But Look At Me. Hey, You Better Look At Me.

	Michael Berg, Cindy Sheehan, and the women whose husbands were killed in 9/11 attacks all have one thing in common. That commonality is that nary a one of them has invented, discovered, produced or developed anything of any significance.
But each has another commonality. That is that each had a relative who was killed in the fighting that will be known someday as World War III. But just having relatives killed in the early phase of World War III is not enough for them. Many of these relatives of dead people want to use their dead relatives to climb out of obscure, near-nothing lives and focus celebrity status upon themselves. They want more than standard sympathy. After all, today any fool can be labeled the victim of a tragedy and get sympathy. Just telephone the media. A cheap, poorly spoken Fox News reporter will rush right over to shout poor English and repetitively squeal about this, the latest tragedy.
These relatives of dead people write books, make lecturing speeches, walk picket lines, and even run for elected offices. They want to make up for their ordinary lives by waging their own war against the United States and its leadership regardless of any detrimental impact to the USA.
The relatives of dead people fail to see that it has been their shortcomings, their decisions in life, and their inadequacies that have limited their success in life. It was not the United States that limited their potential and prevented success. But they see that being a relative of a dead person is their last opportunity to achieve fame.

Each of these headline victims is working to extend his headline beyond the rapid fade that all over-blown headlines follow. They hope to build on the memories of their dead relatives. They hope to build the lives they were unable to achieve through intellect, perseverance, and hard work.

Rarely mentioned is the fact that most, but not all, of these people's dead relatives amounted to relatively little. Some were simply working in the wrong building on a bad day. Michael Berg's son, Nicholas, took an ordinary job working as a contractor in the very dangerous Iraq. He was paid a premium above what he could earn in the US doing a similar job. The danger became real and he died. That was bad fortune for him. He got caught up in the raging battles in WWIII. But that does not make Berg's father a knowledgeable spokesman with meaningful opinions regarding global and national politics.

Cindy Sheehan is using her dead son as her cause for elevation to celebrity status. Her son very likely believed in the ideals of liberty, supported the United States, and obviously consciously risked death to help protect the United States and the free world. He volunteered twice for duty in Iraq. He died fighting -- protecting the nation his mother today denigrates.

The widows of 9/11 victims are just that. Some have been working to convert their personal sadness into political podiums then used to provide themselves with something to do. Many received small fortunes and now have the time and resources to promote themselves and revel in cheap media spotlights.

The normal lives that most Americans who work and raise families are reasonably satisfied living are suddenly not adequate for these relatives of dead people. That fact verifies these people's true lack of worth and their low self-esteem.