Posted on 02/13/2002 5:05:22 AM PST by Jeff Head
Why have we become a nation so caught up in a collective fear of who are we going to offend today? This nation was founded on some very basic principles, including freedom of speech and thought. We have always been a direct and straight forward people. How have we muddied the waters so badly that we cannot see what is correct and right when it is right in front of our face? Let the truth and the accuracy of the event stand out. The hell with being P.C.Comments like this are heart warming and hopeful regarding putting an end to the political correctness and revisionism of those who would alter the very basic fabric of our Republic and society.
... and such comments exist in the tens of thosuands here ... grwoing to hundreds of thousands.
All I can say once again is kudos to you, Jeff. Have a great day! 213,433----pretty amazing, so many people signing the petition.
It is amazing and is a testament of what email chains, word of mouth and the internet can do when the right chord is struck ... and I believe this particular chord is playing on a raw nerve, one that has been buried for a long time waiting to rise up in a chorus of NO TO PCBS and its accompanying revisionism.
Now at:
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"How have we muddied the waters so badly that we cannot see what is correct and right when it is right in front of our face?"
A simple "truth" from the Bible; that in the latter days, "bad will be called good, and good will be called bad." I don't have a clue if we're in the "latter" days or not, but I've seen enough PCBS to know I've seen enough.
Off to the salt mine.
FGS
While we're told that ony God knows the hour and the day, we are also told to keep a careful watch on the "seasons".
I believe we're in the "season".
Even so, we are also told to fight the good fight and cleave to the truth, despite the circumstance and despite the season. This fight is certainly represntative of doing just that IMHO and is representative of a spirit and a foundational commitment to virtue and truth that is critical to our Republic and our liberty.
Have a good day!
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To those who are involved in this project. Please Freep Mail Jeff. He needs your help on the next phase of this project!
Off to work.
Good morning. Now, don't go overboard on the Valentines to Jeff today -- (;~)
To find out the answer to your question. You and others can Freep Mail Jeff to find out how you can help Jeff in this stage of this great American Preservation of History project!
To all supporters and signers of Jeff's petition, please Freep Mail Jeff to find out how to help him in the next step of this historical event. Yeah history, that we are involved in!
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Thanks for the 'MEGA' ping
... until today. Now we are at 216,075 and have gathered 11,675 ... and have another hour to go. Looks like we will easily beat 12,000 today, making the last 24 hours the 2nd highest date. Amazing we are seeing an upswing in the rate at this time ... and gratifying regarding the issue itself.
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I completely disagree with your petition regarding the proposed statue to be raised at the site of the former World Trade Centers. Further, I am going to actively oppose it.Amazing isn't it? This guy is guilty of his own accusation in demanding that the event be changed to insure his "all inclusive" ideas. If we are all Americans, regardless of skin color, etc (which we are), then why propose changing it to begin with? Folks like this don't even look at the rhetoric they are repeating to see how it contradicts itself.More important than the fact the flag was raised by Caucasian men is the fact it was raised by AMERICANS. If such an event is to be permanently commemorated through a statue, than it should be AMERICANS that are commemorated - and America is made up of whites, blacks, and browns. That's right - Europeans, Africans, Asians, Hispanics, and Middle-Easterns *ALL* make up this fine country, and an attack on one is an attack on all.
Many people died in that tragic event; not all of them were Caucasian. Many people helped after the fact; not all of them were Caucasian. They *all* should be recognized.
It is efforts like yours that keep racism running in our country. It's time we got past the color of skin and started recognizing that men are men regardless of skin color, and that Americans are Americans. Period.
Oh, and by the way - not that it matters, but I am a Caucasian male of European descent.
Her is my response to this individual:
You are free to do as you please and actively support and promote whatever cause you desire as long as it violates no one's rights ... as am I.Forward to 1/4 million and the preservation of the truth as it happend on 9-11 at the WTC!Our ability to do this, and to do so in peace, is one of the strengths of this nation. So, knock yourself out.
Regarding this issue, let me just say this.
We are a diverse people, but in America we are also supposed to be a united people. That flag, that those three firemen raised, represents everyone of us. The planners needed look no further than the flag itself to see all races, sexes and cultures represented that come together to make us all Americans.
Quite frankly, I had never contemplated the ethnicity, race or gender of the firefighters who raised that flag until this issue was raised by the people proposing to change the depiction of the historic event. They are the ones who brought race into the equation. Until that time, it was enough that they were Americans, irrespective of whether they had been white, black, brown, red, yellow or any mix. Those three men had been fighting to find and save lives that day, just like there brother and sister personnel. They got it in their minds to raise the flag, they didn't do it for personal gain or reasons which is abundantly clear to anyone familiar with the event.
There is talk now of the these political and administrative planners not creating such a depiction of the statue. If this turns out to be so, then BRAVO that we have perhaps helped influence them towards what we consider to be a more correct decision. It is a shame that such pressure had to be brought to bear, but sadly, a reality of today's world.
In fact, they are now talking about looking at "different options" altogether. That's fine and I (and most people signing the petition) have no problem with another memorial being created to honor all of those who served ... only let it be an accurate depiction of what occurred that day. Ideas of revisionism and altering the historical record to influence opinion and fulfill political agendas are Stalinist and Maoist in nature and not consistent with the liberty we seek to uphold in this nation in my opinion, a liberty that must first and foremost be based upon integrity and the truth about events.
Until a final decision is reached and it is clear that they do not intend to attempt to revise history, we will keep up the pressure. So, we will therefore continue to email, call, tell others and point them all to the petition.
This is not about race ... it is about historical accuracy and the truth just like it says it is, whether you believe it or not, whether you agree with it or not. As I stated earlier, that's another great thing about our nation, we can disagree and seek and garner support on either side of the issue.
Sincerely,
Jeff Head
Emmett, ID
This left winger is the real racist as he and his fellow racist try to rewrite history to meet his racist goals!
This email from this liberal is an open window into the souless racist agendas of the left wingers. I'm sure that he would be glad to see Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Madison, and other founding fathers just evaporate and never appear in any history book. History would begin with je$$e!
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