[McGavin999]

That was one of the most inspiring speeches I've ever heard. It was exactly what this nation needed. We needed to be reminded about who and what we are!

I loved the ending!

[ignatz_q]

I like the man a great deal, and I have absolute confidence in him as Commander-in-Chief, but "Let's roll"? Has our level of oratory really sunk that low? I can't help but feel a twinge of disappointment.

[TLBSHOW]

Thank you for taking the time to post this thread.

Bookmarked!

[RikaStrom]

Thank you!!! Bookmarked.

[centexan]

Bumped - thanks for the post. What a great ending.

[rdf]

Throughout this battle, we adhere to our values. Unlike our enemy, we respect life.

Golden words. Let's make them true.

[Fiddlstix]

My fellow Americans, let's roll.

Well Said
Mr. President

[Glenn]

He's overdoing it. Mistake. It will wear thin. See you at the State of the Union, GWB. Any sooner and I'm going to lose more respect for you than I already have.

[Joan_of_Argghh!]

Thanks for posting this. Bookmark bump!

[daughterofSOG]

I've been very happy with President Bush until tonight. It seemed in his speech that he forgot to include the people who really make this country great - the capitalists. Personally, I don't care if some 3rd world country hates our guts because we have earned more material things for ourselves and is jealous of us because we produce and make money. Technology, science, innovation, and capitalism make us great. That is what the terrorists were attacking when they hit the World Trade Center. President Bush is encouraging us to go into service jobs and volunteer in service positions. We already have 80% of our citizens in service professions - what we need to encourage are more producers and innovators. As it is, you go into any science library on a college campus and 1/2 the students are foreigners. Instead of importing all of our brain power, (with dubious consequences of giving terrorists an easy in into our country, usually with a PAID felowship no less) we should be encouraging more Americans to go into production, science, and industry. We should not be ashamed of our materialism, our ability to make money, or our innovation. That is why the smartest immigrants want to come here - for their opportunities to make more money and live a better life. I think this line of thinking was a serious ommision from Bush's speech tonight. But we should be cheering Wall Street bankers who went back to work as much (or more than) anyone else, IMHO. Also, don't hold your breath waiting for me to make friends with Muslims. The head of the Islamic group in my city has publicly stated in the papers that he Doesn't think September 11th was terrorism, and at the eastern college I went to all the Nation of Islam muslims used to watch Farakan videos preaching genocide of white women and burying handicapped people alive. So I'll pass thanks!

[BibChr]

Okay, I didn't even get to see the speech, and I'm having to wipe away tears here in the class I'm teaching.

Dan

[Wasichu]

This is from Bush's speech tonight:

"...We also will encourage service to country by creating new opportunities within the AmeriCorps and Senior Corps programs for public safety and public health efforts.

"We will ask state and local officials to create a new modern civil defense service, similar to local volunteer fire departments, to respond to local emergencies when the manpower of governments is stretched thin.

"We will find ways to train and mobilize more volunteers to help when rescue and health emergencies arise.

"Americans have a lot to offer, so I've created a task force to develop additional ways people can get directly involved in this war effort, by making our homes and neighborhoods and schools and workplaces safer..."

Someone needs to remind GW that our founding fathers already created a force that could be used "...to respond to local emergencies when the manpower of governments is stretched thin...to mobilize more volunteers to help when rescue and health emergencies arise..."

President, we already have what you are looking to create. It's called the *citizen's militia*, and if the media and the liberals hadn't spent years demonizing all militiamen as "crackpots and anarchists", they could be on the scene helping today. When GW asks all men to strap on a sidearm to protect our country, I'll know we've turned a corner!!

Molon labe, Wasichu

[germanshepherd]

Thank you for posting this, Dog Gone. I was unable to see it last night, and I've been looking all over for it. (It's not on whitehouse.gov yet.)

LET'S ROLL!