[snugs]

Today I have used a quote from the Vice President as no remarks of the President has been posted on the White House Website

QUOTE OF THE DAY
Vice President's Remarks at the Pentagon Observance of September 11th
The Pentagon

THE VICE PRESIDENT: Mr. Secretary, General Pace, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: Five years ago, September 11th forever ceased to be an ordinary date on the calendar. So we gather, once again, to recall events that still have the power to move us, and always will. And we honor the men, women, and children whose lives were taken, so suddenly and so coldly, here at the Pentagon, at the World Trade Center, and on a field in Pennsylvania. We remember all that we saw, and heard, and felt on that Tuesday morning, and also how much the world changed on the 11th of September, 2001.

Nine-eleven is a day of national unity. The memories stay with all of us because the attack was directed at all of us. We were meant to take it personally, and we still do take it personally.

The ones who were lost had begun that day just as you and I did -- as free citizens of a peaceful country. They were busy with life. They had people who cared about them, people who depended on them, people who loved the sight of their face and the sound of their voice. They were unsuspecting of danger and undeserving of their fate. Each one of them had hopes and plans for the future. All of that was taken away by the wicked plans of a few men.

I will always remember leaving the White House after nightfall on September 11th. From a helicopter along the Potomac, we saw the scene of the crash, the lights pointed at the Pentagon, and the smoke that had been rising since early that morning.

What happened here at 9:37 a.m. on September 11th challenges anyone's powers of description. Perhaps no one expressed it better than an Army lieutenant colonel who was here that morning attempting to rescue others. It was all, as he put it, so "cheap, dirty and senseless."

PHOTOS OF THE DAY
- Being 911 anniversary I feel that it is only fitting that one of the photos and the quote of the day is of the Vice President as he played a very major role in the events of September 11th 2001. Also as Brit I had to put a photo of Baroness Thatcher as one of the photos of the day IMHO the greatest British politician in my living memory

President George W. Bush and Laura Bush join emergency first responders for breakfast Monday morning, Sept. 11, 2006 at the Fort Pitt Firehouse in New York City, during remembrance ceremonies marking the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. White House photo by Eric Draper

President Bush shares a moment with Makyla Blackford, grandaughter of United Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl at the Flight 93 crash site in Shanksville, Pa., Monday, Sept. 11, 2006

Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney stand with former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Great Britain for a moment of silence on the South Lawn September 11, 2006, to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

[silent_jonny]

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[OLDCU]

Hi Snugs!

[LuvyaDubya]

hello

[snugs]

Dose going up there are a huge number of photos please be patient and wait for the all clear before posting any photos or graphics.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Thank you Snugs. How wonderful that Lady Thatcher would come here today to share in this time of remembering and vows to keep fighting. How we welcome her strength and courage. The President will be speaking soon. Tuning in to that.

[swmobuffalo]

Thanks for the Dose tonite. It's been quite a day.

[dmd25]

Thank you for your work!

I think it is wonderful that you put the photo of Baroness Thatcher as a photo of the day. What an amazing lady. I think it is magnificent that she came to the US today. Blessings on her!

[maggief]

President Bush hugs an unidentified woman as he greets friends and family members of victims at the Pentagon shortly after he laid a wreath marking the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks Monday, Sept. 11, 2006 in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

[Majie Purple]

(((((Thank you so very much Snugs for puting this ultra important/emotional one up for us!!!!!)))))

[swmobuffalo]

"Baroness Thatcher"

Oh my, I so glad to see she's up to traveling. She is a wonderful woman.

[silent_jonny]

W: "For many of our citizens, the wounds of that day are still fresh."

Says that Flight 93 was our first victory in the war on terror.

"We have learned that the enemy kills without mercy, but not without purpose."

[SnarlinCubBear]

Whoa! Hi snugs - how nice that Mrs. Thatcher is here.

I'm all pooped out hearing about 9/11 24/7 for the past 2 days. Just glad it's over. Am I a bad person?

So be it.

It was a dreadful day 5 years ago, and I think I've lived with it 24/7 for 5 years.

Anyone have a magic wand to make it go away? Please?

[GretchenM]

I am thrilled that our vice president invited your great former PM Thatcher to this day's events. In the first photo, which is taken at a distance, she looks great.

[DrDeb]

snugs:
THANK YOU for posting the DOSE tonight!

