Honoring Nine One One

Today's show was a somewhat sweet and somber acknowledgment of 9-1-1. The guests were survivors, children of fallen heroes, and the father of New York City, who rose to the most difficult occasion, Major Rudy Guiliani. I have no criticism of the show. Barbara, Elisabeth and Sherri wore black; it would have been nice to see a unanimous, conservative, quiet show of respect for the day's events with all co-hosts in black.

Sherri brought us a tour of the memorial at ground zero. Someone has put much thought and hard work into honoring our country and the people who lost their lives.

It's a quiet weekend for me. My own feelings about 9-1-1 are private and difficult to express.

A Pretty Good Show

I consider The View a good show when I don't get ticked off about something a co-host has said or done. Today's show featured the most famous Kardashians: Kourtney, Kim and Kloé who are promoting their clothing line at Sears. I think the girls are cute and generally pleasing. I admire siblings who get along so well, and their mother is a marketing genius.

Many dedicated designers who have worked for years on their craft deserve a clothing line more than the Kardashians do. But welcome to the real world. I'll admit that their clothes are pretty tasteful, maybe even clever. I wish they weren't so tight. In my world of fashion, tight appears slutty. But these clothes aren't being marketed to me and my age group.

The View featured Marcy Borders, a young woman made famous by a photographer who snapped her photo as she ran from one of the Twin Towers on 9-11:

Marcy hadn't fared well during the last 10 years. She'd dealt with the pain of trauma with drugs, mainly crack. She says that the capture of Osama bin Laden removed much of her fear that she could be attacked again. She has been clean for 150 days.

In general I enjoyed the show.