and his daughter flipped their car on the freeway and slid for a few hundred feet. The car was totaled. Myself and another driver pulled the man and his daughter out of the car and gave medical care until paramedics arrived. I still have flashbacks because of this incident. I thought that flashbacks were movie type things. They are very real.

            May 2005 - A man with a gun walks into the subway I'm in and attempts to rob the place. Another customer and myself tackle the guy and hold him until police arrive. You like to think you'd know what you'd do in a situation like that, but until you've had a gun in your face, you don't know for sure. It certainly changes the game rules.

            There are many other examples of things like this happening in my life. To be blunt, I'm the guy you want around when the ***** hits the fan.
          • woody56292, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5+1 heroics to Wargalas.
          • woody56292, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2+1 heroics to Wargalas.
          • Radar3D, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Note to self: stay away from Wargalas, bad ***** happens when he's around. :)
          • quaxon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1wargalas, pics or it didnt happen.
        • jhshukla, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I am not sure if *all* the hatred currently directed towards GOP is caused solely by people responsible for 9/11
      • joel2600, on 10/10/2007, -8/+13bush and related company have won... the american people have lost ... as for the terrorists, well, according to the patriot act you, the reader, are the terrorist
      • ButterBuddha, on 10/10/2007, -10/+8The state before December 23, 1913. Since the Federal Reserve Act was passed, America has been in a long, slow decline.
        • flogistan, on 10/10/2007, -10/+1Your grandfather should move back to israel
        • flogistan, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1Woops, my bad, I commented to the wrong statement. You're right on the mark
    • AdamWillis, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2Never Forget
      http://bayimg.com/iAgldAABN
    • sakuraz, on 10/10/2007, -2/+51/1/2007 : New year.
    • QuintinTheBot, on 10/10/2007, -1/+512/25/2007: Christmas.
    • iZealot, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Correct pro war, for the right war. The war to bring those who attacked us to justace, not the farce in Iraq.

      May those who have given there lives for ether one of the wars rest in peace. May the rest return home soon with Osama Bin Laden dead or alive, justice shall be served.

  • fluidfoundation, on 10/10/2007, -19/+7"Militants"? come on. Grow up past your own politics and call a spade a spade.
    • ufia, on 10/10/2007, -3/+23Ok then, the planes was hijacked by spades.

      Happy?
      • fluidfoundation, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9sweet! time to start profiling against small shovels and playing cards.
    • fleischner, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Couldn't agree more. They are the very DEFINITION of terrorists, no matter how liberal someone's spin is. It's a sad, sad day when we can't use that word because of political correctness and equivocation.
      • flogistan, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1What? Spade? That's really uncool. You are a zionist racist against african americans
  • justlook, on 10/10/2007, -14/+31How could we not have captured Osama by now? WTF are we doing?
    • blorc, on 10/10/2007, -8/+38If Osama is captured, the war wouldn't be able to continue in Iraq.

      Keep dreaming if you think Osama will ever be captured. They aren't even actively looking anymore.
      • flogistan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7He's dead
        • thatsmyaibo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Plain and simple. He had kidney problems 5 years ago. he's been dead for a while.
      • orxor, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4How do you know? Maybe he's like Elvis.
        • KMartSheriff, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Living on an island somewhere with 2-Pac?
        • KingGorilla, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0They really should do a collaboration album.
    • bitcloud, on 10/10/2007, -16/+9How can you capture someone when he's a vital cog in your war machine?

      Have a look at this and ask yourself if we can still actually believe what we see:
      http://digg.com/world_news/New_Osama_video_FAKE_911_brings_the_Osama_Puppet_out_for_some_more_fun
    • Salmar, on 10/10/2007, -4/+15You should read 1984. There has to be a common enemy to throw our hate at, to blind the people to what is going on, and make busy work with a constant war, so resources and energy are spent on that other than thinking for ourselves.
    • dracostimpy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5I believe they're practicing a catch-and-release program so they can go get him later on when he'll make a better trophy:

