On 9-11-2001 I was at a meeting of regional folklorists in my state. I didn't hear about what was going on until I was en route. We all sat and commiserated....

As a native New Yorker, I was concerned for my parents, who both live in the city, but luckily no-one close to me was killed.

Read the posts, DougR. Nobody said 9-11 was George Bush's fault (unless I missed one; always possible). They said what has followed AFTER was Bush's fault. Looks like Garg is blaming some specific individual (Clinton? I can't tell, but a Liberal...) I agree that Gargoyle has the right to say what he said, but we also have the right to say he's a jerk for saying it!

Leading the fight against Terrorism? I don't see Bush or Blair in Afghanistan, and Iraq, as we all know by now, had no WMDs and no connection to Al Qaeda. Of course, now terrorists are flocking there. Good on ya, Bush and Blair!