I did see one thing in passing that made my skin crawl, however. Granted, it is a Wiki thing, and as we all know, anyone can post to Wikipedia, but try this one on for size:
Patriot DayGood God. What's next? Carols?
In the United States, Patriot Day occurs on September 11 of each year, designated in memory of those who died in the September 11, 2001 attacks. However, the name does not seem to have yet caught on in the American vernacular; most people still refer to the day as "September 11th", "9/11", or some variation thereof. U.S. House Joint Resolution 71 was approved by a vote of 407-0 on October 25, 2001. It requested that the President designate September 11 of each year as "Patriot Day." President George W. Bush signed the resolution into law on December 18, 2001 (as Public Law 107-89). It is a discretionary day of remembrance.....Some greeting card companies have released Patriot Day cards, causing controversy among some.
Happy holidays...happy holidays...may the merry bells be bringin' happy holidays to you!
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Another thought about today's date (literally): there is no "the" between "September" and "11th" unless you are a criminally retarded and sociopathic dry drunk.
Pete's brought this up many times; thought it would be good to point it out here.
Can I rant a bit here?
Every year we see teary pics of people remembering 9 the 11 (sory Schmidlap ;^).
This pisses me off. Where are the teary-eyed rememberances for children killed by abusive parents, innocent victims of drunk drivers or people dying of cancers that we don't spend enough money on to find a cure?
And what about the moms, dad, children etc. remembering the 40,000 to 150,000 dead civilians in Iraq that didn't do anything to deserve the terror we have brought to them?
There should be a law making it illegal to wallow in self indulgent tragedy connectivity on "Patriots" day. Sheesh.
We SHOULD be at war with drifter-eating psychopaths! The ate our freedoms! They ate us for who we are!
Nicely played, Anon.
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