As opposed to tiny oceans, which we call lakes. Bush felt safe growing up because he had security guards around him all the time and would never have to worry about having enough money to pay rent and still have food to eat.

I prefer to call the duck and cover drills the kiss your ass goodbye drills because that's really all they were good for.

It makes it so much more dramatic to say September the 11th, doesn't it? Still means my birthday blows monstrous chunks now though.

Would you prefer Patriot Day?

Oh, good catch, fenriq. My eyes just sort of passed right over it. I think I'll start saying it that way. "Nothing's been the same since September the 11th." "We can't afford to revert to a September the 10th mentality." "Fireworks remind us that July the 4th was a momentous day in the birthing of our nation."

Re: Patriot Day, at least it's less disgusting than "Victory Day" (which Rhode Island continues to celebrate in spite of its nuclear overtones).

and I vowed that day, starting when I was in Florida and got on the airplane to head across the country, that I would use everything in my power

I can't believe the monkeyhandlers would actually invoke his My Pet Goat moment like that.