Posted on 09/10/2002 4:23:24 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail!![President Bush]
Good morning!! Do not let the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, nor the brave members of our Nation's military who have given their lives to protect our freedom, die in vain!!
The military deployed anti-aircraft missile batteries around the National capital yesterday for a four-day defensive exercise. The exercise is designed to test the integration of F-16 combat air patrol and ground level portable missile defense.
President Bush has stated it is not the job of the United States to determine who rules in a post-Saddam Iraq.
Lawmakers will hold a news conference today to state what they have found in their probe of Martha Stewart.
In a piece posted on The Boston Channel, Helen Thomas writes that September 11, 2001, changed America, but not for the better. She also said the phrase "homeland security" was an "alien term."
For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.
Go about your daily tasks, but be alert. I can deal with that....unpleasant as it sounds and IS.
If there were an attack, and no alert, Big Trouble for Ashcroft, et al.
So they have to do this on many levels. They HAVE to do this.
And we're capable of handling this. That's the message too. Security starts with each one of us and intelligent and responsible as we are, for the most part...we accept the challenge..
I do that with some medecine I take...
I am so angry again ... and see that this is actually an un-Martha-like good thing. I have been troubled by the overwhelming feeling of National Mourning and depression lately ... when I think the time has come for true and righteous anger ... I would rather the world see our fury in the way of 21 gun salutes and tons of fireworks ... than to show them even a single tear.
There, I said it.
Let your eyes look directly ahead,
And let your gaze be fixed straight ahead of you.
Watch the path of your feet,
And all your ways will be established.
Look neither to the right nor to the left;
Turn your foot from evil.
While the world is not safe anywhere, I would remind you that God is a good God.
Well, the rest of the world has caught up with ATRW now ....... *grins*
john - Listening again to the press conference, I thought of you, too...
And I think of my friend's son in Italy, part of the security at a naval base there.
**Prayers** of safety and watchfullness for our armed forces and personnel overseas.
Any pics yet of those anti-missile batteries around DC??
Okay Bahrain and our security there seems to be one focus.
Closed Until Further Notice:
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Closed Through September 13:
Phnom Penn, Cambodia
Closed September 10 and 11:
Jakarta, Indonesia
Surabaya, Indonesia
Manama, Bahrain
Closed September 11:
Abu Dhabi
Lilongwe, Malawi
All posts in Pakistan
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Hanoi, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
There is a battery near the Pentagon.
Sorry....just coping...
Hang out with us for a while....
Stay off those threads for a while...
I've every faith in our Armed Forces ... if these idiots try anything, it'll be raining dirt-bag terrorists ... and we need the rain. HA!
ISB, I saved all of that. Everything is in my pocket. Pocket is a leetle stretched right now and I walk around lopsided, but nobody seems to notice. Oh well.
On a side note, at Friday night's game, I was ensconced with a friend, just chit-chatting. All of a sudden a loose ball comes zooming toward me and I had just enough time to throw my arm up, deflecting it from hitting my face. When JT saw that, he was out at the time getting a breather, he went to the coach and said, "That's it. They're targeting my mom. Put me in. I'm gonna take them out!" LOL!
Another beautiful day here.
I WILL be at work tomorrow, along with thousands of other firefighters, police and military. And we are ready, and at a greater state of readiness than we have ever been before. And we know that nearly the whole country is behind us. It wont be so easy for them this time around. We are ready to roll!
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