I didn't think it possible, but the President exceeded my expectations last evening and again today/night! . . . He was simply amazing with the families, particularly at Shanksville and the Pentagon . . . And his speech tonight was pitch perfect!

Bottomline: We are blessed to have George W Bush as our president during this very challenging time in our nation's history!!


MUST VIEW . . .

A big thank you to those of you who pinged me to a thread featuring Matt Lauer's interview of the President . . . The President absolutely MANhandled Lauer; however, my favorite part of the interview involved the President's response to Lauer's question about how he (the President) handles the pressures of his office. Without skipping a beat, the President responded, "I believe in an Almighty God!" . . . I just LOVE our president!

You will find the video at the following link:
[Note: The video link to "NBC Video: Bush discusses impact" is the second bulleted option under the heading "More Sept 11 Coverage" -- to the right of the primary 911 Header.]
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/


MUST READS . . .

WHAT DO I TELL THE PILOT?”
A patriot’s story.

By Lucianne Goldberg,a syndicated talk-show host on Talk Radio Network & the publisher of the internet news forum Lucianne.com.
September 13, 2001 12:00 p.m.

We have never known anyone quite like her, this silky, brilliant, incandescently lovely, ferocious, charming woman. Barbara Olson, a heroine in life, a heroine in death, was murdered Tuesday morning in the blazing crash of a highjacked airliner exploding against the side of the Pentagon. The last words phoned to her beloved husband, Ted, were, "What do I tell the pilot to do?"

You can read the rest of this tribute to a former Freeper at
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-lgoldberg091301.shtml


9/11: FIVE YEARS ON
GETTING IT RIGHT
By Ralph Peters

September 11, 2006 -- THE biggest story since 9/11 is that there hasn't been an other 9/11. According to our hysterical media culture, everything's always going wrong. The truth is that we've gotten the big things right.
On this fifth anniversary of the cold-blooded murder of thousands of Americans by Islamist fanatics, it's tempting to settle for grand rhetoric honoring our dead and damning our enemies. But the greatest tribute to those lost on that September morning is what we've since achieved.

In this vile political season, with those on the left suggesting that our president's a worse threat to civilization than Islamist terror, the rest of us should just review what's happened - and what hasn't:

You can read the rest of the OUTSTANDING commentary at
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/9_11__five_years_on_opedcolumnists_ralph_peters.htm


THE FACTS ABOUT CLINTON AND TERRORISM
You don’t need a movie to see his failures.
By Byron York

Editor’s note: When it comes to Bill Clinton’s record on terrorism, there’s no need to invent fictional scenarios to show how ineffective he was; the truth is bad enough. A few months after 9/11, Byron York went through the record — including the former president’s habit of taking polls to see how he should respond to terrorist attacks — and came up with this report, from the December 17, 2001 issue of National Review:

You can read the entire article at
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NzhjODk1ODg4M2NiODU4Yzc3YWE1OTA1MDNmYWQ5M2Y=


HEROES
September 11th, 2006

A hero is someone who makes you proud to belong to the same species.

If a group of aliens from the Thothian galaxy were to come here, looking for a new planet to colonize after sterilizing it of all contaminating life forms, and ask you why they shouldn’t sterilize Earth, what defense would you give? It would be unwise to claim our value to the universe on the basis of our accomplishments in science or the arts. It would be foolish to point to our rock idols or movie stars. But you might well say, “Ours is the species that produced….”

You can read the entire article at
http://americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5843

[MJY1288]

Good Evening snugs, Thanks for the "Dose"

The President gave a great speech, one for the ages IMHO

[speekinout]

Wow! Maggie Thatcher made the effort to come here for 9/11. She and Blair are two of the most staunch allies America has had in recent years. Many of us love them.

[Mrs. Shawnlaw]

Thank you so much Snugs for all you do on the Daily Dose! I posted to Wolfstar earlier that w/o you all, we would miss out on so much!
It was great to see pix of PM Thatcher! And I kept hearing PM Blair's speech today to support the war on terror and out National Anthem played by you Changing of the Palace Guard the day after 9/11. Thank you ALL so much!
May we all prevail in this fight!

[Mo1]

Thank you so much for this thread, Snugs

[ohioWfan]

snugs, sorry I didn't get here last night to THANK YOU for posting these heart ripping, emotion wrenching photos of our God-drenched First Couple.

I am still drained from yesterday. God BLESS our President!

(I know how much work this took, snugs.....God BLESS you too!!)