Newsflash for the neocon apologists in the audience: Co-opting 9/11 for political purposes is poor ethics. Lying about it is downright sinful.
ABC Television is going to ram some steamin’ hot propaganda down Lady Liberty’s throat, celebrating 9/11 like a horny Mongol horde.
“ABC, what is best in life?”
“To crush your enemies, see demm driven buh-fore you, and ta hear deh lamentation uff deh women!”
Let’s contrast such cynical knee-biting of the national psyche with a taste of hard facts, hm?
How 9/11 changed America: In statistics
To break the numbers down:
A) Defense spending has gone up $50 billion for every year since.
B) Mainstream news media report on Osama bin Laden, public enemy numero uno, less and less every year.
C) The airline industry has only just begun to recover.
D) The number of hate crimes against Muslims has quintupled.
E)Â President George W’s approval rating is lower than Clinton’s at his worst…and has been lower for a few years.
9/11: Five Years Later
A study by Columbia University researchers reveals the following:
A)Â Bush’s poll numbers go up whenever the American public is scared.
B) The number of terror alerts increases around national elections
“When you have media organs viewing fear-mongering as a payday,
senior politicians seeing fear-mongering as sound political strategy,
and terrorists considering fear-mongering as a victory unto itself,
where are citizens expected to find a voice of reason?”–Matthew T. Felling, media director for the Center for Media and Public Affairs.Â