editorial
From the Prez
issue 58
09/2013
Welcome
Cashing In On 9-11
Note to anyone that is about
to write or say anything publically about 9/11: Run your
idea past someone with a
brain before you embarrass
yourself.
Ok, I’m going to pull rank here, I’m
admitting that up front. The only
three places I have ever lived in
my life are New York City (born and
raised), Pennsylvania, and my current home just minutes from where
American Airlines Flight 77 crashed
into the Pentagon. So I know a little something about the pulse of
the people in these three locations
where we were attacked just over
12 years ago.
Apparently most of the rest of
the world has no idea.
Just prior to 9/11 an ad ran in the
Wisconsin State Journal that featured “9/11” golf discounts. Tumbledown Trails Golf Course’s ad offered,
“9 holes with cart for only $9.11 per
person or 18 holes with cart for only
$19.11!” The 9/11-themed discount
package was, as the ad stated, in
tended to “commemorate 9/11,” t
day terrorists murdered thousand
of innocent people. Are you seriou
We are “commemorating” a mass
murder and then offering discoun
on golf as if it is some type of cele
bration?
“Yep, you read that right... th
are donating a whopping 10
percent, or .91 cents of ever
sale.”
The NY Mets baseball team, playing at home against the Washingt
Nationals asked Major League Bas
ball (MLB) if they could wear poli
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