9-11 Ten years later

As I have in past years, I offer the following link

http://attacked911.tripod.com/

It's been 10 years, only 10 years, and we are forgetting already the horror of that day, and the heroism of the police of the Port Authority, NYPD, the EMS responders, and the FDNY members. All of these men and women went to the site, and knowing the danger and the chance of never going home, still went into the Twin Towers to rescue as many as they could. Their actions helped untold numbers of people escape to safety before the towers fell.


We owe it to them all NOT to forget, not to forget the horror and terror and tears of that day, or to forget their bravery, courage, and self-sacrifice.

We must not forget them for the same reason that we must remember all great heroes of our past. It is the heroes who show us what can be done, what greatness man can aspire to, and what heights we can reach for. It is the heroes of 9-11 who stand tall before us, leading by their example, personifying so much of what makes us a great people. It isn't the politicians, it isn't the Hollywood glamour stars, it isn't the current pop music stars, it isn't the svelt TV anchorman or woman. It is the first responders, men and women often working 2 jobs to keep their families fed, clothed and housed, men and women with dirt under nails, blisters and broken bones, who get up day in and day out to stand between all the bad things out there and the strangers whom they have sworn to protect. The least that we can do is to take one day to bow our heads and pray for them, and to thank them by remembering them.

Happy Birthday to the USA, the greatest country in the history of the world

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."

"An almost unbroken 50 years of deficit spending has finally brought us to a time of reckoning. We have come to a turning point, a moment for hard decisions. I have asked the Cabinet and my staff a question, and now I put the same question to all of you: If not us, who? And if not now, when? It must be done by all of us going forward with a program aimed at reaching a balanced budget. We can then begin reducing the national debt."

--Second Inaugural Address, January 21, 1985.

Ronald Reagan , President, 1981-1989

Pelosi + gov't jets = WASTE

The next time anyone talks about your "carbon footprint", hit 'em with this.
And she has the audacity to lecture US about waste!!!!!

9/11 nine years later

I force myself to look at this at least once a year.

Never Forget.

never

And a well written piece on 9-11

Don't Be Discouraged

In these times that we are living, it can be easy to slip into discouragement or even despair. We write and/or call our representatives in Washington and our state capitals, and we are brushed off without a second thought. The majority of us object to one bill after another, but they pass anyway because "they" are so much smarter than us, and know what is best for us, even more than we know ourselves.

Well, I've been reading Laura Ingraham's new book "The Obama Diaries" which, by the way, I do recommend, and in dealing with this very topic, she helps put things in perspective.

"Consider how ridiculous you would sound:
American from 1776: "We had to fight the world's largest empire with an all-volunteer army"
American from 1814: "We had to watch the British burn down the president's house"
...
American from 1945: " We had to fight Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan"
American from 1951: "We had to roll back the Communist invasion of South Korea"
...
American from 2010: "We had to deal with..Barack Obama and Joe Biden! And Nancy Pelosi! It was...horrible!""

Thank you once again Laura, for putting things back in perspective. In the grand scheme of what this country has been through, AND triumphed over, in the past, these politicians are certainly not insurmountable!

A Quickie

Saw this via Theo, and said to myself, "Self, there is a lot of truth in that", so thought I'd share it

What big government problem??

Congressmen are supposed to have sworn to uphold the Constitution, which pre-supposes that they have read the Constitution, or at least have an idea what it says. And it would seem that most of those who are our appointed representatives would have the general concept of limited government, that our government was set up to restrict the power of Washington over the citizenry. Right? Right?

Well, listen to what this congressman has to say.

No wonder we feel like we are becoming mere slaves of the state.