      http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/RIC111B.html
    • ISIfunded911, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7That is not the only WTF about 9/11: on 9/9, Bush was examining the plans for the invasion of Afghanistan. On 9/10, Rumsfeld announced that more than 2 trillion dollars were unaccounted for at the Pentagon (he could have announced it long before). On 9/11, flight 77 hits the Pentagon exactly at the location of the computer files which should have been examined to find out who where the people guilty of the hugest hold-up in History. Flight 77 totally deviated from its flight path to hit that precise location, the manoeuvre took several minutes over Washington, as if they knew that the missiles or fighters from the 3 military bases that could have shot that plane at any time would not. A few hours later, WTC7 collapsed, destroying the accounting files of thousands of companies under investigation for fraud, to the relief of many friends of the Bush administration, who did not want to end up in court/jail like the big shots from Enron and Worldcom.
      The mark of a mafia is all over 9/11. Anyway, a little after 9/11, Bin Laden, in an interview to a Pakistani newspaper, said that it was criminal to kill so many innocents. If he had really planned 9/11 for years, he would also have prepared a memorable video to be released on 9/11 as well, to make the World listen to his words. But no, he said nothing on 9/11. Nothing on 9/12. Nothing on 9/13...But it gets stranger: Gary Berntsen, the CIA officer who lead operation Jawbreaker to capture Bin Laden, says in his book that the higher-ups of the CIA, of the Pentagon, and the White House did sabotage the operation when Bin Laden was about to be encircled, letting him escape from Tora Bora. And Sy Hersch revealed in his book that thousands of Talibans and Al-Qaeda members were allowed to fly to Pakistan by the Pentagon.
      http://www.amazon.com/Jawbreaker-Attack-Personal-Account-Commander/dp/0307237400
      Also: the Bush-Cheney killed thousands of New-Yorkers by lying to them about the contamination of the air they breathed for weeks, months. The Bush-Cheney mafia killed 1500 inhabitants of New-Orleans, according to the extraordinary documentary by BBC investigative journalist Greg Palast: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7721859326791373209
    • echo2501, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Occupying Iraq.
    • Rounin, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Then get on a plane and go find him yourself. And no, capturing Osama will NOT end the threat of terrorism. Go educate yourself.

      Stupid armchair generals.
  • puto, on 10/10/2007, -27/+14Innacurate. The official theory has not been proven.
  • getrealnow, on 10/10/2007, -14/+69My heart goes out to all the 9/11 Victims and the Troops in Iraq.
    • fluidfoundation, on 10/10/2007, -23/+7Now more importantly, where does your brain go to in all this? Hearts are pretty useless unless acted thoughtfully with. So the big question to a lot of people is where is your brain?
      • getrealnow, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5Good question. To be honest, what can i really do for the them? Nothing significant, the most helpful thing i could do is be more politically smart and more active in my right to vote in 08. I turned 18 this summer, and now I want to make sure when i vote in this 2008 election that its the right choice. I want change, I want someone to defend the constitution, I don't want corruption I want justice.

        I think thats the best thing i could do right now.

        No more of this ***** FEMA crap, media brainwashing and lies to the American People. I believe thats the best thing my brain can do, be more educated and not be someone who votes not knowing what they will actually do. Because Bush is not going to get any better, Iraq is going to get worse, and America will get worse. I believe it will only get better once we have a new President that actually gives a flying *****.
        • Dewhead, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Yikes! You are a product of a crappy education. Hopefully some life experiences will open your eyes to what is really happening. The lies are coming straight from the liberal media. I was 18 once and liberal and all for fighting the "oppressive" US government util I grew up and realized that the crap spewed by the liberal anti-American elite was BS.

          Having said that, I do applaud you for taking an interest in politics and world events at your age. I hope that you always look at both sides of each and every issue before making up your mind.
        • getrealnow, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That is very true. Right now, i don't know who to believe the government or the "liberal Media". IT seems they both get tangled up in their lies all the time.
    • SuperMoses, on 10/10/2007, -4/+21and the tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians that have died as a result.
    • SwissCamel, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1There are troops in Iraq?!
    • Scheissen, on 10/10/2007, -7/+14Please keep 9/ll and Iraq separated.
    • jcarrion1976, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8(victims of 9/11) ...rationality, freedom, The Constitution, Rights, privacy...

      A lot has happened.
    • arkmtech, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1My heart goes out to all who have taken hits from the impacts that echoed through the world after 9/11 - The victims, the troops, the innocent lives lost here and overseas...

      But my heart goes out especially to those, like myself, who are also residents of the United States of America... Those who cannot understand how greatly they have been deceived by a crooked administration, those who live in fear of opposing that crooked administration lest they be thrown in jail & their assets be seized, or those who wallow in despair because the cornerstones of our society & economy are slipping away under that crooked administration's reign.

      We are citizens of a republic that calls itself "United," as that precept was so important that the founding father imbued into the very name, and at this moment, we are governed by a body that is often only interested in the safety & wellbeing of it's people so long as it's people serve the constituents purposes & financial interests.

