9/11 remembrance: Set your alarms and steel your resolve
At 8:46am this morning, nine years ago, murderous jihadists crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
At 9:03am this morning, nine years ago, murderous jihadists crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
At 9:37am this morning, nine years ago, murderous jihadists crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon.
At 10:15am this morning, nine years ago, the official notification of the downing of United Airlines Flight 93 into a field at Shanksville, Pa. by murderous jihadists was received by the feds.
This is a day to honor the 2,977 innocent men, women, and children slaughtered by evil Islamic jihadists — and to resolve that “Never again” remains America’s operational stance, not an empty slogan.
Let nothing overshadow their memories today.
Remember: “Let’s roll!”
Remember: The heroes.
Remember: The angels on loan from God.
Remember: The 9/11 babies.
Remember: Falling Man.
Remember: Barbara Olson.
Remember: Father Mychal Judge.
Remember: Rick Rescorla.
Remember John O’Neill.
Remember: Kevin Cosgrove.
Remembrance is worthless without resolve.
Resolve is useless without action.
Start with a renewed pledge:
Lan astaslem: Arabic for “I will not submit/surrender”
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Sadly, this seems a distant bad memory to some in this country.
For me, it is the “I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing” moment.
I knew no one in the Towers, the Pentagon or on Flight 93.
But, I didn’t have to know anyone to know that this was an act of war.
I remember the feelings of that morning as if they were just yesterday.
And, now nine years later, I am so angry.
Angry that after nine years and thousands of lives sacrificed on the battlefield in this war, some people in this country think the fight is not worth it.
In my mind that means that this country is not worth it.
To them I say DLTDHYWTGLSY.
DITTO, remember it as clear as yesterday. Went out an hour ago and put up my large flag, light shining on it all night tonight. I want it there when the sun comes up.
“The price of FREEDOM is eternal vigilance”.
Building a mosque there is simply obscene. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Islamaphobia. It has everything to do with honor and respect. Any Muslim (or MSM cretin) with at least two functioning brain cells and half a heart could see that.
let us never forget, and, more importantly, let us never forgive.
that’s G*ds j*b…. ours is to arrange the meeting.
Indeed, it’s time the American polity ceases cringing before the increasingly aggressive Jihadi Playbook tactics of Reverse Assimilation Imperialism – echoing the Alinskyite Rules for Radical Takeover by their Socialist pals.
If we continue to submit to their outrageous camel-in-the-tent pushiness, we indeed would merit their scorn of us as pushover Dhimmiwits.
Putting up my American Flag now just before I go out to jog.
And I will never forget.
Lan astaslem
Jvette
Well said, exactly how I feel. I was watching the retrospective on Fox news last night and all those feelings of horror felt that day came rushing back. I cannot imagine having to watch a mosque being built there, especially as the projected opening is for 9/11/11. There is no way this should happen.
I might add that my feelings of rage were also against those, such as Rosie O’Donnell, who have speculated that these sickening acts of terror could be an inside job. These people deserve nothing but contempt. Watching George Bush’s reaction when an aide whispered in his ear the grim news, his body language said it all. I couldn’t help but remember the weird moment when Obama gave the shout out to Joe Medicine Crow after the Fort Hood shootings. Two very different men, two very different reactions.
The worst day of my 50-year-old life (my dad’s death comes in second).
At the time, I was a transplanted New Yorker, living in LA. I was at the WTC on 9/4/01 during a brief trip east to visit friends and family. Every time I came back, I felt like a tourist, eager to see all the sites I took for granted whilst living here.
I would take the E train in from my folks’ place in Forest Hills down to the WTC and then visit Century 21, J&R Music and then work my way north through Tribeca and SoHo. So, I always referred to WTC as “Ground Zero” having no inkling of what that would come to mean.
On that particular day, as I got out of the subway, something compelled me to cast my gaze skywards. I looked up at the towers and stared for about a minute. Then I turned away and left.
My mother, now 82, survived the Nazis. She has always reminded me that when she and the last of the survivors pass away, it will be as if it never happened (as the revisionists attempt to do on a daily basis), just as Pearl Harbor has virtually become.
By allowing the memory of these things to die, without reinforcing the meaning, it will happen again. The prime example is the utter ignorance of so many young people about the true nature of our government and history.
