A terrible day which, looking back on it, changed our nation in a very profound way. 3,000 lives were lost in an act of incredible, dramatic brutality. But much more was lost on that day.

I believe that history will ultimately record that on that day, America began a march towards stronger central state authority, and dare I say it, a police state.

That's sad, especially considering the ideals which our nation was founded upon.

We're fighting a war against nobody in particular, but rather a tactic. No wonder it is hard to quantify losses and wins in such a conflict--it's almost impossible to determine who we're fighting to begin with! This war on terrorism has become a cause for mass hysteria and an excuse for the government doing anything.

Old news, let's move it to the history channel where it belongs. Only the Bush administration thinks it can milk this for another 3 years. Go look up Reichstag Fire.

Outside of the incredible success of the attacks, this one doesn't seem like that big an issue. All it really did was make us all realize how vulnerable we are to attack, and made us realize that there are people out there who hate us enough to attack us. I would like to think that most of us knew that anyway. I find the response to 9/11 has been typical government. Trying to look busy and effective, without really dealing with the issue. Does anyone really believe that we are safer now than we were?