So, we all know what today is. It’s the day of the year that Guidi Ruliani walks around with a hard on all day, and the day used to justify the passing of the most fascist legislation since the Enabling Act of 1933.

Tonight at 9:00 (Eastern), the History Channel is airing (unedited and commercial free) a documentary entitled “102 Minutes That Changed America.” They’ve taken video from over 100 witnesses in NYC with video cameras (some news footage, but mostly amateur video that’s never been seen before), and cut it together in one chronologically sequential piece, from moments after the first plane hit, until after the towers came down.

People on the streets, people sticking their cameras out their windows, people trying to get closer, people trying to get the hell away, people hanging out the windows as far as they possibly can – people jumping. It contains all the reactions of those filming (as they – like the rest of us – called their families and friends), as well as the people in the streets, and the first responders.

I watched it last night, since it was already available “on demand” through DirecTV, and, well, it’s something to behold. Scary, creepy, sickening, sad – horrifying (an appropriate introduction to the Bush/Cheney era, really). It’s a far cry from that endless loop we all watched over and over again seven years ago.

I hesitate to say I “recommend” this film, but if you get the History Channel, I think it’s something you’ll need to watch.