Tragically, there are those who have based an entire political movement upon erasing the history and meaning of our nation and replacing it with an alien and evil ideology. It has been only 9 years since that awful day and only after only a month or so since the attack, they have been pissing on the graves of those who were butchered.
That’s all I’ll say about it. This is a day of remembrance and reflection. I am staring out of my apartment window downtown from the Village and can see the empty space of what was. I think as I look back, a part of me died that day and my beloved New York (crazy liberals and all) has never and will never be the same.
Rambling now, and about to cry. G-d bless us all and the sacred memory of all the victims and their families.
AND G-D DAMN TO THE 9TH RING OF HELL THE IDEOLOGY AND PEOPLE THAT WROUGHT THIS.
God bless those who died and may those who did this burn in hell. i will not submit. Ever!
Wonder if BHO the POTUS will be on the greens this AM?
Me, I’m rembering standing in my den staring at the TV in shock as I watched the horror as the morning (mourning) unfolded.
I remember when the song “Have You Forgotten?” by Darryl Worley came out. The reaction from the leftists was predictable: “Of course we haven’t forgotten!”
In retrospect, I think they were right. They can’t forget that which they never learned.
On the other hand, I can’t forget. Though the impact on my life was minimal, I still felt like I had been punched in the gut (and I do know what that really feels like). My country was wounded. I doubt any of these pathetic trans-national, post-national, globalist, statist, progressive pigs know what that feels like.
As midnight approached, to bring in the 11th, I felt increasingly somber.
I remember. I will not forget.
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
between the crosses, row on row.
That mark our place; and in the sky
the larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Watching recollections of that horrible day starts me crying all over again.
This should make the entire country wake up and STOP the mosque project…….
Bloomberg on tv as I write—-Hypocritic Oath being given by him.The man is greedy and clueless.
Nine years already, I can still hear the F-15′s scrambling out of Eglin, the C-5′s coming to pick up our special operators… tears.
Not a “tragedy”, Neil!! An overt act of WAR. Period.
All were muslims.
My wife has the “I will not submit” tattooed on her arm… And she has a tattoo of the WTC & Eagle on her leg…
WE Will NEVER FORGET.
WE Will NEVER FORGIVE.
I watched on Fox this horror that happened to our country this morning. I still cry for those who died and continue to die from disease. I think about this day the terrorists attacked us almost daily. With all this crud with the mosque, it is a reminder to me. Our home will never forget or submit. God, please be with America and our military.
L
Steel your resolve, indeed, Michelle.
Remembering not just the attack, which we do today, but the days and weeks afterward is important. Talking about it with our friends and family, and bringing back the memories of this time, pulling them out of storage and sharing them…that is important, too.
This was an event that SHOULD have taught us how thin the veneer of civilization is…how fragile our wonderful, complex way of life is…and how quickly it can be disrupted by evil.
We push those memories away from us as some natural process, but that cannot be allowed to happen. There are existential enemies of the U.S. in the world (several), and they will…if allowed…attempt to destroy our culture and our nation.
In some ways, we recovered too fast, and too well from 9/11 to really have the lessons driven home.
Be prepared. Be strong. Be mindful. Be thankful. And never submit to any tyranny from any quarter.
this from the person who argues that we should never do anything to upset the muslims so they won’t become terrorists…pathetic.
Not a tragedy, Mr. President, an act of WAR.
What’s up with Obama and his socialist day of service? What a creep.
right4life, put your lies back in that dark skull of yours, and go away…at least for today.
I, too, remember exactly where and what I was doing that day. I remember watching in real time when the second plane went into the building. It was surreal then and now.
We have to realize radical islamists are deadly serious about killing us. We can’t play nice with them.
God bless all the families of the victims who are re-living all the horror again. I often think about whether I am strong enough to stand strong for both my country and my God. Only with HIs help will I be. We must never forget 9-11 no matter who tries to shame us as being intolerant toward muslims.
God bless America and help us be strong.
Despicable Obama speech.
Political undertones. He wants us to submit.
GTH Obama.
I had to switch off FNC, that Geraldo dimwit was on.
