Ok, people, get over yourselves. I am SO. SICK. of everyone playing the 9/11 blame game. I mean, I'm all about giving credit where credit is due. Jimmy Carter is a moron and really screwed things up way back when and made us look like a bunch of sissies during the whole Iran hostage crisis, not to mention all those hostages whose lives he didn't help to make any better.

Then we got Bubba Cantfindmypants in here who ignored attack after attack until he finally kinda made a halfpinkytoe attempt at shoving a cruise missile up Osama's booty for whatever reason. Honestly, I don't care why. It's good he at least got close to toasting OBL's unmentionables, ok? Shut up and listen before you yell at me. If Osama got a singed eyebrow out of it, it makes me smile to think of it. Clinton screwed the pooch big time and should have done more, YES, but he did lift a pinky for at least 5 minutes during his 8 years in office. I'm glad Chris Wallace asked the question, I'm glad he did the interview, I think he showed Slick for what he is, a big crybaby buffoon whom history will not treat with grace.

Which brings us to President Bush. Can he shoulder some blame? Heck yeah. He was in office for 8 months before 9/11 and as president should have been able to read about world events and know that we had been attacked over the previous 25 years a number of times. Did Clinton give him a comprehensive plan? Honestly, it doesn't matter. Bush should have had his own comprehensive plan for fighting terrorism. He was already THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. He had a cabinet. He had a whole group of advisors. He had a whole staff of kids working 16 hours a day reading news and intelligence reports, telling him the latest about what was going on, and what he, as president, should be focused on. As a matter of fact, before he ever made it into office, Bush should have known what was going on. He should have had his own plan before he was elected. Isn't that our biggest complaint about the Democrats? They all harp during their campaigns about having a plan for fighting the war and combating terrorism, but they don't actually have one. Well, any candidate should know what he's getting into and know how he's going to handle it. And the fact that Bush is a Republican doesn't change anything. It's not like the Republicans are conservative anymore anyway, so if you're offended by me needing Republicans to have a plan, well I'm just so sorry.

The point is Clinton didn't get it done. Bush didn't get it done. And this stupid media patty-cake they're playing right now with the "Yes I gave him a plan" and the "My husband rawks!" and the "You're the devil and caused 9/11 on your own!" and the "You should have done more!" is ridiculous. They all should have done more. Both administrations, people. Everyone in Congress should have taken it upon themselves to make terrorism the front issue and beat down the Presidents' door (Clinton, Bush) until we were fighting offense, before it was too late. Everyone in America who was old enough to follow the news and world events? All of us should have been able to read. Were you writing to your congressmen? Your senators? The president? Me neither. I was living in the sweet bubble of American freedom that no one would ever dare destroy, and nobody could thwart my false reality that America was invincible. Oh, come on! I only knew the names of certain senators because I had to know for my Business Problems and Trends class! I had nooo interest in news and politics.

But it's already too late for 9/11, and still we're talking about how we could have prevented 9/11. It's tiresome, juvenile, and antiproductive. Unless we're doing the exercise for the purpose of preventing the next attack, which most people are not. And don't think my finger is mainly pointing at the left. I'm thinking about all the big shooters on the right, too. Get the hell over yourselves. This party positioning crap? Worthless. No one can convince me that proving that Bill Clinton could have stopped 9/11 is going to stop the next attack, or that proving Bill Clinton could have stopped 9/11 means that John Kerry will be just as bad at stopping terror att-- Ok, I'm sorry, I can't complete that thought with a straight face. But you know what? There may be a decent, America-loving Democrat out there who has the nation's best interests at heart and truly wants to defend this country. I mean, I haven't heard of him, but if he's out there, and if he has a plan for fighting terrorism, I'm ready to vote for him if I agree with him on the other issues too and if he's the least sucky candidate out there (my hopes aren't high for having a great candidate, can you tell?). But it won't be because someone can prove to me that George Bush caused 9/11! Dangit, people! It will be because you have your own stinking head out of your butt and are willing to FIGHT THE TERRORISTS rather than SAYING MEET ME AT 3:00 IN THE PARKING LOT SO WE CAN HAVE A SHOUTING MATCH! SOMEONE PUT UP YOUR STINKING DUKES AND PUNCH SOMEONE ALREADY!

Because while everyone is saying I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I, everyone seems to be ignoring the important stuff for the future.

bin Laden is supposed to release a new tape soon. There have been a few murmurs of this recently, but I have no idea why this doesn't get more mainstream press. OH YEAH! The mainstream press are too busy fawning all over President Ahmadinejad from Iran (he's so attractive and sweet, yah) and playing "Blame Bush" to pay attention to this one. So what's important about this tape? Eh, read this article about "Jafer the Pilot", and you decide. They say Osama has completed his "cycle of warnings" that he's required to give to Muslims. Because you know, OBL is concerned about ticking off the clerics and the gentle Muslim leaders. OBL has warned all Muslims to leave America as soon as possible, especially D.C. and New York... And Jafer the Pilot is running about with his possible nuclear materials within the U.S. borders (hmm, how did he get in?). Not only that, President Ahmadinejad, while speaking about diplomacy at the U.N., gives speeches in his own country about killing the Great Satan (that's us) and the Little Satan (that's our friend Israel) within the next two years. So maybe instead of squealing like pigs about who didn't do what, maybe everyone could focus on what we need to do to stop the impending threat of Iran, foreign and homegrown terrorism, and let's not forget our gassy enemy to the south, Hugo Chavez.

I mean, I realize this is an election year. So quit telling me how Bush and Clinton screwed up. They're not running for office, numbnuts!

I'm not saying ignore the past. PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE THE PAST. But in light of the past, use it to prevent the same thing happening in the future. Stop acting like a bunch of 7th grade girls and act like Americans!

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