It changed the world from what we knew then to be a milestone in eras of war.

Should we be reminded of it? Yes, should we tribute to the victims of 9/11? I don’t think so, we’re better of with moving on instead of making ourself victims.

http://mvn.com/outsider/2008/09/12/revisiting-and-reinventing-the-quality-start/

Shooter, thanks. You know me from the FOX Sports blogs, so I’m very conscious now of what I say considering the audience that was there (very hair-triggered and heavily conservative). It is, after all, my blog and I can write what I want on it but I try and give my readers the respect that I hope they give me.

I don’t think any topic is ever out-of-bounds and the fact that a topic ever is considered to be actually shows that it really needs to be talked about openly.

I think the “banishments” of Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews shows how the conservatives really run the media. Everyone complains about a media bias, but Bill O’Reilly is allowed to bloviate ad nauseam on FOX “News,” but Olbermann says one thing with a tint of a lefty-slant and he gets demoted after petulant whining from the right. There’s such a double-standard, and everything is politicized — including 9/11.

Personally, I don’t think you said anything controversial. I hate when a topic is deemed “out of bounds”, and then all rules and logic are supposed to be tossed out the window. 9/11 was terrible, but that doesn’t justify anybody that tried to profit off of it.

The media wars are beyond ridiculous. And when journalists ask honest questions and try to report the truth, they are blasted for being insensitive, sexist, or racist.

Don’t apologize for not opening up some political discussion. You should apologize for not doing it more often.

“How could they have forgotten about 9/11 so soon?”, the people would have said. “How dare they air an episode of 90210 on the darkest day in American history instead!”

I think in this case you are damned if you do and damned if you don’t.

As far as ESPN and their “agenda”, it is not their fault that people watch. SportsCenter is about 8 hours long now in the day but people continue to tune in… I barely watch it anymore b/c it’s not my cup of tea but someone is.

ESPN has done plenty of Obama stories, though. They covered Reggie Love and even misreported that Love turned down an NBA career to support Obama’s campaign. If my recollection is correct, they even had Obama on the Sunday conversation once.

The one problem I have with all this is that we view everything in such partisan terms. If ESPN runs a story on Obama they are liberal and Democratic… if they run a story on McCain they are right-wing and Republican. McCain is Republican… but the guy ain’t right-wing. He’s kind of a loose cannon who the Republicans secretly fear might not go straight down the party line. But as far as ESPN being biased, I dunno if I’m all about that.

Don’t forget we got to watch Barack Obama with ESPN’s Stuart Scott. ESPN.com’s Paula Lavigne did a Q&A with both candidates on the site a little bit ago. They let Stephen A. Smith campaign daily for Obama on his radio show. I think they are pretty fair when it comes to coverage of the two. It just so happened that McCain’s NASCAR love was their story of the day.

Let me mention I have allegiance to neither McCain nor Obama as I haven’t decided where my vote goes since neither has really said much beyond Obama’s “believe… hope… change… believe… hope… not Bush… change… hope… believe… did I mention I’m not Bush?” and McCain’s “I been around… I’m a ‘maverick’… I think we’re better off than we realize… I will make it even better” talk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6urw_PWHYk

Most other Presidents would have heeded Osama bin Laden’s warnings and would have hushed on their support for Israel and would have at least taken steps to move the military base out of Saudi Arabia.

Do you think that Bush pushed the envelope too much, and that led to the attacks?

It depends on what you mean by “pushed the envelope.” If you mean, “Intentionally ignored the desires of groups of people he did not know or understand,” then yes.

wasnt America hated enough to begin with before the attacks?

Yes, but directly because of its imperialism in the Middle East.

Don’t they want real change? And is Sarah Palin remotely qualified to sit in the Oval Office.

For as much whining as I’ve done about politicians, it really doesn’t matter who you elect for President, whether he or she is a Democrat or Republican. Both parties are entirely corrupt.

Bush #43 was arguably just as qualified as Palin, unless you ascribe some value to his coming from a political family and having an ex-President for a father.

Palin, surprisingly, is more qualified than a couple of the other guys who were vying for the Republican ticket, namely Fred Thompson.

But…Palin is a good mother

Yeah, a lot of the justification for Palin is illogical and mostly hypocrtical. Bill Maher had some good criticisms for the pro-Palin arguments on last Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher.

But what’s more concerning to me than that is the seeming love so many have for the Republican hogwash and agenda. I mean, look at the last eight years — haven’t folks had enough? Haven’t they learned anything? Don’t they want real change? And is Sarah Palin remotely qualified to sit in the Oval Office. I mean, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH SOME OF THESE AMERICANS?????

Can you answer that, Crash?