At 8:46am, 9/11/01, I know exactly where I was, and I know exactly where I was and what I was thinking (war) when the second tower was hit. I also will never, ever forget the helpless fear I felt when the towers fell and heard of the Pentagotn and the missing plane (or planes as we did not know). I will never forget, and am praying now for the family and survivors of this terrorist attack on our soil. These were moments that changed us all profoundly, and I will never submit. May God bless the United States of America and our troops in harms way.
truth hurts doesn’t it? you will submit, obviously.
I remember with sadness. I keep a 9/11 remembrance sticker on my car where I can see it daily.
May God bless all who lost love ones and may God help them with their pain.
Right, and not just an act of war; it was a thrust that was intended to destroy our entire culture…our economy and our way of life.
Had the towers fall happened differently, 20 to 30 thousand people would have died.
And now we have a regime that dances around the word “terrorism”. When you can’t deal with concepts, you can’t deal effectively with reality.
That video sends chills down my spine. I will never forget nor will I let those around me forget.
*May they all continue to rest in peace, including those that have given all on the battlefield since the war against this 7th century invented religion of death cult savages began in earnest on 9/11/2001!
*No PC ever from me, and since it appears the so called “moderate muslims” will not ever step up against this evil greater than the Nazis, I will continue to do my part in getting the truth out: The two greatest threats to America as we know it are joined at the hip, and they are liberalism and Islam!
right4life; you must have been up all night smoldering to dump this bile here today.
Anyone who cares about the truth can read what I’ve said on the Muslim Rage-Boy thread. You’ll see who the liar is.
Now, right4life…go to sleep, go to work, but just go away.
America has forgotten. America is too afraid of offending people to resolve the problem.
The news today is that the problem now is ‘home grown’ terrorism. How can that be? We are fighting and dying and spending our tax dollars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
We are wasting our time and our money there (especially because now we have to curtail our freedoms and rights to protect our tax dollar paid for military).
We don’t need to use the military to end this threat. We can deny entry to America for anyone who has gone to or through Pakistan or Afghanistan and Somalia. Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Jew, if you have been there, you can’t come here.
That would neutralize the threat, cost less in dollars, and our soldiers can actually fight for freedom and Americans.
As it stands, our military is fighting and dying on the other side of the world for a corrupt government to impose Sharia law (maybe not as strict as the Taliban, but their law is based on Islam).
This country and this world is lost. It will take another 9/11 for people to wake up again. If it hadn’t happened in NYC, where everything is a million times more important because of the media there, we wouldn’t even have this special.
My faith is not in America or Americans to do the right thing. I recommend everyone put their faith in the God of the Christian Bible and accept Jesus’ sacrifice for you.
In America, we aren’t allowed to say a prayer with Jesus in it, we aren’t allowed to criticize the homosexual agenda, and we aren’t allowed to analyze Islam critically to determine what we need to do to maintain our freedoms while protecting us from people who do us harm.
We aren’t safer since 9/11. We have forgotten.
Bruce McQuain has a fine piece today you can find at
http://www.qando.net/
9/11 – FDNY’s Lt. David Halderman Jr.
Terrible, rambling speech.
Sir Golfsalot tried so hard to avoid saying the words terrorist or terror attack or islamists, etc that it was painful.
Instead he called the terrorists, perpetrators, murderers, a small band of murderers, people…blah, blah, blah.
Then to put in his political undertones.
It was hard to watch.
That day was just like today. Clear, blue skies, sun shining. It was a shocking, sad, day beyond my ability to put into words.
One way I choose to commemorate this day is by playing Toby Keith’s “Red, White and Blue”.
Let’s fly our flags proudly today and remember our fallen fellow Americans. My nephew is still serving in Iraq, may he come home safely. Thank you to God for all our blessings.
you want us to submit, its rather obvious. yeah anyone can read that thread and see what a foul-mouthed evil individual you are. and they can peruse your lies about christianity.
why should I go away. why don’t you go away? isn’t it time for your morning prayers to mecca?
Tragedy – an occurance that happens due to a series of events no one controls.
Atrocity – an occurance that happens due to the deliberate actions of people.
9-11 was an ATROCITY, not a tragedy.
Today, I remember my one cousin’s husband who was FDNY killed in the north tower and thank God that my other cousin who was in the section of the Pentagon hit by the plane got out alive.
right4life; OK, you’ve shown people who you are here. You should be ashamed, but you’re nucking futs, so I know you are not. Maybe that isn’t your fault, but you need help.
