You said this: Did you know most of the hijackers were here legally?

Then this: Maybe not all foreigners should be kicked out, but it's getting ridiculous. Something has to be done. Like for starters, if they come here to go to school, we need to check on them and make sure they really are going to school.

They seem to contradict each other a small bit.

"many were in their late twenties and thirties, most with college educations, and had lived for prolonged periods of time in western countries."

Ok, so we check on every foreigner, and still miss someone dangerous. And that's assuming that every terrorist act is committed by a foreigner. People seem to forget that there was a certain incident in Oklahoma City a few years back involving a US born citizen, or a certain mail bomber who was also born in the US.

I think the worst thing beyond the actual tragedy to come out of 9/11 is the fact that we saw a resurgence in racism. Almost to the point of the crap that happened in the middle part of the last century.