      Regardless of political affiliation, nor religious belief, nor vested interest, nor fear of those who would seek to silently quell any perceived uprising, we are all called to uphold the honor of being "United," to live & work side-by-side, learning from each other, serving each other, guarding each other's rights & liberties, offering tolerance to those who seem so different from ourselves, so that tomorrow, we can all have the freedoms that once made this land a place of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

      Do not wait until November of 2008 - Commit today to unite in working toward the impeachment of Bush & his administration, to purge this nation of the condoned lies & terrorism within it's own borders, and together we shall give this country a 9/11 it shall never forget.
  • Piedramente, on 10/10/2007, -12/+33I still remember dropping everything as I turned to the news just as the first tower was falling....

    I was beyond stunned. The memories are still all too fresh.
    • toastgodsupreme, on 10/10/2007, -9/+12Only because it's been brought up EVERY OTHER DAY on the godamn news.

      I'm so tired of 9/11. I am almost to the point where I wish another group would do something even bigger so we could get a different date to throw around. C'mon terrorists!!!! We've had so many analysts on TV giving you PLENTY of new ideas to work with...
      • Flanker, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Thank you! Every year on 9/11, I try to get through the goddamn day without hearing about it. Once again, I have failed.
    • SnuKs, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Yup. I still remember every little detail from that morning down from the weather to the clothes I was wearing.
      • HyperJack, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Strange what you remember on occasions like these isn't it?
  • stophatecrimes, on 10/10/2007, -15/+3The media still has not mentioned the racism that those 19 Semites perpetrated against us "white devils".
    Whose side is the media on? Do they have something in common with them which is why they protected them from racism claims?
    Imagine if they were white and called their people devils.

  • fluidfoundation, on 10/10/2007, -5/+27Wake up. This is a pissing contest between a large man with a gigantic stream against a small man who knows where to aim. Both men havent yet realized they're just pissing on each other.
  • joel2600, on 10/10/2007, -11/+65ah yeah, 6 years ago today we handed over our civil liberties to a man that can barely finish a sentence properly so he could waste billions of taxpayer dollars chasing a person that is nowhere to be found and giving the military industrial complex billions upon billions of taxpayer dollars while slowly criminalizing and demoralizing our country in the process of killing three quarters of a million civilians in the name of oil ... excuse me, ... democracy while cutting education and healthcare budgets at home blindly watching our country slip into recession. has it really been that long?

    good thing we're winning the war on terror.
    • Wargalas, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3You may be right 100%, but every time I hear the words "military industrial complex", you sound like an idiot and my mind shuts you out. Let's all come up with a better phrase or word shall we?
      • joel2600, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6the phrase was coined by Woodrow Wilson in his farewell speech:
        "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."

        This phrase has been around for a long time, and it accurately describes the intertwining of our military with corporate interests into this evil unit that exists only to create war for profit.
    • JAGUART, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Klaatu barada nikto derka derka, Mohammed Jihad!
    • greg88, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0dont like it? I hear Canadais nice this time of year,have an indefinite vacation
  • Professr, on 10/10/2007, -21/+54We need to get over this already. It's time to move on.
    • thebenchase, on 10/10/2007, -14/+4Get over it? Thousands of innocent, wonderful people died. I was in seventh grade at the time, and even then I knew it would not be something we move on from. It's something we remember and learn from. RIP to all those lost. Never forget.
      • Damienk, on 10/10/2007, -7/+4Lololoser.
      • Anub1s, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7It's one thing to remember what happened, it's a completely different one to let it fuel our wars and give reason to tyranny.