Thacker, read your post again carefully. Get some help.
absolutely true. we don’t want to offend islam…the government can burn the bible…but not the HOLY quran (as hillary calls it) when did she call the bible HOLY again?
and of course we were all heartened when IMAM OBAMA came out for the right to burn the quran…..right.
I remember this vividly. IJust got in my car to go to work–Illinois and was listening to WLS 890 AM and when the second plane hit Don Wade said this is a terrorist attack!!mNo one was sure exactly what happened when the first plane hit–many reports was that is was a small private plane. I will never submit. Radical Islam is what it is and it is wide spread–the peaceful Muslims have submitted and many have relatives who will be killed if they come forward. We cannot forget!! May God bless the friends and families of those lost on that day.
at least I’m not a liar, and dhimmi. talk about shameful…you would sacrifice our freedom on the alter of islam.
oops altar…not alter..
Do not let those who died on 9/11 or the soldiers in the field to have done so in vain.
Great article by Any McCarthy…
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/246272/imagining-islam-andrew-c-mccarthy
This is how The Daily Beast deals with the day:
To the Collective, reasoned, passionate opposition to the Cordoba House is the same as “near-frenzy”.
There are many people with mental problems among us.
you would know about mental problems…
R.I.P. Mark K. Bingham. My hero…
Yesterday, I did a double take While listening to Obumbo’s press conference when he said “…tomorrow we Celebrate the enduring heartache of…[Sept. 11, 2001]…” Celebrate?!!!
On Memorial Day,Do we also celebrate our servicemen that were killed in action;on December 7, do we celebrate the the deaths of those at Pearl Harbor?
Only one faction will be Celebrating Sept.11, and we all know who that is.
At best our genius president expressed himself inartfully. And at worst…
*In his speech, P-BO said we are not, and will never be at war with Islam; Remember also that good muslims are obligated to lie in furthering their agenda!
Rags, I think it must be the meme du semaine for the Left. Anne Kornblut yesterday asked Obama
The Left are purposely ignoring the truth of the debate, they so want to push that square peg into the round hole.
I’m tired and sickened with the constant barrage of MSM and elected critters telling me how I should feel about this day. When the second plane flew deliberately into the second tower and I said to my husband, “we’re at war, that was no accident.” The enemy didn’t yet have a name, but gut instinct told me we had one and we’d be dealing with it for a very long time. Now, the most powerful country on earth cowers in political correctness and allows our enemies the privilege of setting the rules of engagement.
Karzai in his remarks to commemorate 9/11 asked that we not ‘kill civilians’. We remember today the close to 3,000 innocents that were murdered that day, and the countless number of families and friends that still mourn them. Ground Zero was a killing field and I’ll never forgive them nor whatever ideology that was responsible for rotting the minds of those that did it.
And, no Mr. President, I don’t feel like celebrating.
I’m ready for a little Toby Keith, how about you?
Very good 24Klady, the self-important ManChild President is rather oblivious- and contemptuous- of the feelings, wants and needs of his constituency-the American people. He and his fellow Leftist/fascist consider the murder of the innocent an inconvenience at worse-indeed something we deserve.
Never Forget? And do remember it is the cowards among us who are the bigger threat; cowards, Quislings, collaborators are ALL as guilty as the Jihadist. When they build their temple to their moon god at Ground Zero our Mr. President will have a place to practice his call to prayer when in New York.
ArizonaNeanderthal #63 – good to see you’re back. Hope you enjoyed your time in MT.
Your comments on the cowards, quislings, and collaborators among us is spot on. All the way from our hallowed halls of education to the pulpits. But, it’s root is in Washington D.C.. You can take it to the bank that our prez will be there to help ‘celebrate’ the opening and dedication of the GZ mosque. A bloodless coup.
I was surprised however to hear our Dear Leader actually use the word “terrorist”. I think the most terrifying thing for me is we have a CiC that doesn’t know why we are fighting or who our enemy is.
