Monday, May 2, 2011

The skeptic in me started to chirp last night - my patriotism livened while watching people gather with American flags and chanting USA.  No death should be cause for celebration - ten years later we celebrated the death of Usama Bin Laden.  He has been buried at sea.  Of course the skeptic in me wonders about the timing of Bin Laden's death.  Memorial Day around the corner and gas pricing getting ready to hit $5.00, with President Obama facing a tough reelection campaign, with unemployment continuing to rise, and forecloses do continue to rise - well, the skeptic in me wonders - just my mind meandering to questions about the timing of Bin Laden's death? Our government needs a lift, our citizens need a lift - this is a lift.  Is it enough to distract us from issues which are effecting the quality of our daily lives.  Started looking for plane tickets to Burlington so I can attend my HS reunion, and tickets to Charlotte to spend time with my family - airplane tickets are crazy expensive.  Will more families have the opportunity for travel this summer because Bin Laden is dead? Can I fill my gas tank for less than a hundred bucks? Will there be more jobs created? Can we bring home our troops from Afghanistan and Pakistan and Libya - public enemy #1 is dead; will this give us closure? Do you think other countries view us differently today than they did yesterday? Do you feel different? Are you worried, as I am, Al Quieda will find a means for retaliation? Bin Laden's judge is God and God alone - what we have is vengeance - justice? There is no justice here.  Whether we rid the world of Bin Laden ten years ago or yesterday, nothing fixes the hearts and souls crushed on September 11.  So, I don't know how I feel.  I wanted the man dead.  Now he is dead and I don't feel good about that.  I feel sad.  I am skeptical. I have spent much of the past twenty four hours praying for the thousands who have lost their lives looking for him.  The men and women who continue to fight terrorism.  The thousands who died on 09/11.  A weird place my mind is right now - I reckon it will take time to process all of it.  I have a slow processor.  Hasn't been updated in a long time, old school I am.  Yesterday brought to conclusion ten years of hunting, what difference will this make in the next ten years of our lives?

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