9/11 Day Off

I'm pretty sure most Americans would take a day off work to celebrate, commemorate or mourn anything. Good or bad, it doesn't matter, just give us a day off work. Especially around summer time. That being said, I think 9/11 should be a national holiday. For as long as I have been alive, nothing has affected our lives more than the tragic events on that day. 5 years have past, and just the words 9/11 resonates deep sympathy, fear and at the same time pride in American spirit.

I'll never understand how so many Americans feel safer with Bush as President than Kerry or any other alternative. 40% of Americans still mistakenly think that Saddam was connected to 9/11. Why did Bush quickly dismiss Bin Laden as no longer a concern? How do you not care about the leader of a terrorist organization that is still making threats? So much money going to the war in Iraq, I just can't believe this is the best way for us to fight terrorism. Our borders, airports and ports need money to be secured.

If Bush won't admit to any of his mistakes, how will they ever learn from them and make this situation better. I don't think the world is a safer place since Bush has been in office. The number of terrorist attacks tripled from 2003 until last year.

Why do gay marriage debates spend more time in congress than discussions on how to secure our borders? Our government needs to wake up. We don't need government to make our moral decisions. We do need government to keep us safe, and preferably, we'd still have some civil liberties while being safe.