Because I manually approve each and every comment that gets published to this site, there’s a lot of stuff that you never get to see. It’s about a sixty-forty split between spam and hate-mail, but every so often I get a something so deliciously moronic that I can’t keep it to myself.
This is one of those times, witness if you will, the wrath of Mrs. Tim Tomecko: Click right here, then scroll down below my original post to see her comment. I promise you won’t be disappointed!
Let’s face it, you’re going to be innundated by all things 9/11 today, so I’m only going to second Ed Miller‘s recommendation of United 93, now available on DVD.
Despite some ongoing complaints about the characterization of a German passenger on board the flight, the film managed to do what World Trade Center and Flight 93 couldn’t—not suck.
For the last act of the film I actually felt like I was on board that fateful flight.
Wow.
As someone who’s hopefully going to spend about 30 hours in the air during the next couple of weeks, I guess I should be thankful that the latest terror plot was foiled. But the resulting mayhem that I’ve been watching on TV all evening has instead prompted this quick reality check.
Here’s what we’ve given up since 9/11:
And here, best as I can tell, is what we’ve gained:
I don’t know about you, but it seems to me like we’re getting our asses kicked here!