“We are not at war against Islam. We are at war against terrorist organizations that have distorted Islam or that have falsely used the banner of Islam to engage in their destructive act,”
As Michelle suggested this week, he ought to read the Quran. These “terrorist organizations” are following it to the letter – with one glaring exception. There were muslims in the WTC. Anyone who takes the life of one of the faithful shall be struck down – so says their un-holy book.
ArizonaNeanderthal#63,
On your comment about the ‘call to prayer’. I was reading on thefoxnation.com about this bho not having his wedding ring on. It seems it is being repaired, it is a carved intricate gold band made in Indonesia where this bho lived from ages 6-10! I found this interesting. I wonder why this little bit of information was put in the article?
L
No problem. It’s Islam. Either those muslims who died were willing sacrifices in the war against the infidels, just the same as the warrior/heroes who hijacked the planes, or they weren’t really muslims. They were apostates muhammed has ordered to be killed.
I expect you’re right on this one. Don’t see how folks in he buildings who had no idea they were about to die would be “willing”. More likely if they were working in the WTC they were infidels. But that could not be known – still a glaring hypocricy from an Islamic standpoint.
Willing in the eyes of Allah. They sure better be.
Zorro, #61, Thank you, with proud tears in my eyes of the best military in the world.
I say this, as the proud daughter of my late father (WWII Marine): I love and pray daily for our service men and women. Thank you for your sacrifice.
Remembering the day. 9-11-01 I was in Manila preparing for a flight to San Paulo Brazil. A friend called and said turn on your TV. I said I had to catch a flight…he said, “No, turn on the TV. NOW!” My mind simply could not grasp the reality of the images. I thought wow, this is the best Hollywood special effects ever. Then the horror, death, sadness and finally intense anger hit. Hard.
All flights worldwide were grounded for the day, but I took a flight the following morning, despite State Department travel warnings for US citizens. The airports were almost other worldly. Empty echo chambers with lots of military with automatic weapons and riot gear. I saw a Muslim in the terminal in Madrid, we locked eyes for a second, then he just looked down. I had no anger toward him – just wanted to know why. I knew many Muslims in Asia – all peaceful people.
Sadly, we hold Hollyweird characters in high esteem, believing they are who we should aspire to be like. Mark Bingham was and is the most honorable hero known to us in modern day. His (and others) bravery and sacrifice to America on that day should never be forgotten. God bless his family.
It is a tearful, prayerful day Lindsay.
May God the Father Almighty, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Bless America and all our fighting men and women.
You beat me to it.
I watched the news that morning here in Missouri, and saw the second plane hit the tower. There were reports of the Pentagon being hit–it was all coming in so fast, no one knew what was going on, where other planes were headed, what had been hit. I called my parents in Northern Virginia, because they lived not far from the Pentagon (at least too close for comfort from my point of view). It was hard to get through–the lines were all busy (when does that ever happen?). My father was in tears on the phone–that’s hard to take. He said ‘honey we’re at war’, and put the phone down. He didn’t even realize he hung up on me.
My father passed away recently, and it makes this day hard for me doubly. I will never forget how I felt that day after the attacks, and I can never forget my conversation with my sad father.
What is there left to be said??? I for one shall forever remember this SAD day for AMERICA… To me I only wish that my fellow citizens will always remember this date…
I was in 10th grade. In Spanish class. After the teacher heard of the first plane hitting, she left the school to try to find out what happened to her son (who was in one of the towers. He survived.)
We went to another classroom to watch the news. Nobody had any idea what was happening…however, even before the second plane hit, all the muslim students in the school were sent home ‘for their safety.’
The next edition of the school newspaper (ostensibly about the attacks) was full of quotes by them about how we shouldn’t blame muslims and islam…muslims wouldn’t do such a thing. It had to be someone else. They wouldn’t even admit it might be ‘exrtemist’ muslims who had ‘hijacked’ the ‘religion of peace.’
That almost pissed me off as much as the attack itself.
Hm…I couldn’t use preview for some reason, and forgot I needed to double-return to separate paragraphs. It’s been a while since I’ve posted.
Folks on our side of the aisle have no problem remembering anything that happened on 9/11. I still recall everything like it was yesterday. The problem is, the MoveOn types insist on giving themselves voluntary amnesia, and they’re the ones running the federal government.
Now some Lee Greenwood.