        Indeed we need to get over it, but never forget what happened there's a lesson to be learned.
      • Professr, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I agree, it was a terrible thing that happened, and many innocent people died. However, not nearly as many people died in the WTC as they did in Vietnam, or any of the other ***** times in our history. Yes, we should never forget, but that doesn't mean we have to be emo about it. My point is, too much is justified in the name of 911, and it's time to let it be a sad memory instead of a controlling factor in our lives.
      • Yazilliclick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Moving on and forgetting are two things. Don't forget but move on already jeez.
      • Flanker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I didn't die and I see no reason to spend 1/365th (or more) of my life being all sad and mournful. Hope you have a good time "remembering" and "learning," benchase! I'm going to go shoot some hoops.
    • toastgodsupreme, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6AGREED!!!!
    • donwilson2, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3Why the ***** are there at least 10 positive diggs for this guy?
    • UwasaWaya, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16I agree it shouldn't be forgotten, but when I idly asked what the date was when signing a document at work today, and my co-worker admonished me for not knowing it was Sept 11 (and went on about the WTC and all) I asked her when the Oklahoma City Bombing was... when the Alamo was... hell, when Pearl Harbor was (we're in Hawaii here...)... and she had no idea. Hypocrisy. There's a point where we should let it go... you don't have to forget to do that.
      • Yazilliclick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Aye. 9/11 may be recent compare to some others but really the only reason it's made such a big deal of is because now is because the government and media like to use it for ratings and to keep people in line behind the wars.
        • xGeneric, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1You're logic is a little strange. Alamo, Pearl Harbor... these things happened when most of us weren't alive(and of course, none of us saw the Alamo). To us, it's easy to forget these things and that's how a nation moves on. But come on, the attack was 6 years ago. Oklahoma City happened fairly recent in terms of history, but you really can't compare the two. The OKC Bombing wasn't a declaration of war by religious fanatics that have helped a bumbling administration drain our economy, and destroy our freedoms.
    • harlowsmonkeys, on 10/10/2007, -5/+3It's not safe to get over it until bin Laden gets over it.
    • iruber1337, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Agreed I am so sick of people saying never forgot. I want to forget but can't due to every media outlet shoving it down our throats not to mention Giuliani using it as his entire platform. It was a horrible day, I'm from right outside NYC - all people on Long Island, I'm sure you remember News12 reporting not to drink the water because the attacks were to deter us from noticing the water was poisoned (I had the fine privilege of being sent to King Kullen to get a few gallons of bottled - it was pretty much a riot there and was only able to get two gallons). We also had dark smoke looming over everything for a few days, and a distinct burning scent whenever the wind would blow to remind us. To make matters more fun we were basically sitting ducks on an island because we could leave - coast guard stopped any ships, and all bridges we closed. There is nothing worse than getting calls from all your friends (some who act like total tough guys) crying on the phone because their sibling or parents were missing. I got one of those calls as well from my aunt...her husband - my awesome uncle was missing. Due to cell phone towers being down, anyone stuck in the city couldn't contact us. Though he survived - it took him three days to get home so he simply slept in a subway station because trains were suspended. In the end we all had at least one family member or close friend that died...it was a pretty tough day.

      Half of the people claiming "Never Forget!" weren't anywhere near it - I'd rather forget the events and respect all those that died that day.
    • polkadotdotdot, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5if we forget history, we're doomed to repeat it.
      insensitive jackass.
    • xGeneric, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"I'd rather forget the events and respect all those that died that day."

      Like the other guys comment further up, this strikes me as a little awkward. The event was people dieing... how can you forget the event but respect the people? "We respect all those who ______ in ______ six years ago today", "What happened to who 6 years ago?", "Forget about it, I'm sick of hearing about it from the media. Just respect them". Personally I'm sick of the way Giuliani and the media bring it up when it's completely unnecessary, to further their own personal agendas, but the two of them can't disgust me enough to rationalize to myself that after 6 years, we should just all forget and move on... especially when this event has shaped our world to the degree it has.

      "Half of the people claiming "Never Forget!" weren't anywhere near it - "

      So are you saying that there's a problem if you weren't physically close enough to the event, but don't want to forget the impact that it's had on this country and the world?

      Come on, it was ONLY 6 years ago. Two friggin' planes were flown into one of the symbols of New York/US Economy, 3k+ people died, started a war, empowered a sinister but moronic administration that led to the one of the most unjust wars in our history, that has drained this economy, weakened our military, destroyed our world image, and has lead us down a path that has made a war with Iran a very real possibility... all that after 6 years from a single event, and you say you want to forget but the "media" won't let you?!?! Wow... that's all I have left to say... just wow"
    • wishninja, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Bush will not let us forget because he gets a residual bump in the polls every 9-11 and the republicans are not done useing this as a campaign tool. There is a reason why the General chose this day to testify you know.
  • Logite, on 10/10/2007, -19/+12Some people like to say "NEVER FORGET".

    I say "NEVER FORGET how Bush totally made fools out of the american people."
  • ZephyrNinety, on 10/10/2007, -6/+9The day we realized just how unsafe we are all the time. As people in general, not just Americans.
    • Yazilliclick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I don't know where the ***** you live, I'm guessing over a volcano in a matchstick house balanced on a single stilt, but I feel perfectly safe. But yeah keep feeling scared because that fits right in with the media and government's needs. Ignore the fact that about every other cause of death is more likely than dieing at the hands of a terrorist. Heck you probably have as good a chance of dieing daily as a soldier in iraq or afghanistan if not better. So yeah I guess maybe you should be a afraid.


