The day of commemoration

Walking through the streets of downtown, I was amazed at the lack of attention Patriot Day merited from the massive throng of people going about their daily rituals. Wasn't it not that long ago everywhere you looked there were remnants of the US Flag dangling from people's vehicles, homes, and clothing? How did we reach this level of apathy after what seemed like a watershed transformation of how we in the US viewed the world. I spoke with a compatriot of mine who, given his still attached Bush sticker on his car, was even unaware of the date, until I mentioned it to him. So it is now six years on that the effects of the "operation of the century" have evaporated, along with the stranglehold the Bush administration enjoyed due to the event. Well I for one will mark this date continuously going forward, as it has led the world down a path of events that, unforeseen back then, have and will shape the direction of our future horizon, daily goings-on notwithstanding apparently.