ONLINE PETITION: Depict the WTC Flag Raising as it Actually Occurred! (Corrected Link)

PetitionOnline ^ | January 15, 2001 | Jeff Head

[Jeff Head]

Here is an online petition to Depict the WTC Flag Raising as it Actually Occurred!

VIEW SIGNATURES   ----------   SIGN THE PETITION

To:  The New York City Council, The New York City Fire Department

We the undersigned citizens of the United States, and concerned citizens from other nations, hereby petition the New York City Fire Department and the City of New York as follows regarding the proposed statue depicting the raising of the US flag at ground zero of the WTC attack by firefighters on September 11, 2001.

1. Immediately change the proposed statue or replace it, such that the actual events of the flag raising are accurately depicted to show those firemen who actually raised the flag doing so. Use the famous picture, shown below, of the flag raising to acurately depict the flag raising as it occurred.

2. Cease all efforts to modify the historical record of that day in any way, shape, or form that would promote a so called "culutural diversity" or "politically correct" agenda of any type and simply present events as they occurred accurately for rising generations.

This event is of great historical significance and has united the American people like no other. The only hope for future generations to avoid and/or counter similar events is for the historical record to be accurate. The only way to continue the unification created by those horrible events is to present them accurately and truthfully. To do otherwise will only promote disunity and aide the cause of our enemies.

One might just as well try and depict the terrorist animals who perpetrated these attacks and those who aided and abetted them as choir boys and peace loving pacifists as to depict the heroic events of that flag raising as something other than what they were. The fact is, those enemies who attacked this nation were cruel, grossly evil and perverted in their actions and deserving of a harsh and just retribution for what they did. Thousand of innocent American and other lives were lost due to the twisted religious and ideological ravings of those whe pepretrated the attacks, thousands who were innocent of any crime other than trying to live their lives in freedom and peace.

The fact is also that the events regarding the flag raising occurred as they did, without any thought to political correctness or cultural diversity. At that moment, the only thought was patriotism to our nation and devotion to the duty of helping the victims. To depict it in any other manner sullies an historical and a heroic act, and descrates hallowed ground. The American people will not stand for it.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

SIGN THIS PETITION

[quivive247]

Wait...a GAY flag...heheheheh...
Perhaps we should have the faces of bin Laden, Arafat, and Clinton.
While this picture amuses me, the facts do not.
Jeff, you really got us rallied, and UNITED.

[backhoe]

It *is* a good thing Jeff- a little passion, a little anger, is welcome after the indifference and corruption of the 1990's.

[Jeff Head]

You are right and I hope we see more of it from those who understand the principles our republic is supposed to be based on.

Approaching 33K now, hoping for 35K by the end of the day!

[Shenandoah]

The PC peanut heads have backed down and another memorial will be considered. But there is no guarantee that the replacement memorial will be that of the three firefighters. That would be extremely unfortunate. The PC clowns in charge of all this just might be determined to have a memorial which includes every race in the book, come hell or high water. They might even discard the notion of building a statue of the three firefighters just out of spite.

They can go build there all-inclusive monument to political correctness somewhere else.

How can we get word to them that only an accurate statue of the flag raising is what America demands?

[Jeff Head]

Well, as long as they don't attempt to desecrate and rewrite history, I don't think we can or should become involved in that issue from outside the area.

I believe we do need to have a national effort to get a statue of the flag raising at the National Monument that will ultimately go in at ground zero. Ground zero is better than the Fire Department HQ anyway because a lot more people will see it, and what goes in at a National Monument is a national issue.

If the FDNY is going to be "forced" to use the actual, correct statue for their local HQ memorial, it will have to be the firefighters and the citizens of NY that force that. My interest in their local HQ memorial for this petition was to support the firefighters in bringing pressure on to keep an historical travesty and revison from occurring.

Anyhow, those are just my thoughts.

[Jeff Head]

BUMP back at you.

By regularly "BUMP"'ing a thread, you get it to the top of the current thread list and people see it as it passes down that list.

[Shenandoah]

I believe we do need to have a national effort to get a statue of the flag raising at the National Monument that will ultimately go in at ground zero.

If the FDNY is going to be "forced" to use the actual, correct statue for their local HQ memorial, it will have to be the firefighters and the citizens of NY that force that.

Your points are well taken.

[d14truth]

34,413 The 'revisionist' version is history, for now. We need to insist the the 'truth' is remembered by getting an actual portrayal in place.

[d14truth]

34,441

[Jeff Head]

34,480

[d14truth]

"From 10:00 - 10:45(CST), approximately 120 signatures added. Not TOTALLY scientific, but that yields roughly 1400/hour!"

New Math??? {;~) 120 in 45 minutes is 160/hr; 1,200 would be 1,600/hr. About 1,000/hr and a 12 hour day on the average gets to where it is now.

[d14truth]

34,529

[d14truth]

34,606

[backhoe]

34,625... and a bump for "truth"--

[Free Trapper]

35,146.The rest of my family got to read and sign{+5}.Lurker(pittbull-honeydog mix)wanted to,but wouldn't,because he knows right from wrong.

[Jeff Head]

Broke 35,000!

Now at 35,333 at 8 PM Mountain.

[ForGod'sSake]

New Math??? {;~)

OUCH! Actually I misrepresented the time span; it should have read from 10:40 - 10:45.....a 5 minute interval. Lessee now; twelve 5 min. intervals in an hour, X 120 sigs/interval = 1400 more or less?????? Actually during that same one hour time span there were close to 1600 sigs, but who's counting??????

Thanks for keeping me honest. I can't believe everyone else let me get away with it <\;^>

FGS

[Shenandoah]

Holy Cow! This thing is like the Energizer Bunny! It just keeps going and going. I just clocked 12 new signatures in one minute. E-mail must be flying all over the world!

35,580 at 10:30 East

[JMJ333]

Congratulations on breaking 35,000! =)

bttt

[Free Trapper]

35,738.Is there a cutoff date on the petition?If not,my computer might play out before this is over.