T H A N K Y O U ! ! ! !
To all for your good wishes!
To all who helped bump the fundraising threads!
To all who made contributions to FreeRepublic!
God Bless Everyone!
YOU DID IT!
Posted on 09/19/2001 11:01:02 AM PDT by WIMom
T H A N K Y O U ! ! ! !
To all for your good wishes!
To all who helped bump the fundraising threads!
To all who made contributions to FreeRepublic!
God Bless Everyone!
YOU DID IT!
Operation Infinite Justice!
Which reminds me - I did get to the service being held at the State Capitol this morning. It was outside and what I could hear of it was wonderful. The runways at the base are only about 2 miles from the Capitol, so when one of those C-5s took off the speakers were totally drowned out. I was thrilled when the Speaker of the (state) House of Representatives stopped speaking until the plane passed and commented upon the sound of the engines. The head of the local Mosque (forgive me I am not familiar with his title) was given a standing ovation after he spoke. He said he has been receiving calls from other Mosques around the country which have received threats and he was happy to report that the only types of calls he and his members are receiving are those of support.
I was very proud of this City this morning when I heard that.
Operation Infinite Justice!
Open letter to Osama Bin Laden Yo,Osama!
Well, the government finally named you as a suspect, so I guess it's fair to talk about you now. Thought you had us, didn't you? What a laugh! You did more to unify this country than George Washington.
See, we Americans had gotten sort of distracted. We worried about things like lockboxes, taxes, and who was committing hanky panky with whom. We were too stressed to reach out to one another, to sit down and talk with our kids, to call our spouses at work and tell them we loved them. We were MUCH too busy to even think about giving blood or going to the hardware store to buy and hang an American flag.
You changed all that, Osama, you and your gang of creeps. I met my neighbors in the park across the street tonight. We talked quietly while everybody gathered. Then we lit our candles and just stood there silently, holding them. Without anybody saying anything, we walked back to our neighborhood and set them on our doorsteps. They are still burning. You will never be able to put them out.
I've had more meaningful conversations with my teenager this week than in the last couple of years combined. Tonight I was driving her to a friend's house when the voice of Lee Greenwood came over the radio singing "I'm Proud to Be an American." We were stuck in traffic, and normally we would have been snapping at one another. She started singing along softly with the radio. I joined in. By the second verse we were singing at the top of our voices with the windows rolled down. People stuck in traffic on either side of us joined in. By the time we were finally able to move a little, perfect strangers were wiping their eyes, blowing their horns and shouting good wishes to one another.
I hung an American flag on my house yesterday for the first time in my life. I'd like to get another one, but there are no flags or anything else red, white, or blue left in any store in this town. My wife did find some red and blue ribbon in the sewing box. Tomorrow we're going to make a huge red and blue bow and fasten it to the front grille of the car. The car's white; we think it will look nice.
I called my wife at work today just to tell her I loved her. I hadn't done that for awhile - too busy, I guess. It felt wonderful.
We are going to send some money to a fund to help the victims. Tonight at the dinner table we talked about the various charities and tried to decide which one was best. Normally we just eat and run. It was the best dinner table conversation we've had in a long time. We finally decided on a fund that's been set up for the children of the rescue workers who were killed in New York City. We'd never given much thought to appreciating all they do for us before now. You probably didn't think about this, but you and your terrorist jerks affected the lives of people from more than 40 countries, including those that consider you a "guest".
My wife and I are on a waiting list to give blood. It'll be awhile before our names come up; there are over 500 people ahead of us. There's been a shortage of blood in this area. I wouldn't be surprised if the blood donated all across this country eventually saves more people than you killed. That would be a fitting memorial to those who died.
You preach and believe in Islam...but hide the terror and destruction you caused behind your belief that women, children and those who are not of Islamic belief are not human.
We're sticking together. Our politicians are rising to the occasion. Rudy Giuliani and George W. Bush never looked half as statesmanlike as they have this week. Partisan bickering? What's that? Half the Congress stood on the steps of the Capitol the other night and sang "God Bless America."
See, Osama, you underestimated us. And maybe for too long we've been underestimating ourselves. This is the greatest, strongest, richest, most beautiful country in the world. Our firefighters, policemen, EMTs, and people like the ones on the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania have reminded us that we're also the bravest and most determined.
You can't destroy us, and you can't stop us. Because we're coming, Osama. We're gonna find you and the rest of your murderous thugs, and when we do, we're gonna kick your butts all over the face of the earth. You are gonna REGRET the day you messed with AMERICA!
Just thought you oughta know.
More will keep coming in.And much depends on our Million Freeper Math holding up. It will take days to get it all input through the system, but we can safely say FR will be around through the end of the year.
Words are not adequate to express my gartitude to all of you.
For ALL to read and take to heart. Thank you, Gabz.
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