I avoided most of the 9/11 anniversary hoo-ha. Why the media sees fit to shovel melodrama when the event itself fairly dabbled in drama, I do not understand. The most tasteless offense I saw: having the parent of a WTC victim re-enact when she watched coverage of her son's death on TV, right down to the screaming and bawling.
When she screams "WHY GOD WHY?," push in for a tight close-up!
Pass.
For whatever reason, I never heard "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning"—a schmaltzy, stupid country power ballad that capitalized on the tragedy—in the fall of 2001. I heard it for the first time Monday, on local radio. The definitive (and foreshadowing) lyric:
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God