Alex Wilson came up with a new term that better exemplifies the US government.Â
Most people would state it is a democracy although some would claim it is a far cry from that. Some would state it is a theocracy especially if the Republicans continue down the path they are heading. However, it is clear that they are truly neither/nor. Alex has come up with a word that has the potential to best define the U.S. government, mostly because we can define this word however we want:
 Proctocracy
I welcome you to help me define this word. Bear in mind who the leader is and the current US foreign policy and I’m sure you can come up with a nice definition.On a different (yet similar) note. I was flipping through the channels last night and A&E caught my eye. They were showing a dramatization of 9/11 called ‘Flight 93’. As you can likely tell, the movie was about the United flight to San Fran that was hijacked and presumed to be heading for a suicide run at the White House or Capitol (most likely the Capitol in my opinion).
Now, I have taken great interest in 9/11 as it had significant bearing on my personal life: I was initially scheduled to be at the World Trade Centre on 9/12. I’ve been there before on the 81st floor of Tower 2. In fact, I was there on August 1st just a month earlier.  So I was able to envision the fact that with a little different timing, I might happen to have been there on that day. So, any time I see/read anything about 9/11 I am engrossed. Even though I knew this dramatization was going to be US cheez at its finest, I could not look away.
That being said, the movie ended predictably (including a silly/solemn word-over that stated “on 9/11, 4 aircraft were hijacked…..3 of them hit their intended target). What I find very interesting about the US and was explored in this movie is their infatuation with the notion of ‘honor’ (a.k.a honour to the rest of the world). It’s a concept the US feels they have mastered, yet I’m certain they have gotten it wrong. It think they have mastered arrogance, which unless it is a gross mis-spelling of the word honor, is not the same thing. Don’t get me wrong, I believe there are honorable people in the US. But the US as a country today is not very honorable. Patriotic to the point of blindness indeed, but not honorable.
Yes, the people on flight 93 acted honorably and should be remembered for their act of defiance against terrorism. But I think the resulting action was moot contrary to the movie’s spin. Did they save a landmark or an urban area from being decimated and thus resulting in significant saving of lives? Hmm, I wonder. Considering there were military fighters prepared to blow that commercial flight to kingdom come, I’m not sure the result would have been very different had they acted as they did. So, what was the movie trying to tell us? With the text blurb at the end of the movie about the fact that this was the only plane that missed its target, I would assume the point was they were heroes – more than just honorable people. Would they still have been heroes had they blown out of the sky by US Air Force? More likely victims of circumstance.
I think the passengers were a bunch of people who were not pleased about being in a volatile situation and had enough of a certain type of person on board to sway the majority into doing something to TRY AND SAVE THEMSELVES. Saving the Capitol or the White House or whatever was probably not on their top 10 at the time. Their actions based on those premises to me merits honor. This is probably not the way that the US deems them honorable.  For God or Country (1% God (for now) and 99% Country). Amen.