I flew out of DFW days afterward (only hours after the nofly was lifted) and clearly saw where there was an attitude of ‘in your face’ by muslims traveling. Daring anyone to say anything, speaking native languages that no one understood and acting like they didn’t want to be overheard. Interestingly, it was asians that gave them the dirtiest looks and stare downs.
zorro#82,
One of my very favorite video’s for 9/11, was the Budweiser 9/11 commercial. I don’t know how to put it up, but I watched it several times today and cry every time. If you can do it, please post it. Thanks.
L
spacycakes #76, my condolences on your father’s recent passing. My own Daddy left us last year, and I think I called him third after speaking to my husband and son who was away in college. I also watched live TV from the first WTC attack through the end of the day, and the collapse of the first tower brought me to my knees (my husband’s three cousins were NYC firefighter’s and police, and all were safe, thank God). It comforted me to hear Daddy’s voice at the time, as we knew this was an act of war. As usual, he told me we would be ok. Take care, and think of good memories of your Dad to sustain you.
Let me say this…on Sept. 11, my views of Islam and terrorism changed forever. I had no wish for people to run out and start pounding on the first guy who looked like an Arab or the first lady with a head scarf. Only ignorant doofuses do stuff like that and thankfully, those kinds of incidents were (contrary to CAIR and the media) VERY rare and isolated.
But I did see those Palestinians partying in the streets of Gaza and I did see the professional Muslim complaint groups come out and paint themselves as the victims, not the people who were actually dead. I finally understood what Israelis have to live with every day and I finally realized an awful lot of those folks do not mean well, not just a few random kooky fanatics.
I worked a short distance from the Pentagon. It really blows your mind to realize where you live and work puts a big target on your back. Things were never the same for me in D.C. again. I was actually relieved to move away three years later.
Here’s the video Letget, happy to help out.
zorro#87,
Thanks so much. Here I am crying again.
L
Thank you Lindsay–out of the blue at breakfast this morning, I cried about Dad; mr cakes wondered what was wrong? I said, sometimes it comes rushing back. Silly me. I’m not like that, usually.
With all due respect sir, I vehemently disagree. First, people who were not awakened by the first 9-11 are likely brain dead. Moreover, unspeakable evil has threatened this nation and the world throughout history – but in the end has never prevailed. The sleeping giant in America is arroused and will not be silenced. Watch for it and work for it.
You do realize you sound like Harry “war is lost” Reid here? Just Sayin’.
I was living in CA at the time so it was 5:46 AM when the first tower was hit. In those days my alarm, tuned to a talk radio/all news station, went off at 5:45 so I could lie in bed for about 15 minutes before going to the “Y” for a workout before going to the job. It took me a couple of minutes to fully wake up and understand what was happening after the news guy starting yelling that the first tower had been hit. I didn’t do the workout and watched on TV until I went to work. Of those who bothered to show up, no one did any work that day. Someone set up TVs in several offices and the break room and we watched the unfolding horror mostly in silence.
To those who lost their lives on 9/11, to their families and friends who survived with the pain of such a loss, to those first responders who did everything possible, and to those who now put their own lives on the line every day so we can live in freedom, I say a prayer on your behalf. You are why we will never forget. You are why we will never submit.
Yeah. Right. You do realize that was supposed to have happened after 9/11?
Instead, we have poured our blood and treasure into helping ‘moderate’ muslims who wish us ill to establish illiberal ‘democracies’ subordinate to sharia law.
We’ve bled to strengthen Iran.
And then the sleeping giant elected Obama and his Democrat congresscritters.
If the sleeping giant has awoken, he’s a blithering idiot.
What finally stirred some interest was the recession. Give the giant back his bread and toys, and he’ll go back to playing while our nation continues to sink into the torpid tyranny of the world.
I’d be more hopeful with the idea America has not yet been roused from its slumber. Then there would be a chance, although it would mean 9/11 simply wasn’t sufficiently horrifying, and that thought is no happy rainbow.
I looked down the street this morning and there was only one flag in sight. Practically the whole complex (20 homes) has them up now. They magically appeared sometime after 8:30. One older fella has his at half staff, and I about burst out in tears. Out of the complex where younger people live, mostly with children, there is not one to be seen. Yet, rather than buy a flag, they’ll blow $100 on fireworks for the 4th. Their children will never learn the great pride of flying Old Glory.
spaceycakes #89—Your Dad knew right away that our country had been attacked without provocation–much like Pearl Harbor. It is obvious the pain he felt and that he loved this country very much. Those who have gone before would hold their heads in shame at the state of our nation today. I served over 20 years in the Air Force–but not for the country as it is today. Stay strong. God Bless.
