As the buildings fell, heroes rose.

My how time flies. I still remember where I was exactly seven years ago on 9/11/01 when the Taliban hijacked four American airplanes resulting in thousands dead and billions of dollars in damage. Early in the morning, I was in Mr. Kitt’s math class, when an announcement was made over the loudspeaker about an attack on Manhattan and that we should all turn on the TVs. Needless to say, not a lot of class happened but a lot of learning. Little did I know how that infamous day seven years ago would alter the landscape of the world so dramatically. Wars in Iraq! Wars in Afghanistan! Seven years later and there is still no end to sight. Thousands of American soldiers died for their country in the Middle East. These wars have bankrupted America with our national debt almost reaching half a trillion dollars. As a trickle down affect, schools are not getting appropriate funding, college tuition has skyrocketed, the environment is crumbling and yet study after study has shown there are actually more terrorists and terrorist organizations then there were pre 9/11. Fortunately, both John McCain and Barack Obama have agreed to take a day off from politics and remember that we really are not a red country, or a blue country, but a red, white, and blue country.

1. Earlier this week, Barack Obama went on Bill O’Reilly’s show for a half hour interview. I admire Obama’s courage but I couldn’t understand why he would set himself up for slaughter. To no one’s surprise, O’Reilly acted like a major jackass including repeatedly calling Obama a “Marxist”. O’Reilly twisted facts, and constantly interrupted Obama. To Obama’s credit, he remained gracious, humble, and just kind of let Big Bill pompously bloviate. Here is why I am wrong. I had no idea just how powerful and popular Bill O’Reilly is. And I’m being serious by the way. Yes, I understand that this is a slow TV time. People are sick of re-runs, weather is nice, et cetera. Last week, O’Reilly’s show (including the re-run of the show late at night) took in 11.8 million viewers a day! Out of all the shows on TV, regular and cable, O’Reilly came in at number three. He was behind Sunday Night Football and the Washington Redskins/New York Jets game. O’Reilly’s show was number one for all cable programs. The next closest cable competition was the MTV Video Music Awards which had 8.4 million viewers. Again, his rankings will drop significantly once prime-time TV returns in a few weeks, but still! No wonder why Obama went on O’Reilly. There are almost no better places to attempt get your message across. So much for a liberal media! Republican Sean Hannity’s show is the 12th most watched show last week. At least Obama did as best as he could, and survived the “No Spin Zone”.

2. My goodness you would think that Tom Brady died with the way ESPN and Fox Sports is moping around after the Patriots confirmed that he tore his ACL and MCL. I have news for you folks. He’s not a deity. He’s just a good quarterback. He hasn’t cured cancer, or stopped world hunger. He has however brought a couple of championship rings to New England. I have some propositions to appease those upset NFL fans. Maybe, the winner of this year’s super bowl should have an asterisk by it. Maybe all the players should wear #12 to honor Sir Brady for the next game. I mean c’mon!