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The principal of Concord Carlisle High School is apologizing to parents about the school’s opening ceremony on Wednesday - the 12th anniversary of 9/11 - in which a Muslim poem was recited over the intercom but the Pledge of Allegiance was not. Principal Peter Badalament said in a statement to parents that the poem was meant to promote "cross-cultural understanding," and that the Pledge of Allegiance was not read because of a mixup with the student reader. The combination of the two has "outraged a small number of members of our community," Badalament said in an email to the Globe,...

On his Facebook page: We're supposed to believe that the perpetrators of 9/11 hated us for our freedom and goodness. In fact, that crime was blowback for decades of US intervention in the Middle East. And the last thing we needed was the government's response: more wars, a stepped-up police and surveillance state, and drones. If you look at the comments, out come the conspiracy nutters. Dean Facey is so out there, he suspects ArPee himself must be part in on the conspiracy: I find it curious that neither Ron Paul or Assange speak out about 9/11 being an inside...

Before we head to Syria to avenge the mass murder of their kids, how about we finish avenging ours?When I say “finish,” of course I really mean “start.” A dozen years after the 9/11 attacks, the trials against the jihadist plotters who incinerated pregnant women, firefighters, grandparents, newlyweds, toddlers and schoolkids on their first-ever plane rides have yet to begin.Justice not only has been delayed and denied. Justice has been demoted, disowned and deserted. Justice for the 9/11 victims and families isn’t blindfolded. She’s gagged and hogtied.The terror-coddling Obama White House squandered precious years trying to shut down Gitmo to...

On September 11th, Americans remember a scene of gore, the Twin Towers being hit by planes and then crumbling down with countless human beings being crushed and ripped to pieces alongside the debris, and people jumping off buildings. On the same month of September — September 8th to be exact — the people of the small island of Malta celebrate how their country, in 1565, fought under the knight Jean Parisot de Valette and the religious Order of the Knights of St. John, and defeated the Muslims and their leader Sulaiman who were trying to conquer the Christians and reduce...

'The remarkable story of the first victim of the September 11 terrorist attacks has been revealed for the first time in a new biography. Internet entrepreneur Danny Lewin was 31-years-old when he was killed on American Airlines Flight 11 as he fought to stop hijackers from taking over the plane.'

Students at a Mississippi high school say their 9/11 tributes got them sent to the office for violating the dress code. Administrators at H. W. Byers High School in Slayden, Miss., loosened the uniform code for “Patriotic Day,” allowing students to wear white T-shirts with American flags on them, WREG-TV reported. Kelton Stewart wore a red and blue T-shirt with the words “America — land of the free” stamped on it. Clay Earnest wore a white shirt that said “U.S. pride” on the back. Both said they were sent to the office. “The vice principal told me that it was...

"Read the bible there people -- you need to thank this religion [Christianity] for all the security we have in America today! It wasn't Presbyterians that got a plane. It wasn't a bunch of Methodists that rammed into a building with their plane. They weren't Catholics -- that's right. It was that particular religion [Islam]. They want to blanket themselves about peace -- they don't know peace! You people don't know this religion -- you wouldn't even survive in the Middle East with this religion. You want to thank God you live in this gracious country..."

FORT HUACHUCA — On Sept. 11, 2001, Brown Parade Field on this southern Arizona Army Post was scene for a morning change-of-command ceremony where Maj. Gen. John Thomas handed off the reins of the Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca to Brig. Gen. James Mark. The ceremony was cut short as news reached the western United States of terrorist attacks in the eastern portion of the country putting the nation on a war footing. Wednesday, at a late afternoon Sept. 11th Remembrance Ceremony of a dozen years of continuing conflict was held on the same parade field, at which the center’s...

For labor unions around the country, this last Labor Day served as a painful reminder that when they decided to go all-in for Obama in 2008, they alienated the rest of us non-government, non-union members- the 99 Percent- who have to go out and earn our keep every day. And that alienation is being expressed in political defeats by unions around the country. I’m wondering if the unions are starting to regret their investment in Obama.Unions dumped $450 million into the Obama effort in 2008, according to the New York Times, hoping that they’d buy political clout with Obama that they don’t...