      BOOO!
      • mdollarsign, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Amen. Welcome to the culture of fear.
  • NoBlueSpoon, on 10/10/2007, -13/+3old
  • mcsloy, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11 The world didn't stop spinning- you just got on the merry go round of terrorism thats all
    the uk has put up with terroism for years, back when it was cool for the irish imericans to support the IRA. welcome to the real world- it sucks .
  • BROTHERD69, on 10/10/2007, -10/+4get ready for Iran
  • hoppdawg, on 10/10/2007, -7/+3//A day that will live in Infamy.... Twas the shot heard 'round the world.
  • guidouil, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0now guess why the article on how to set up ZoneMinder video surveillance was on Digg front page...
    is that global paranoia or what ?
  • unitedkronos, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15I wonder how many people will bury this story as inaccurate...
    • Yazilliclick, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2meh I buried it because I'm tired of having 9/11 shoved down my throat each year by the media. Yeah it's good to remember but time to let it go.
  • openj, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13The day that George Bush had the whole world behind him, and blew it miserably.
    http://www.openjesus.org/2007/all-mad-at-bush
    • mutatron, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4On that day we had the largest bank of political capital that we'll ever see, and George Bush frittered it all away.
  • cookiemonster01, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12I really feel for the pain caused on 9/11. But I feel even worse for war-crazed, fat cat fueled events that transpired after that day. I feel bad for ALL those who lost their lives, not just American lives.
  • Rizmaster, on 10/10/2007, -10/+16Happy 9/11 everybody!
    • krugerlive, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2thats not very tasteful. People did actually die, thats not a conspiracy.
      • sadilak, on 10/10/2007, -6/+4It is a conspiracy. Do you think the lawmakers or oil companies care for your life or in general the common man's life!!. Hey listen, it was the USA that breeded Osama. So there is every chance that the oil companies along with George bush and gang master minded the whole thing. If you notice bush;s reaction as seen in farentheit 911.
        We all feel sorry for the people that die. But have you felt any sorry in yourself for the extremely cruel actions that the govt did in Cambodia(napalm) or now in Iraq(rape & killing and what not)
    • yotomote, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8About 24000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes, who cares about 3000 that died 6 years ago?

      The only reason i wish it hadnt happened is because it gave america the perfect excuse to start invading middle east countries.
    • fluidfoundation, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1may your children grow up to realize how worthless you are and stick you in a home, never visit, and change their last names.
    • buckrogers1965, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Thank you for making me laugh.
  • Subterfug, on 10/10/2007, -14/+69/11/2001:
    The day the WORLD was attacked.

    9/11/2051:
    The day we get to hear the truth.
    • logandurand, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Sad how it always works out that way. Decades after these events, we learn that they were staged, allowed to happen, or otherwise influenced in some way. I hope that's not the case here.
  • tjasond, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2I was just talking about how last year at this time was the first time I had been introduced to Olberman's show via this scathing special comment:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZEjAien3As
  • dchoi22, on 10/10/2007, -16/+3INSIDE JOB
  • philipkaplan, on 10/10/2007, -8/+5Buried as inaccurate trash.
    December 26, 2004 is the day the earth stood still. 9-11 pales in comparison, and frankly speaking, we only brought it upon ourselves.
    • melonhedd, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Isn't that the day there was a giant earthquake? "the day the earth stood still" indeed!
  • sundancekid503, on 10/10/2007, -3/+32I just wanted to remind everyone that I was in New York on 9/11 and that makes me a hero.

    -Giuliani
  • TheGuruStud, on 10/10/2007, -6/+10buried, inaccurate, digg away
  • Laytonx, on 10/10/2007, -6/+21I think Americans over estimate 9/11's impact on the rest of the wold.
    • joel2600, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5yeah, i talk to some of my other friends in the US about things that have gone on elsewhere in the world, like the london bombings ... and they're all like "what? when did that happen?"

      everyone else in the world can talk about things going on in the sudan and cambodia and people in the us are all like "9/11" this and "9/11" that. all this never forgetting has gotten us to completely forget what else is going on in the world
    • blackjack75, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It had quite an impact on the rest of the world since it is basically the excuse that allows the US army to bomb anything without hearing its citizen complains. In that sense 9.11 has been much more violent abroad than in NYC.
  • mutatron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2And for 48 hours after that the skies were almost devoid of contrails and the near-constant drone of commercial airliners overhead.
    • joel2600, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3except the bin ladens who got a golden ticket to fly wherever they please, oh the irony
  • milesdavis22, on 10/10/2007, -11/+7What is with this P.C. "Militant" crap? These people were crazed terrorists and murderers who attacked the United States on 9/11. There is a clear distinction between the two.
    • milesdavis22, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0Why am I being dugg down?
      • fluidfoundation, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1dunno, but I made the same comment above and it wasnt pretty either.
    • twomeyw23334, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1You need to make an anti American statement if what you desire it to be dugg up on this site.
    • TheGuruStud, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1of course you do realize by that very definition the U.S. Gov't and the many corps. involved with our gov't. achieve the same status?
      The sword is as sharp on each side. Please don't forget that.
  • thebenchase, on 10/10/2007, -11/+15God, it makes me so sad to see this being taken so lightly by some of the comments on here. I don't care if you're american, iraqi, chinese, whatever-- lives are important, and seeing so many lost in vain is truly sad. To all those on here that make jokes, or tell us to get over it, or tell us to move on-- six years ago, we bled and cried for family and friends that passed away. This is not funny. This is not a joke. Digg me down, I don't care, but damn it, I will remember 9/11 for the rest of my life.

