Where were you?..

I was a guest of the Colorado Department of Corrections five years ago when terrorists flew two planes into the World Trade Center.
The facility,like all other correctional facilities in the country,went on immediate "lock down".Like the name implies,everyone is confined to their quarters,and no one goes in or out of the building,period.It's an extreme state of security.
Head counts are performed every hour,lockers are emptied and searched for contraband,and a random few are treated to full body cavity searches...O.K...Fair enough I suppose..We had,each and every one of us, proven to be chronic misbehavers at some point in time after all.This was to be expected in the course of our penance.

You know,..when Bush was elected president I figured,"Now here's a guy whose historical legacy might just reach the the lofty heights of Franklin Pierce",who as we all know,brought peace to Kansas.
I'm thinkin' he'll spend his term kissing hands,shaking babies,and sitting quietly in the Oval Office eating tuna fish sandwiches,and sipping Kool-Aid from his official Texas Rangers mug ...No harm..No foul..
Then he would retire to his ranch and raise Chinchillas,or Alpacas,or whatever,..eventually fading into blessed obscurity.

Who knew??..

In the five short years since the tragic events of September 11th,under his leadership,this country has become an Orwellian nightmare.We have become more fearful,less tolerant,and have come to exist in an atmosphere of isolation from the rest of humanity.All in the name of National security.

Well,it doesn't feel secure to me.In fact,it feels an awful lot like lock down.

EDIT:While it's easy for me to rant,it's much more difficult to find the words to express my heartfelt sympathies to the victims,and families of those that lost their lives on that terrible day.I'll leave that,along with my thanks,to my more learned and articulate friends in Bloggertown.