24Klady#93,
The problem with some of the younger people(parents), they have no pride in the Flag, so why would they want to teach their children about it. It seems that schools won’t let the kids say the Pledge any longer, it might tick off someone! Our Flag flies 24/7, a light at night. Many other homes in our block does so also, some with POW, MIA Flags.
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I am sorry Michelle but these stories and pictures just get me angry all over again. And I think of the controversy over the Mosque and I get more angry. And I know in my heart that if 19 Christian Americans crashed planes into buildings in Saudi Arabia, that the King of Saudi Arabia would NOT be admonishing Muslims to remember that they are not at war with Christianity, but only with a small sect of fanatical people distorting Cristianity, and I know that Muslims around the world are NOW chanting death to America because of the looniness of ONE person in Florida, while Muslims are quick to constantly remind us that “they” are not the ones that flew planes into the WTC, and I remember all this obvious hypocrisy, and all the pontificating by the libera; “hate America” media, and I still just get angry.
God Bless America, and to those that dont want to assimilate and be part of the great American traditions…well dont let the door hit ya, where the good Lord split ya.
9-11 RIP..Ill always remember.
Roland, never, ever give up on this country. Never submit or sink into apathy.
Our fathers fought (WWII), against incredible odds and two regimes, after losing half of the Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor.
I understand your frustration, but I will never give up on this country. This next election will be the first step to take back our nation. We will always be the greatest country on earth, with the greatest military making sure of that (in spite of the politicians). Have faith. And vote in possibly the most important election of our generation on November 2nd. Never give up on the USA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WvML4xAt0c&feature=player_embedded#!
sbw999 #97, I agree. I am pretty mad today as well. This is what the PC police want us to forget. It will never happen with me.
May you eternally BURN IN HELL MUHAMMED (*) along with all your minions.
9/11 was the saracen ‘s greatest victory over the West since the 12th century. There is no possible reason to build a mosque at Ground Zero other than to rub our noses in it.
These animals are doing the happy dance on our graves, and we’re providing the music.
and our so-called “Saracen in chief’s” mealymouthed pandering isn’t helping one bit.
That’s one way to see it I guess. You miss my point Roland. The sleeping giant is the real people in America – used to be called the silent majority. Work hard, raise their families, contribute to their communities and for the most part keep their (our) mouths shut. No more. Per Rasmussen 63% believe the country in heading in the wrong direction – 23% think its all good. That’s the sleeping giant.
I don’t understand. How can you watch the rally last week – 2 million marching on Washington last year – the undeniable trajectory of the tea party movement – Obama’s approval rating in an historic nose dive and see nothing positive happening?
I supported and worked for Mike Crane in Georgia 13 and he won the primary – and is now in a good position to take Liberal corruptocrat David Scott’s seat. Just one seat, but I’ll have the satisfaction of having done something.
America has survived and thrived through far worse than al Qaida or Dear Leader’s socialist nonsense and will again. The best days for the US are yet ahead my friend. That is my hope and prayer for my grandchildren and what I chose to believe and work hard for.
All this gloom and doom conservative defeatism is just depressing and unrealistic historically and in the present context. Just sayin’.
So bho said today: ” They attacked the very idea of America itself – all that we stand for and represent in the world. We will keep alive the virtues and values that make us who we are and who we must always be.”
That’s arguably where he has been “living” for at least the past 1400 years.
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I fault Presidents Clinton, Bush 43, and Obama for not having tried, convicted, and executed those we have in custody for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Ditto the Cole Jihadis, the blind sheik for the first WTC truck bombing, the good Major, the Butt bomber, etc.
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President FDR only needed a few months to smoke most of the WW2 Nazi saboteurs who landed on our shores. And Tim McVeigh got his trip to Hell in a reasonable time.
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A year to get ready for trial while all possible intelligence can be gotten from the imprisoned Jihadis. Followed by a military tribunal, and time for one appeal if found guilty. Two years max for the crime to hanging if the appeals fail.