    R.I.P.
    • Popdmb, on 10/10/2007, -5/+8Can't really blame them for it....it's the ignorance of the human species. Pseudo-intellectualism runs raaampant on Digg.

      Take those same people and drop them in One World Financial right now...and their entire opinion changes. So sad...
    • dlsspy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Nobody is going to forget it. The problem is that it was a sort of gateway tragedy. A terrible thing happened then and had a direct affect on a large number of people. We've since made things worse everywhere we could. We've sent more people to die for reasons that seem to vary since, and we've given up a lot of freedoms to supposedly protect us from an identical attack (while making sure we also couldn't defend ourselves against one).

      Nobody's ready to forget, but I think many of us are ready to stop being so reactive.
    • Yazilliclick, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Remember 9/11 all you want. Remembering and moving on are two seperate things. Hundreds of thousands of people die every DAY! There are many events in history that have result in many more deaths and tragedy than 9/11 where a few thousand people died.

      The year it happened it something to dwell on. The 1 year anniversary it was something to look back on and examine. 6 years later it's time to stop being emo about it and move the ***** on.
    • KingGorilla, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Don't forget those innocent Iraqi's too! It's like 9/11 for them everyday! So many died (and are dying) in vain, which would make it hard to remember all those days
    • Flanker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Seeing so many lives lost in vain really is sad. You know what's sadder? Seeing those fortunate enough to still have their lives wallowing in their sorrow. Do you think that if those people who died could talk, they'd tell you to walk around with a hole in your heart for having lost them? Or do you think---just maybe---they'd tell you to go on, enjoy your life, and cherish every precious moment you've been given?
  • Ghoztt, on 10/10/2007, -9/+5Ah... the official story! How we blindly patriotize thee! Yeah... those buildings didn't blow up floor by floor downward faster than gravity. Nope! What you are told on the TV is always the truth! ...History doesn't repeat itself. But it does kinda rhyme... *cough*Reichstag fire*couch*
    • Hetman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. downward faster than gravity. For that to be possible there would have to be a force on top of them pushing them downwards. If not then they are falling as fast as gravity can allow them to fall.
      • twomeyw23334, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Come on man, its a known fact that when buildings are blown up as part of a government conspiracy they fall faster than gravity. You are obviously a slave to the media... or maybe you just like physics.
  • Rizin, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12You know what I hate about today? How its been named "Patriot Day" give it a couple of years and we will soon begin to get "Patriot Day sales"
    • joel2600, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4you get 5% off for wearing an item with our flag. 10% off for an image of the towers or an eagle... or an eagle superimposed over the twin towers, and an extra 5% if something you are wearing says NEVER FORGET.
    • tymme, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Nah, it's too close to Labor Day weekend. They can't give up the extra week to another holiday, that cuts out of the Halloween and Xmas sales set-up time.
  • Sp4nk, on 10/10/2007, -2/+159/11/2006: The buildings still aren't up. Want to stick it to the terrorists? Get something done already. Whoever is in charge of this needs to get their heads out of their asses and rebuild the towers exactly as they were before, if not bigger and taller. Sure, there should be a memorial inside, but enough of this stupid yuppie "Freedom Tower" ***** that's going nowhere.
  • halifaxboy, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2pretty sure it didn't stand still:P
  • krugerlive, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1I think that we shouldn't focus on the conspiracies and such today. Today we should remember the people who lost their lives and think about what the American people stand for. Regardless of how it happened, the towers collapsed and people died 6 years ago today. I live in New York and its been a surreal day. Lets show respect to the people who lost their lives and just try to do something nice or in goodwill today. As crunchy as it sounds, by making acts of peace and kindness, we are fighting hatred. Lets focus on the blaming tomorrow, but focus on how we can make a better world today.
    • Yazilliclick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3How has it been a surreal day? My god get over it already. Remember it as much as you want, that's good and healthy, by but golly it's going overboard 6 years later going on like this.
  • sirloin, on 10/10/2007, -7/+5The FBI wont list 9/1 as one of ossams crimes
    a cia analist on fox last night wouldnt give ossama more credit than giving his blessing.
    and yet the *****, say the 9-11 cxommission shouldnt have ever been done and dont mind that less than /14 of the money was spent on 9/11 as investigating clintons BJ.
    OUR OWN INTELIGENCE SERVICES REFUSE TO LIST 9/11 AS ONE OF OSSAMA CRIMES.. I aint saying he had nothing to do with it, but maybe we need the entire story.. who was the leadership?? the general fromt eh pakistani cia? WHO planned this, who authorised it. And lets quit the BS as our own inteligence services refuse to tow the line either.
    • Flanker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You know, digg has a spellcheck button. (LOL @ analist)
  • GodIsntReal, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2Buried for falseness.
  • LilRabbitFooFoo, on 08/11/2008, -3/+24Are YOU afraid of terrorists? I'm not. The odds of any of us getting killed in a terrorist attack is less than that of winning a lottery. So why are we afraid?!

