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Why not come to an agreement that we will no longer stand for people who exploit 9/11 to make money like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck are doing on this anniversary or to advance a career in politics?
Why not take a deep breath and admit Sharia Law is not creeping into America and it has never creeped and will never creep--at least the kind of Sharia Law Americans now talk of being afraid of--because America is not a Third World country (for now)? (And, if any repressive Law is going to creep into America, it will be Palin Law [which just happens to share some similarities with Sharia Law].)
This anniversary let's be more afraid that America has a democratic republic largely unresponsive to the people that a huge portion of the population is disenchanted with even though it permits electoral participation every two or four years. Let's be concerned that this country and its leaders continue to dither and stall on domestic and international actions that must be taken to give this country and its people the change it needs to continue to prosper and survive in the 21st Century and the world is waiting on America to be the shining example its leaders claim America to be in speeches.
Finally, let's not only be more open about the fact that America commits actions it probably shouldn't, which provoke Islamic fundamentalists, but also admit September 11th has become a yoke around the neck of America. Failure to remove it and make peace with whatever demons Americans think were responsible for the attacks will only continue to imperil us all.
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Do any Americans remember how there was a list circulated of songs radio stations were encouraged not to play in the aftermath of 9/11? Songs like Kool & The Gang's "Celebration" were played and upset callers who claimed radio stations were being insensitive.
Well, in memory of Clear Channel's advisory list to radio stations, here's "War," a song neoconservatives probably asked Clear Channel to put on the list.
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