9.9.07
Pub quiz
by Matt Worley

When September 11th comes around to a Tuesday once again this week, are we going to celebrate the deaths? Will we to use the anniversary to prop up the existing Iraq policy? Will we do anything different than we did the day before?

Are we going to hear from the President about how Iraq is the centerpiece of War on Terror?

Will we hear from Democrats that if we'd actually gone after Osama Bin Laden instead of going into Iraq we wouldn't have to watch his video tapes anymore?

Are we going to hear from Republicans that they are better suited for fighting terrorists because they'll never give up? Or never pull out?

Will more Americans die in Iraq?

Will more airplanes fall from the sky?

Will we all raise a glass of beer to the fallen?

Will we all do a shot of whiskey to freedom?

Is it inappropriate to have a conversation with the guy in the next stall?

Will we all stand in a moment of silence for everyone who has ever died prematurely on this planet?

Is it a premature death for an 85 year old to slip on his cane, because if there had been better cane technology, maybe he wouldn't have slipped and died?

Can we reconcile more deaths of American soldiers than American civilians who died in the terrorist attack six years ago?

Will the President do a happy dance because Osama Bin Laden mentioned Iraq in his latest video screed against the decadent American society?

Since everyone got all up in arms about playing the posthumous video on national TV from the guy who killed all those people at Virginia Tech, shouldn't we get up in arms about this murderer of Americans who gets free national TV time and coverage and endless debate and analysis?

If we just stopped listening and mentioning and paying attention to this guy, will he just go away?

Was the central lesson of the Vietnam war that we shouldn't have ever left and continued the war indefinitely?

Are we just playing into terrorists plans by killing people who don't agree with us?

Are we just proving our own immorality?

Will this war ever end?

Is it wrong to make a memorial for a man who died in drunk driving accident involving only himself, his car and a tree?

Is the memorial for the man or the tree or the car?

Will the Presidential Election of 2008 change anything?

Will anyone want to vote by the time November 2008 comes around?

Does faith die with the accumulation of senseless deaths or does it get stronger?

If you were promised a hundred virgins and ten thousands dollars upon entering heaven as a martyr, would you blow yourself up for your god?

How do you want your eggs? English muffin or pancakes? Ham, sausage or bacon? Coffee or tea? Hash browns or beans? Red or green chili?

If a Jew, Catholic and Protestant walked into the bar together, would anyone make a joke?


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