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Americans' Embarrassing Short Term Memory Loss on 9/11 Attacks
At the end of Missoula, MT, article on presidential poll numbers in Montana, I found this line:
Just 68 percent [of poll respondents] were able to identify the correct year of the 9/11 terrorist attacks (2001).
Which reminded me of these videos:
If you've watched those videos, you'll know why I'm struggling to think up any insightful commentary. Is it worth pointing out that every society has its share of blissfully uninformed citizens, or that through the dark arts of video editing anyone can be made to look stupid? Or should I point out that we now realize the "Never Forget" slogan was at once overly optimistic and incredibly naive, considering the character and attention spans of the American people?
Actually, no. You know what? These videos are a great indication that the terrorists didn't win. If the terrorists wanted to intimidate the American public or create a paradigm shift in the public's thinking, they completely and utterly failed. Terrorism is the most important issue in the upcoming election for one percent of Democrats and five percent of Republicans. And, apparently, some of us think the September 11th attacks happened on August 16th. Take that, Osama.
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Actually, I think the people who made the first video have some memory loss problems, too. One of their questions makes it seem like they think that NYC and DC were the only two places directly hit by the attacks. They even include a woman who mentions Pennsylvania in their montage of wrong answers.
Oh well. Like you said, the ignorance isn't such a bad thing. 9/11 was bad, but people tried to make it out to be a bigger deal than it actually was.
Want to know why people have such a hard time with it??
Because the "official story" is the greatest line of BS ever offered to the public.
Terrorists, Osama... har har! They were never capable of what really happened that day.
The powers that did this (Terrorists LOL! Yeah Right!)are still in power and they had hoped everyone would forget what happened that day.
Well looks like they did.....But not all of us.
Pull it.........
Posted by: RTMAN on 11/20/07 at 4:46 PM Respond
I give those videos no weight whatsoever.
More smoke and mirrors
Posted by: NotForgottenEver on 11/20/07 at 4:51 PM Respond
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Posted by: Dan on 11/20/07 at 1:17 PM Respond