Baruth quips: 

  “How long, Lord, how long? How long before 9/11 is allowed to rest in peace, rather than being pressed into service by every sweaty-palmed down-ballot Republican from Boise to Bangor?”

I’m with ya, Philip.  I’ve been suffering from a severe case of post-9/11 fatigue since the ’04 campaign cycle.

And it only took three times hearing Bush say, “September the 11th,” to get really, really sick of the unnecessary participle.

More people died in Bangladesh this week than we tragically lost 6 years ago.  And the number of deaths are likely to be lost in the aftermath of Cyclone Sidr than we’ve lost in Iraq.  \

Maybe we should start talking about, “November the 15th.”