I don’t understand the connection between September 11th, 2001 and July 4th, 1776. America is a little obsessive, lately.

America, what does this ink blot remind you of? 9/11.

What does this ink blot remind you of? 9/11.

How about this one? Guess.

Can we just rename every single holiday “Freedom Day”? Set off some Freedomworks? Drink some Freedom Beers?

Has America been sucked into some kind of causality black hole, so that everything past, present, and future now has a direct cause-effect relationship to some buildings falling down on September 11th, 2001? Sounds like something I would see on Star Trek, not FOX News.

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You know, I don’t think it’s a good idea to make the Freedom Tower the tallest building in the world. It’s not really fair to people in the future. Once they figure out how to make towers even taller than 2000 feet, the first people to do it are going to have to deal with feeling guilty. They’re effectively putting a limit on all buildings to come. Like those rules some places used to (or still?) have, where nothing was allowed to be taller than the church.

Should spires and broadcast antennas really count towards a building’s height? If so, can I tack a really, really tall pole on top of a bungalow and call it the tallest building in the world? That doesn’t seem right to me.