When 9/11 occurred, I was like most Americans. I was shocked, hurt, upset, and angry. This all left me relatively quickly, though, I must admit. I live 3000 miles away and it was very distant from where I was while it was occurring.

My way to deal with issues is to analyze them, figure them out, ask questions. I began, nearly instantaneously, to dissect the issue at hand and to try to hear what was *not* being said.

I was flummoxed when we were told over and over that this was a surprise attack, that the government did not know it was going to happen and that they could not have prevented it. I questioned that. We have some of the most advanced tracking equipment in the world and we have some of the most protected airspace in the world. But we didn’t know that an attack was going to happen and had no way of stopping it?

I feel somewhat justified in my questioning of the “facts” now that I hear that we *did*, in fact, know that Osama bin Laden was planning on hijacking planes and was planning on some sort of attack. I feel justified because I was called anti-American, a terrorist, a loser, and all sorts of other things…because I questioned my government!

I don’t think the whole story is out yet. I doubt it will be while this President is in office. He’s secretive about nearly everything and if he made a mistake on a grand scale, I doubt we’d hear it while he’s in office.

Suffice it to say that now we’re hearing of FBI agents who did tell their superiors about large numbers of foreign students taking flight lessons but were ignored. We now know that the White House knew of a threat.

Skeletons don’t stay in closets too long.

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I exercise my right to question as an American. I believe I live in a great nation that welcomes diverse and sometimes unconventional thinking. This kind of thought has gotten us to great heights. It can also be our downfall. However that may be, I enjoy my right to partake in it. I do not take a stance that my country is not without its share of evil or malicous intents. We’re just as bad as the next guy. We’re also just as good.

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Wacky Links

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What is your Road Rage Quotient?

I ranked 7-20 points = You have your good and bad days on the road. Overall you only suffer from mild road rage.

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Crankbunny will not be for everyone. But if you think outside the box and like something a bit different, you may enjoy this site. There is some illustrated nudity so if you’re offended by that type of thing it’s probably not for you.

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Have you ever wanted to come up with the wackiest name on the ‘net? NameMage is for you. It’s really meant to design names for Dungeons and Dragons but you could find a name for your next child here. Heh…

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Fires are burning here in Arizona. So far, 6 lovely, large, dream homes have been destroyed about 90 miles from where I live in the Prescott National Forest. I only fear this is the beginning of a tragic summer.

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Until next time…be kind to one another.

Peace.