Bush to mark Sept. 11 with moment of silence

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: International Herald Tribune

WASHINGTON: President George W. Bush is observing the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Thursday at a time when he's having to dispatch more U.S. troops to fight rising violence in Afghanistan, the launch site for al-Qaida's assault on America.

Every year since the attacks, Bush has stood in a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House to remember the nearly 3,000 people who died when terrorists crashed hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Afterward he was to head to the Pentagon to dedicate a memorial that has 184 benches over small reflecting pools representing each life lost when American Airlines Flight 77 flew into the symbol of U.S. military might on that clear and sunny September morning.

The moment of silence at the White House on Thursday will occur at 8:46 a.m. — the exact time in 2001 that terrorists slammed the first of two jetliners into the World Trade Center. The Pentagon was struck about an hour later. Joining the president will be first lady Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, members of Congress, Cabinet members, military officials and about 3,000 White House employees and guests.

Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/11/america/NA-US-Bush.php

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[Newsjock]

1. The 'moment of silence'

... will consist only of him pausing to take another poo on the Constitution.

[Lakerstan]

2. He had his moment of silence right there in your picture

Now we can't get him to shut up.

[goclark]

3. Who has that video of him at the school with the classical music

in the baclground?

I should have bookmarked it because it shows what fools he and the thugs were/are ``` to the Hague with all of them!

[rpannier]

4. Smartest move he's made in a long time

He should extend his personal silence to a ten year silence

[lonestarnot]

5. Well thank you bushitler! Can you extend that until Jan 20, 2009?

[librechik]

6. "...now watch this drive." n/t

[Demeter]

7. And the Relief Was Felt Worldwide

[santamargarita]

8. He should apologize for letting it happen!

!

[skepticscott]

9. A better headline would be

"Bush to mark Sept 11th with a moment of lucidity"

[Suji to Seoul]

10. In that picture, Bush kind of looks like Ted Bundy.

Creepy.

[PfcHammer]

11. Bush to mark Sept. 11 with moment of silence...

while he counts all the money he made off it. :puke:

[ixion]

12. the moment of silence is in celebration of his 'winning' the 'trifecta'

that he and the other scum-of-the-Earth neocons have used to destroy this country, and much of the world along with it.

[Judi Lynn]

13. He should realize we're all thinking of him during that moment of silence. n/t

[MetaTrope]

14. Make that a moment of silence and

[LeftishBrit]

15. Bush could best honour the victims of 9-11, whose memory he has defiled by using them as an excuse

for war, by taking a permanent vow of silence!

[Nihil]

16. ... followed by ten minutes of hysterical laughter ...

... as he celebrates being able to get away with the biggest heist
that the world has ever seen and STILL most people prefer to live
in ignorance & denial than risk pointing out that the Emperor has
No Clothes.

[Javaman]

17. would that be seven full minutes of silence? nt

[bdamomma]

18. who can ever forget that arrogant POS look at day

they wanted 9/11 to happen. War Criminals

[Democrats_win]

19. Another nothing moment form our dear leader. Hey Bush, do something donate to Obama!

[Buenaventura]

20. only a moment? i'm lookin' forward to the moment that he shuts up permanently.

[slackmaster]

21. He should have moments of silence more often

:argh:

[KansDem]

22. Don't forget Bush's "Three Days of Silence"

Gettin' out of harm's way!