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The continued existence of these murderers offends all justice–not to mention the survivors. Closure you can believe in only comes when they pay for their crimes with their lives.
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John Bibb
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I guess it’s not very Christian of me – but I always wished I could see the looks on the Jihadi’s faces when they open the door they think has Allah’s Paradise and their 72 virgins awaiting behind it.
Howdy Chump! Got your virgins right here. Knock yourself out – for eternity! Next!
It is so important that we remind today’s youth of what 9/11 felt like to those of us with keen memories. The sense of collective violation and anger, the stories of heroism and support by everyday people, all of which ultimately resulted in immense pride for our country’s ideals–freedom, liberty, and justice–was unlike anything that I’ve experienced before or since. That unity soon dissolved when the ultra-left in this country got into people’s heads, pounding away about how everyone’s civil rights were being violated and how war is not the answer. The mentality of appeasement became dominant, and retribution became less relevant. We became worried about the rights of the enemy instead of the rights of those whose lives were prematurely, instantly, and unexpectedly snuffed out of existence.
Those of us who haven’t forgotten the unwarranted deaths of the innocent, those of us who haven’t forgotten the destruction of an American symbol of ingenuity and productivity, those of us who haven’t forgotten the attack on one of our nation’s symbols of security, have been struggling to shout down the media onslaught of distractions, redirections, and selective memories for nine years.
The truth is that on 9/11/01, the American way of life was attacked on a world stage, and the war was officially declared. It’s not a war in the typical sense. It’s a war that will continue until America’s threat to freedom, liberty, and justice has ended once and for all. It may be a war that will never end. It is a war that we will lose all that much sooner if we allow future generations to forget that unified sense of violation, anger, and, yes, pride that we felt on that terrible day. 9/11 was a wake-up call to most of us, and it’s frustrating to see how many have fallen back to sleep.
My teenage nephew was asked recently what he knew about 9/11. He said he knew some basic things, but he didn’t seem to grasp the importance of the event on a personal level. He was disconnected from the event, as though it was just another item in the history books. He said his school didn’t put a lot of focus on the event, nor did it focus on why the event took place. I think he just saw a few bad guys who blew up some buildings, and that’s why George Bush started two wars. I’ll be seeing him tonight, and I have some videos for him to see. His parents may not like what I have to show him, but our country’s resolve must not waver against those who wish to see all of us–all of us–dead or surrendered to their laws. We will not succeed in retaining our independence unless we remind those who are too young to remember of how we felt that day.
We must never underestimate the influence of our enemy. The way for ordinary Americans to counter the forgetfulness of past events is to remind those who can’t remember. We can’t expect others to do the reminding for us, and we can’t expect our society to retain those memories when we’re gone. We can only do our best to pass these memories on to others.
Instead of surrendering to another way of life, the act of which in itself disrespects those who wish to live their own lives freely, we should beseech the open-minded in our enemies midst to marginalize the most radical of their voices. Only when people step up to overthrow those who wish to see the end of freedom will we approach an end to this war. Until then, we will continue to scrutinize the enemy. The battle for freedom and liberty will never end until one side or the other is vanquished. This can be done on their terms or on ours. Both sides have the option to use an “us versus them” tactic, which will only result in more bloodshed. Our side can spread a message of “reason versus madness” tactic, but only through unification of our message. Part of that message involves us showing that as long as they continue to attack us for simply existing as a free and open society, we–standing as one united–will continue to take the offensive. And our opponents must use that reasoning for an “us versus ourselves” tactic, which would result in a victory for everyone.
We cannot maintain our nation’s independence if we continue on this path of forgetfulness and politically-correct “understanding.” We’re not stupid. Understanding must go both ways. We understand them just fine. They are the ones who refuse to understand themselves, to see themselves for who they are. Of course, there are those among them who do understand, but they’re either too afraid, too ambivalent, or too embracing of their violent and oppressive ways.
If anything, the lesson of 9/11 should be that reality is much different than wishful thoughts.
—George Santayana
By the way, Obama didn’t say “celebrate.” He said “commemorate.”
See 6:30 of the video here.
Careful, CO2…
that kind of integrity could get labeled a “dhimmi” here by certain parties….