links for 2006-09-11

Dave’s first show on the air after 9/11. After 9/11 Dave’s response was the one that moved me the most.

I cannot believe that we’ve been in Iraq for five years and still haven’t eliminated Al Qaeda. I mean, we’ve bombed the shit out of Iraq, dethroned Al Qaeda numero uno Saddam, installed a totally bitchin’ government, and still Al Qaeda runs loose. What gives?

“The September 11 Web Archive preserves the web expressions of individuals, groups, the press and institutions in the United States and from around the world in the aftermath of the attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001.”

“CBS said affiliates that cover about 10 percent of the United States had decided not broadcast [sic] the program or would show it late at night, citing concerns they could be fined for airing profanity” What a sad state of affairs.

“The TV commentators keep saying that the attacks have awakened a “sleeping giant.” And I guess we do look like a giant, to the rest of the world. But when I look around, I don’t see a
giant: I see millions of individuals”

“Scholars affiliated with WebArchivist.org worked with staff at the Library of Congress, the Internet Archive…to identify URLs that were likely to be relevant to the question of how Web site producers were reacting to the events of September 11.”

“People keep talking about how the world changed on 9/11…The world remained exactly the same. Only our perception of it changed. We became both of and in the world. It’s five years later. Anyone feeling safer?”

Here’s what Google looked like on 9/11.