WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- It is a date etched into America's collective psyche; a date that spurs an intense, visceral reaction in every red-blooded, flag-waving American: Sept. 15.
No further explanation is necessary for those who were alive on that day, a mere three years prior to this fifth anniversary of that anniversary. President Obama today gave a speech commemorating this joyous yet bittersweet date. It was shown everywhere except in schools, where teaching about government is forbidden.
"Look. Things are bad now," Obama said to a packed stadium of Americans young and old. "But as we look back and remember three years before five years ago, it gives me hope that tomorrow will be a new day: September 16th, if you will."
Even Republicans such as Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), said this isn't about being partisan.
"I look back with great fondness to the days before I undertook a suicide mission to destroy my political career," he said. "The days before September 15th."
The Free-Ass. Editorial Bored would like to extend our sincere and heartfelt thoughts and prayers to those for whom Sept. 15 is forever memorable down to its most minute detail. We stand with you united as we celebrate and mourn with unambiguous resolve and determination that Sept. 15 will be remembered as Sept. 15 every day now and forever.
As a show of support and remembrance, Congress has declared Sept. 15 "September 15th day; September 15th, 2009."
"9/15," former President Bush added.