Twelve years ago today I was sitting in my car on Concourse Village West and putting stuff in order to head into the old PS 156 (now PS 385 or 365) in District 7. I had the car radio on WFAN and Imus was on the air. He had just announced that a plan had flown into the North Tower at the World Trade Center. I recall looking up at the sky and seeing how crystal sky blue it was that day. How could this have happened as I heard Imus speculate that it was a Cessna that crashed and...

During a ceremony Wednesday morning at the memorial plaza at the World Trade Center site, relatives recited the names of the nearly 3,000 people who died when hijacked planes slammed into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2001. The names of victims of the 1993 trade center bombing were also read. The reading of the names ceremony took a slight political turn Wednesday morning when a teenager — who was reading the names of victims — mentioned her fallen uncle. And also made a plea to President Barack Obama. When it was Brittney Cofresi’s...

Herein lies a perfect example of the cognitive dissonance that characterizes the Democrat Party and its sycophants. The irrational vitriolic hate and vile that comes from the mouth of some of Drew's guests will make any rational person feel queasy. I don't see how Ann can be so calm....

Here's my action report for the 9-11 events in DC. I live in Hagerstown and I took the day off and went to DC to support the Bikers, and to take photos of the event. The weather was sunny and in the 90s here with very little breeze. When I arrived I literally said out loud, "where is everybody?" I was surprised completely to find the Muslims were non-existent anywhere near the National Mall (later on that). I first met a few bikers who had parked their cycles near the Capitol building on Jefferson Street. Behind them in the slightly...

Upon request, I have collected links to many of the earliest threads from September 11, 2001 below. Feel free to add other significant threads, including photo archives. Bumping this thread periodically instead of the original threads will also avoid scaring people with the headlines. Bookmark this thread, and bump it from time to time when the nation and the press seems to forget why we need resolve in the face of evil. Forgive some of the early misinformation and broken photo links, and recall the horror and fury.

Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. He hath said in his heart,...

Virginia State Troopers stop traffic and escort 500+ patriot riders through Stafford, VA (HQ for BigDawg Music Mafia and BigDawg Music Radio) onto I-95 North (which they shut down for this!) as they roll toward DC to take part in the 2 Million Bikers to DC event to honor those who perished on 11 Sep 2001.

Steve Golding's (9/11 survivor) famous tribute to the heroes of that day: http://www.webdesignbyken.com/attack_911.htmlI survived the attack itself by being late to work that day, but I lost many people who were not so lucky. I created the page to honor those I lost, those that America had lost and all of those dedicated, caring human beings who responded to this wanton cowardly act and who we refer to simply as heroes. To help sustain our nation resolve while we respond to this horrific attack. Images of that day are burnt into my soul that I will never forget. Images...

Fewer Americans fear their families could become victims of a terror attack, according to a new poll. Thirty percent of those surveyed in a poll conducted by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research are a “great deal” or “somewhat” concerned that they or their loved ones could be harmed by terrorists. That’s the lowest level in polling on the subject dating back to 2004. …

<p>Officials at Boston's Logan International Airport are apologizing for holding a fire drill, complete with smoke and flames, on the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.</p> <p>The two hijacked jets that were flown into the World Trade Center towers flew out of Logan.</p>

It looks as though the controversial “Million Muslim March” set for the September 11 anniversary in Washington, D.C. may fall well short of a crowd numbering in the seven figure range.Even the Huffington Post has all but written it off: “‘Million Muslim March’ Shaping Up To Be More Like A Few Hundred People Walking Down The Street.”Here are a couple of shots of the reported turnout from WTOP:(Credit: Twitter/@JohnAaronWTOP) (Credit: Twitter/@JohnAaronWTOP) Turns out a memo delivered to tenants of a downtown D.C. office building said to expect “somewhere in the hundreds, not thousands, of participants,” according to police estimates,...