    We're afraid because it is in the best interests of the terrorists (for their political agenda), our administration (politicians have always used fear to control the masses, re: Rome, etc.), the media (fear and hype gets you to tune in, which yields ratings, which ups the advertising dollars the news networks makes, which means profits), and the corporations (who see sales and profits based on ad dollars spent).

    It used to be that the news was the one who called ***** when this happened, but now, since CNN turned news into a ratings for cash game, ALL aspects of our society PROFIT (one way or another) by keeping YOU in FEAR.

    The British had the IRA bombing them in London WEEKLY for YEARS. The Israeli's suffered (as a percentage of population) a 9-11 scale loss of life every THREE MONTHS for YEARS during the suicide bombings of the intifada.

    They got used it to it, grew up, and went on with their lives. Eventually the IRA came to peace terms. One day the Israelis will too.

    WE get hit ONCE with a spectacularly LUCKY attack (even Osama has no idea he could actually bring down the towers...if he had, the planes would have been instructed to hit as low on the buildings as possible, in order to maximize casualties) and we curl up in fear, throwing our Constitution out the window, for YEARS. Why!?

    A little perspective: Pearl Harbor actually meant our West Coast was suddenly at risk from a major INVASION from a country at WAR, so why are we so over-reacting to 9-11 in comparison?! Because of 9-11, our nation's sovereignty is NOT at risk. There are NO invading terrorists hordes on our shores. There never have been. There never will. Pearl Harbor, IMHO, DWARFS 9-11 in the real scale of both human tragedy AND real danger to the American way of life.

    We are (were?) a FREE NATION. That means that, every once in a while, we're going to have some nut take advantage of our good will and freedoms to kick us in the shins or slap us in the face. We have laws to deal with that when it happens, and we are smart enough to close the appropriate loophole the loon(s) used, if there was one, so that it doesn't happen again. But to live in perpetual fear of something that has been going on since the dawn of human history is absurd, IMHO.

    We remain the most powerful, prosperous, and SAFEST nation on the planet, in the entire HISTORY of the human race. Period. NOTHING has changed. NOTHING.

    I'm tired of trading my freedoms for an illusion of safety that does not, and cannot, exist in a FREE society.

    Osama and his cronies killed our people, and that was a terrible tragedy and my condolences extend to those families who were directly or indirectly affected by Osama's murderous attacks. We should and must hunt him down and bring him to justice with all the reserves at our disposal, so that anyone who thinks about doing this again, will think twice, and then again. That is how a FREE society deals with a MURDERER who has committed CRIMES against us or our nation. With the rule of law.

    What we don't do is stop being FREE.

    I'm not afraid. And I don't believe you should be either.
    • bassfanatik, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3I need to get down and get a lotto ticket..
    • Yazilliclick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Very well said and I agree very much.
    • burchie2, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1its not about dying or not, thousands of people die everyday in the u.s. from preventable accidents. they almost single handedly took down the entire economy of the u.s. It is foolish to assume that because "just a couple thousand people died" that it is not a big deal. THEY ***** BLEW UP BUILDINGS THAT WERE WORTH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IF NOT BILLIONS AND ALMOST CAUSED THE COMPLETE COLLAPSE OF TRILLION DOLLAR ECONOMY. Don't get me wrong, its not just about the money, it is horrendous that so many died in such a horrible way. But, ultimately its all about the benjamins and thats why this is such a huge deal.
      • TheGuruStud, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1bush single handedly took down the economy. NEVER confuse the two.
    • 2reflective, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Another round of media brainwashing is needed for you I see ;)
    • mdollarsign, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Great comment. 100% agreed.
  • cambob76, on 10/10/2007, -4/+15HAPPY 9/11 EVERYBODY!!!
  • tymme, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Something happened then? Wow, I musta missed the news that day... and the rest of that month, and year, and every year for a week after that....

