same here..it was 3000 miles from me so I experienced it only on tv anyway.. (Reply #5)

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Sat Sep 11, 2021, 08:09 AM

samnsara (15,938 posts)

5. same here..it was 3000 miles from me so I experienced it only on tv anyway..

.. I think the ceremony is to help those who had an actual loss or experienced the horror first hand. They will be in my thoughts.

.......lots of movies on TCM that will keep me entertained. Saturday and Sunday are news cycle busts anyway

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83 replies	Author	Time	Post
I am not watching any coverage today on TV [View all]	TNNurse	Sep 2021	OP
Same here.	Siwsan	Sep 2021	#1
Same here...	lisa58	Sep 2021	#2
Understandable	Nikossitti	Sep 2021	#3
Ditto	malaise	Sep 2021	#4
same here..it was 3000 miles from me so I experienced it only on tv anyway..	samnsara	Sep 2021	#5
The problem with all the media hype every year on 9/11	PatSeg	Sep 2021	#18
I'm grateful and a little suprised that the idea of creating "Patriot's Day" never got traction.	BobTheSubgenius	Sep 2021	#78
Oh yes, thank goodness	PatSeg	Sep 2021	#81
Who would try to make you??	USALiberal	Sep 2021	#6
No one, it is probably prevalent.	TNNurse	Sep 2021	#9
I'm with you.	kentuck	Sep 2021	#7
Same here	Sherman A1	Sep 2021	#8
I am with you, just wished my wife happy birthday.	BlueJac	Sep 2021	#10
I'm right there with you.	Ferrets are Cool	Sep 2021	#11
Happy Birthday	jmbar2	Sep 2021	#22
Thank you very much.	Ferrets are Cool	Sep 2021	#79
We don't have TV.	piddyprints	Sep 2021	#12
After hearing the released phone calls yesterday I am not wanting to take any more in just yet.	dameatball	Sep 2021	#13
Same here.	Diamond_Dog	Sep 2021	#14
I Have 2 Episodes Of Gold Rush To Watch Instead	DanieRains	Sep 2021	#15
Should I feel ashamed?	hibbing	Sep 2021	#37
I Couldn't Have Said It Better	DanieRains	Sep 2021	#80
I remember 9/11/2001	Srkdqltr	Sep 2021	#16
I was pretty young in 1968 and don't really remember the Martin Luther King assassination.	Prof. Toru Tanaka	Sep 2021	#21
I was almost 7, and it's my first significant memory	MyMission	Sep 2021	#30
For MLK	BumRushDaShow	Sep 2021	#65
I was an adult for all except 1941	Srkdqltr	Sep 2021	#45
Same here...	secondwind	Sep 2021	#49
I add to that 1/6/2021.	Grammy23	Sep 2021	#33
Same with me.	sinkingfeeling	Sep 2021	#17
Ditto	jmbar2	Sep 2021	#19
Same here. I don't need reminding that we started down a dark and dangerous road	niyad	Sep 2021	#20
Me neither. I don't indulge in grief pornography.	DinahMoeHum	Sep 2021	#23
The way some of these corporate news programs cover 9/11	Farmer-Rick	Sep 2021	#24
Absolutely	Rebl2	Sep 2021	#28
I was thinking the same thing.	2naSalit	Sep 2021	#47
Yup.	KPN	Sep 2021	#60
Yes, it's a touchstone for Right Wingers	Farmer-Rick	Sep 2021	#69
Also religious zealotry...	2naSalit	Sep 2021	#75
It should be a day of starting the national embarrassment for this country.	Jon King	Sep 2021	#25
I'm still furious with how Bush & Cheney got away with it all, including letting his Saudi pals	LymphocyteLover	Sep 2021	#32
..."the stupid security theater at air ports. Followed by draconian laws."	llmart	Sep 2021	#61
Me either	Rebl2	Sep 2021	#26
Me neither.	Goodheart	Sep 2021	#27
I have come to reducing my 9/11 mourning to 9/11 mornings	Rocknation	Sep 2021	#29
Maybe Some	modrepub	Sep 2021	#31
Me neither	DownriverDem	Sep 2021	#34
You and me both.	paleotn	Sep 2021	#35
Disgusted with all of it	whyzayker	Sep 2021	#36
I know what you mean	Historic NY	Sep 2021	#38
Same...not turning on the tv	Hulk	Sep 2021	#39
Not watching any of it.	gademocrat7	Sep 2021	#40
I will pay respect to those who lost their lives on that day. Exactly the way I respect every.....	usaf-vet	Sep 2021	#41
I refuse to be told once again how to feel about it. The truth is far darker and more complex	Ford_Prefect	Sep 2021	#42
Same. Last night..	luvs2sing	Sep 2021	#43
im going back to bed after breakfast. its sat . and i dont have tv.	AllaN01Bear	Sep 2021	#44
You are the nice nurse :). Agree.	Laura PourMeADrink	Sep 2021	#46
Me too. Can't. I just can't...nt	Wounded Bear	Sep 2021	#48
Same here. nt	jrthin	Sep 2021	#50
Same here.	c-rational	Sep 2021	#51
Ditto	wryter2000	Sep 2021	#52
If remembering this tragedy would somehow make us better people...	mrsadm	Sep 2021	#53
Ditto.	KPN	Sep 2021	#54
Nor am I.	Owl	Sep 2021	#55
I'm with you...it is one of those things...time and place are seared into your memory	ashredux	Sep 2021	#56
Remedial Anguish 101.	JohnnyRingo	Sep 2021	#57
Neither am I	ailsagirl	Sep 2021	#58
Same here	Auggie	Sep 2021	#59
My niece is getting married	cate94	Sep 2021	#62
Same. This anniversary New York- centric and media-case tic story.	Dream Girl	Sep 2021	#63
I'm not either	Marthe48	Sep 2021	#64
Me as well	edhopper	Sep 2021	#66
We are united in our feelings about today.	BidenRocks	Sep 2021	#67
What should be remembered and studied to commemorate 9/11:	jaxexpat	Sep 2021	#68
Same.	onecaliberal	Sep 2021	#70
I am. Do what you want. The new documentaries this year have been well done.	Shanti Shanti Shanti	Sep 2021	#71
So do I.	AngryOldDem	Sep 2021	#72
On board	jlerollblues	Sep 2021	#73
Me neither.	yardwork	Sep 2021	#74
NPR isn't even safe.	TNNurse	Sep 2021	#76
I watch every year to pay my respects to those that died from the terrorists and those	GemDigger	Sep 2021	#77
I'm with you. Our mass media loves their emotional porn. It's a big ad seller.	jalan48	Sep 2021	#82
Same here. I feel for those few newsclips I have seen of people who	applegrove	Sep 2021	#83

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