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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Marshall Rodriguez of New York holds an American flag at the edge of the South Pool while visiting the names of friends he lost during memorial ceremonies for the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks on lower Manhattan at the World Trade Center site September 11, 2012 in New York City. New York City and the nation are commemorating the eleventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks which resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people after two hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia and one crash landed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Since its beginning in 2007, Morning Joe has marked the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks by talking to the people who were there in lower Manhattan, either as firefighters helping in the cleanup or to former Gov. George Pataki, or to NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who took office in 2002 after Rudy Giuliani.
We've compiled some of the clips available in our archives, and you can view them below:
2007
Morning Joe talks to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Mayor Bloomberg says we must look to the past and then we must focus on the future. Bloomberg tells Joe Scarborough that you can’t relive the past continuously, and you can’t change the past. What you can do is make sure you have a better future and not repeat the mistakes of the past.
2008
Morning Joe talks with journalist Ron Suskind on whether or not America is safer seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks.
"How do we protect our values? That is the true source of power," Suskind tells Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
2009
Willie Geist talks with former New York Gov. George Pataki. Pataki shares his memories of the day. Pataki tells Willie he called President Bush to urge him to shut down the airspace over New York. “We were very uncertain as to whether or not there might be more attacks," Pataki says.
2010
September 11 fell on a Saturday in 2010, and around the time of the anniversary, the country was embroiled in the unfortunate back-and-forth debates about the proposed Park51 Islamic center as well as Florida pastor Terry Jones and his threats to burn a Quran. Jones threatened to burn a Quran on the 9th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, but later canceled his plans (but later did burn a Quran in 2011).
The Morning Joe panel addressed the Jones controversy by talking to him directly and offering him a message of peace through Jon Meacham.
2011
The tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks fell on a Sunday in 2011. Willie Geist joined FDNY member Lenny Sieli at Ground Zero on Sept. 9, 2011 to talk about his memories of the day.
On the tenth anniversary, a "specific, credible" threat emerged in the country, and the Morning Joe panel talked with the Council on Foreign Relations’ Richard Haass, who said "...you can’t defeat terrorism in the sense of eliminating it. It is now part of our lives...Ten years after 9/11, terrorism is part of the fabric."
Joe Scarborough performs his original song "Reason to Believe" in the 30 Rock studio. Scarborough says about the song: "This is my way of remembering those who were lost on 9/11." The song is also Scarborough's dedication to the troops who have served in the military.
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Mika, if you want to be taken seriously, I suggest you consider what type of image you projected in the photo in Vanity Fair magazine, where you seem intent on promoting yourself as some type of middle-aged sex kitten, as opposed to a serious journalist. Not only is it a rather pathetic attempt to get attention at all costs, but it's a slap in the face to women everywhere who want to be taken seriously and not be seen merely in terms of their sexuality. Exactly what were you thinking? There's absolutely nothing wrong with being feminine and attractive, but it can be done in a way that doesn't compromise your professionalism.
Perhaps you would have preferred Mika in a berka ortiz150?
Mika's attack on the author Kurt Eichenweld was an embarrassment this morning. She clearly came to the interview with an agenda and had no interest in anything he had to say. She then allowed Pataki to attack Mr Eichenweld with a ridiculous and factually incorrect tirade that concluded with the fact that he had not read the book and did not intend to. It was uncomfortable to watch and it makes me question Mika's judgement and journalistic integrity.
Mika B is a FOX but she's also one of the silver spoon, trust fund babies who protect the status quo with commentary instead of actually doing an in-depth investigative report.
9-11-12
The breaking news in Libya and Egypt is a farce. The same black-op, neo-con devils who instigated the protests before the Iran Hostage taking incident during the Carter Administration are perpetrating these traitorous acts AGAIN! Big monied interests are paying off Libyan-Egyptian locals to storm US compounds in a concerted effort to bring down Obama/Biden before the election. What has Ollie North been up to recently?
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Everyone knows full well by now how the Muslims react with regard to their religious leader being portrayed in film, on cartoons etc., and this film in particular was incredibly offensive, portraying Muhammad as a fraud, a child molester etc., and then it was dubbed into Egyptian Arabic and put on YouTube.
We do have free speech in this country with the exception of instances where one would yell fire in a crowded theater. Clearly the 100 Jewish right wing neo-con producers of this film knew exactly what they were doing and what effect this would have. They were trying to incite violence in the middle east because of their sheer hatred for Islam. Read their own statements regarding the film and their intentions for releasing it.
These deaths are as much on their hands as they are on the perpetrators themselves.
Free speech is one thing but inciting violence and violence resulting in death is another all together. Especially when there were probably political considerations involved as well.
Is there censors at MSNBC?
Israel wants war? Let them pay for it and fight it themselves. Stop our tax dollars from going oversees. It's time to reward the American PEOPLE