    It was 6 years ago. It's hard to forget something that tragic. I don't think anyone needs a reminder.
  • Nightfall, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15Its a shame that 6 years later, people still can't let go. Today, there are still people who weep over 9/11. There is a very fine line between remembering, and obsessing. I had a good friend die in those attacks that day. He told me one thing that I will never forget. He always said to live life to its fullest and never look back on your mistakes. Always move ahead. Well, the problem here is that we are still stuck back 6 years ago.

    People today are willing to hand over every right they have in order to protect themselves from another attack. They want the government to do everything for them so they don't have to think for themselves. Its very frustrating to see what has come of the USA since those attacks. Instead of bringing us together, it has polarized us in more ways than one when it comes to party lines, beliefs, and so on.

    I could go on and on here, but personally, I am sick of hearing about it 9/11. As long as we have a majority of our citizens crying and weeping about 9/11, the terrorists will have won. The day we all remember 9/11, and move onto bigger and better things as a nation, we will have won. You can thank the current government and mainstream media for not being able to move on.
    • Yazilliclick, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2100% agree.
    • grivad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Agreed.

      9/11 - the day the earth stood still... *eyeroll* Plenty of other world and society-altering events besides this one, folks.
  • AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -6/+8It's like Finding Nemo in here, but instead of "You just gotta keep swimming along" it's "You just gotta keep burying along."

    I've buried 14 or so posts in this, it's sad to think how many think the government was behind 9/11.
    • omenmedia, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's also sad to think how many blindly accept the official account of what happened, spoon fed by the government and the MSM, without looking at and considering all the facts available. I've taken the time to examine the facts, and while I'm not so sure the government was directly *behind* 9/11, I'm convinced that they not only knew it was going to happen, but also did absolutely nothing to stop it. They needed a "new Pearl Harbor" to anger the U.S. populace and justify the funds and steps necessary for the invasion of the Middle East, and the gradual destruction of your - yes, *your* - civil liberties. But you keep on believing what you want to believe. Don't ask questions. Don't read the facts. If you're happy with what you've been fed, then so be it.
  • mishsquish, on 10/10/2007, -8/+5Well, not many outside America really cared. The day America stood still, perhaps.
    • sadilak, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Yep. That is correct. Arrogant bush and his arrogant policies. Funny thing is that the politicians shield the americans from knowing anything about the outside world. If the ancient world believed that the earth was flat, according to bush , the earth is made up of 73 % water and 27% USA. Hopefully someday a wiseguy will lead the USA to better days.
    • p0s3r, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1You know what would be funny? If the US stopped all foreign aid and pulled all of its troops back inside its borders. Then us Americans can sit back and laugh while we watch all the minarets crop up over Euroland and watch your women either don the hajib or get killed. And we could laugh and snicker as the famines & corruption that ravage africa spread thru the rest of the world. That would be hilarious.
    • Yazilliclick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The rest of the world cared and took notice on 9/11. Hence the large amount of support for going after the taliban. 6 years later I'm sick of hearing about it. I'm not saying forget it but for goodness sake stop this emo sympathy bs every year afterwards. Of course it's pretty much the media and government pushing this way of 'remembering' 9/11 as it's good for keeping people tuning in and in fear.
  • ibnabeeomar, on 10/10/2007, -5/+0http://muslimmatters.org/2007/09/11/response-to-bin-laden-911-video-and-other-reflections/
  • olbap, on 10/10/2007, -11/+1Wake up, people!

    http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/
    • TypicalDiggeral, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I AM AWAKE! NOW WHAT?!
      • lostdiggacct, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1TypicalDiggeral I don't know if you're conducting a study about the Digg community or if you really are just a retard, but whatever it is please cut the ***** out. :)
  • HumanRecall, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8The DAY everyone and their dog thought someone of Arab, Pakistan or Indian decent was a Terrorists. and from CANADA !!!
    • sadilak, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4True. Generalizing it more, the day america started to show open signs of racism.if you are white you get through, if you are brown or black , you get held back
  • sadilak, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0Earth did not stand still. Only USA and maybe the UK. Sep 11 could be the payback for napalming cambodia, killing of innocent civilians everywhere by the USA.
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