AMERICA - The Right Way!! (Day 598) [Remember the Trade Center!!]

Various News Sources and FReepers | September 10, 2002 | All of Us

[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.

[gulfcoast6]

UG, got to remember, those folks think 2+2=7 down there. Just fix a one with each canidates picture and tell them to mark a X thru the picture but we all know they would still get it wrong.

[gulfcoast6]

Do like we do in the south, sit in the lazy boy, the news starts, reach over and get the 357 and kill the TV, hard on the Master Charge card but it sure makes you feel god.

[kayak]

I finally have a minute to come out and play .... and I'm going to spoil it all by ranting ....... *grins*

illstillbe ~~~ your rant earlier about being angry was so perfect! We need to stop and remember the victims ...... and when we do, we should feel a white hot anger!

..... but our country has gotten so touchy-feely that I'm sure there will be a lot more tears than righteous indignation.

And that line of thinking brought up a another topic that really ticks me off ..... and so you poor people will get to hear me spout off.

We have become a nation of mourners and memorializers (how's that for coining a word?!) ...... and I think it weakens us considerably.

I get furious when I ride down a highway and see all the wreaths left to mark a place where someone was killed. I feel for the families ...... and realize that at least some of these were innocent victims of a drunken driver or an idiot ...... (all drunken drivers are idiots but all idiots aren't drunken drivers). But there are places for memorials and flowers and crosses and monuments. They are called cemeteries.

As awful as some of the recent tragedies such as TWA800 were, to be brutally frank, I am tired of the incessant memorial services and the professional mourners. Every day there are people dying (our dear DJ has just shown the reality of that) .... and their families mourn publicly for a brief time and then get on with their lives rather than making a career out of their mourning. They still hurt and feel their losses ...... as too many of you have recently learned. But they pick up the pieces and start living for today instead of wallowing in yesterday.

Just recently there was a horrible case out on the west coast (WA state? ... Oregon?) ..... two teenaged girls murdered and their bodies recently found. And now comes news that the house will be torn down ..... and I have heard questions asked about whether there would be a memorial built.

A number of years ago a loony killed a bunch of people at a McDonald's ..... and the company had to close the restaurant ..... and I believe a memorial was established.

In Charlotte a couple of years ago a young boy was killed ..... they found his body in a home under construction. There was much talk about tearing the house down .... and people in the community were considering asking the construction company to build a memorial.

Just think, FRiends, of all the hardships that our ancestors endured ..... many of you have written of them in your own families. And yet those people were out the next day ..... milking the cows .... or plowing the fields ...... or blazing the trails further westward. They didn't stop to build icons ...... they knew that life is for the living.

You best commemorate the lives of your loved ones by becoming a better person ..... by reaching out in compassion to others ..... by pressing on towards your goals and dreams rather than by melting into a perpetual puddle of tears.

Yes, there will always be some sadness in the corners of our souls .... especially on special days ...... birthdays, anniversaries ..... there will be events that cause one to remember so vividly ..... and to wish for things not possible. But this new career of mourning is not healthy for the country. It has us looking backwards instead of forwards ...... and it has us focusing on our emotions rather than our actions.

OK ..... I'll go find a tiny little corner in the foxhole and be still and quiet for a while now.

Btw, since some of you are blessed not to have a hankering for sweets, I brought some cherries to the foxhole ..... that way, we'll have plenty of ammo.

[gulfcoast6]

Chair, I say again, Say-Damn could ride up in the back of a Nuke to little tommy d. and he would still say, 'we need more proof'. One of those things goes off on top of him he will get his proof.

[DallasGal]

AMEN!!!

[gulfcoast6]

Chair, 9 11 was terrible, all those folks killed. But can I tell you something? A lot of us have had our 9 11's, not by a plane crashing into a building, but by illness, accident, heart attacks, our 9 11 was just as bad to us. I pray for the families of those who died as well as for the ones of us who experecned our 9 11's with our loss of a love one.

[Utah Girl]

Great rant, and I totally agree!

[kayak]

You said in just a few words what I took paragraphs to ramble on about.

I hope you know just how much you mean to all of us ..... your wisdom, your faith, your wit ..... your care and concern for others ..... you, Sir, are very, very special!

(((((gc6)))))

[lysie]

But can I tell you something? A lot of us have had our 9 11's, not by a plane crashing into a building, but by illness, accident, heart attacks, our 9 11 was just as bad to us.

Exactly.

To remember... we do not have to mourn. My anger is more intense than my sadness. Anger keeps me on my guard.

[Lorena]

kayak. Ah, it's been a while since your last rant and this one was well worth waiting for! BRAVO! Didn't all this start getting really bad with Princess Diana's death? Anyway, I agree with you and gulfcoast wholeheartedly.

Bit, DJ, prayers for your loved ones and those close to DJ who have experienced such loss lately. DJ, thank you for taking the time to check in. You're going through a lot right now and I'm just glad to know that you haven't left us and will be back. I hope you know how much we've been missing you. God bless you, Bit and Deej.

[gardner]

Amen.

[kayak]

How good to see you here! ....... :-)

[lysie]

Major subject change. This is what I'm giving Sarah for Christmas.

Think she'll like it??

[tillacum]

Could you add a chocolate shake to that list, please, very thick. thank you.

[Neets]

That is nice Lysie,, Iam sure she will LOVE IT!!!

[kayak]

Oh, I think she will be thrilled with it ..... and treasure it for years and years!!! It's beautiful!!!

[Utah Girl]

Oh, what a wonderful gift. That is beautiful.

[Lorena]

If she doesn't like it, you can give it to me! It's gorgeous. I'm sorry that I can't remember Sarah's age. Would you mind telling me? I've been wondering for awhile now.

[Neets]

Soon as you hear anything, let me know baby.

[tillacum]

What's going on Bit? Why the catherization? Prayers for you, your Mom and your family.