9/11 LESSONS not learned. The 9-year toll of political correctness has been high. Scroll up from the link to recall what it was like on September 11, 2001.

Linked from Instapundit here.

REMEMBERING 9/11: on our daily walk this morning, I counted at least 20 contrails associated with military aircraft crisscrossing the skies above Washington.

Someone's on alert today.

WHY DID the National Hurricane Center blow it on Earl?

Why not? Manufactured panic is a precursor to real control.

IT'S ALL ABOUT CONTROL. Insurers who criticize ObamaCare may get locked out of system.

SO MAYBE the stereotype is accurate?

OBVIOUSLY: Liberals desperate to connect Tea Party with domestic terrorism. Anyone failing to toe the Liberal line is by definition a terrorist.

ONLY 17 DAYS REMAIN "before the new budget year starts -- too short a window to pass the 12 spending bills needed to keep government operating past the Sept. 30 end of the current fiscal year."

So defund the government. It's not like it's working ....