You’ve lost that volunteering spirit since 9/11. So says someone who should know all about not showing up when needed:
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush challenged the nation Monday to rekindle the volunteer spirit it had after the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history, when people rushed to help others however they could.
“The truth of the matter is, the farther we’ve gotten away from 9/11, that memory has begun to fade,” Bush told an audience of volunteers on the South Lawn. […]
Gosh, all that work by Mr. Bush and his Republican friends shouting 9/11! 9/11! every other second over the past seven years and still the memory of 9/11 has faded? I guess Americans have a worse attention span than I thought.