Last night I went to see the Old 97s (if you like a Texas mix of rock & country, then you've gotta check them out, they're wonderful). A duo called Sarah Lee and Johnny opened the show. Sarah Lee is, by the way, Sarah Lee Guthrie, daughter of Arlo, granddaughter of Woody. So anyway, they played a couple of songs and one of them had a 9/11 reference in it. It wasn't partisan in any way, it just mentioned it.

They finished, and while waiting for Rhett Miller and the boys to hit the stage, I eavesdropped on the people behind me. One man liked the opening act, but he was put off by the 9/11 reference. I heard him say, "I mean, come on, it's like 2004!".

Wow. I'm still just shocked by that attitude. The attacks on 9/11 were just three years ago. So many musicians, writers, film makers, journalists and yes, politicians, are still reliving the Vietnam War, and yet 9/11 is too far gone to care about?

I'm all too well aware that many of our friends on the left yearn to return to a September 10th world. I know there are people who'd like to pretend that 9/11 never happened. But this guy's attitude was new to me. Basically he's saying we should just get over 9/11. I mean, come on, it's been over three years! It was like he was talking to a buddy who was still hung up on an old girlfriend. "C'mon man, she wasn't even that hot and it was like years ago."

And yet, I bet if asked, this same guy would have expressed righteous indignation at Bush for "stealing" the 2000 election. But, I mean, come on, that's like four years ago!