Home › Blogs › cyberotter's blog

9/11 Memorial at Discount Pricing

Fri, 2006-06-30 10:20 — cyberotter

Now that we have more than 2,700 dead American soldiers in operation Iraqi Freedom, I think it's time to focus on an issue that seems to have shriveled into thin air here at home, the tragedies of 9/11. The Administration no longer dangles the terrifying 3-digit carrot to evoke panic and fear. It's almost like they read the polls and the newspapers, not that they would admit to changing rhetoric to improve poll numbers. But honestly, when was the last time you heard the mention of the date in the MSM. Personally myself today was the first time in a long time. And my sorrowful reminder of one of the saddest events in American history was this headline, "State Agency Goes Ahead With 9/11 Memorial." The families of 9/11 victims are finally going to get their memorial. Will this be a beacon of closure signaling the suffering of these tortured souls has reached its end? Can a Nation now mourn in person, as we remember that fateful day? Well sort of.

From the AP:

NEW YORK (AP) -- The state's redevelopment agency signed off Friday on a scaled-back Sept. 11 memorial with a list of victims' names to be displayed at street level and less underground space for a museum. The board of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. moved forward with a developer's proposal to cut costs for the memorial complex, which would take up half of the 16-acre World Trade Center site, including a plaza with oak trees, twin reflecting pools with waterfalls marking the destroyed towers and a below-ground museum.
Let's see if I can expand on this idea of a 9/11 memorial for a second. We have memorials to honor those that have passed-on. We make them beautiful and ornate to help us remember the love now lost. We place them in tranquil settings to evoke a sense of reverence and spirituality. We spare no expense because we know a human life tragically taken from us can have no price tag. Then what the hell is a "state agency" cutting costs and scaling back for? I have read stories from the pioneers in the Wild West talking about the richest men in town being the undertakers, but COME ON. What is the approximate price tag on this memorial that should not even have one in the first place?

$1 billion dollars, but after cut backs it works into about the 610.00 million range. Whoa that is a lot of money. Sounds familiar. I've heard that number recently. OH YA we spend 1billion dollars every five days in Iraq.

(Read more...)

Average rating
(0 votes)

Comments

Post new comment

Please solve the math problem above and type in the result. e.g. for 1+1, type 2.
The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.