We take a break from our normal commentary on the dismantling of America to reflect and remember the act of war that launched the 21st century.
We pause to remember the victims in New York, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania, as well as the loved ones they left behind. And we humbly remember the first responders, the heroes who reaffirmed our faith in the meaning of that word.
And we take a moment to reflect on the fanatical political system that launched this attack. No, not a religion of peace. A political theocracy comprised of religious, legal, political, economic and military components. The religious component is the mask behind which all the other components hide.
Here, from the Manhattan balcony of a couple living a few blocks from the WTC, is the amateur video of a woman, and her husband, reacting to the evil unfolding before them. I wonder how they feel about the Ground Zero Mosque going up in their neighborhood?
Be strong America. Because WE are the ones we’ve been waiting for.
God Bless America.
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Brava, MOTUS!
ReplyDeleteYou have caught the appropriate remembrances, and collected exactly the thoughts I needed to meditate on.
Humble thanks.
Spot on!! You said it all.
ReplyDeleteAnother inconsiderate MOO photo:
ReplyDeleteCouldn't she at least pretend to be somber and solemn for a few minutes? Or at least wipe that infuriating grin off her face? Now would the time for your usual permascowl , you imbecile!
ReplyDeleteThank you Motus and everybody else. Last year when Obama said he wanted to turn 9-11 into a day of servcice, I was angry. He had no right, and somehow "day of service" sounded suspiciously as if we were being "community organized", and so, indirectly, the focus of 9-11 was being subtly turned into something different. 9-11 should be a day of remembering, reflecting, galvanizing ourselves, etc. Oddly enough, I think the issue of the Ground Zero Mosque made us all aware of how much 9-11 affected us.
ReplyDeleteHow could Moo be on a cell phone? How thoughtless. And the speech she gave. Have they just decided to throw caution to the wind and say and do whatever they want?
Maybe 9-11 only affected real Americans.
So...MO was on her cell phone before she even got on the PLANE??
ReplyDeleteJust couldn't wait to put that whole inconvenient 'scene' behind her, I guess. What a drag it must have been for her. And they didn't even have ICE CREAM!
Is she talking to BO?
"OK...I did MY bit...the minute I get back there I'm arranging my next vacation. That was the deal, REMEMBER?"
Meanwhile, Laura Bush just gets better and better. She wears an aura of class, poise and dignity.
You are right, MJ. I am so glad BO didn't show up at GZ memorial services this year. Coming on heels of his support for the GZM which he apparently strengthened even more yesterday, it would have been jarring. Maybe he did not have the guts to show his face on hallowed ground after that.
ReplyDeleteEither way, I am glad he didn't get lecture Americans on tolerance, while he reached out in appeasement and empathy to Islam and Muslim world (who BTW according to him are not to blame 9/11 and had nothing to do with the small band of men who did) while he stood on the very ground were so many laid down their lives for our country and for all that it stands.
Thanks so much for the link to your blog. Your photos are lovely!
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ReplyDeleteEvery day is a day of service for these people. Then again, I grew up in the country and when I think of "service" it's in the context of putting the bull in the pasture with the fertile cows.
I think I'm catching on now: it's like the Senior Prom Grand March!
ReplyDeleteYeah...well screw that and screw him! I'm angry can you tell?
ReplyDeleteHe looks more and more lik gollum every day.
ReplyDeleteGJ, but she's so typical!
ReplyDeleteMarvelous post!
ReplyDeleteBTW, one of those she honored on Flight 93 was a census worker. Did anyone else hear that?
I don't need a boy president and Michelle Antoinette to tell me to offer my skills to my local community. That is something that I try to do as much as I can, not on some one day, and certainly not as a means of undermining the horror of what happened on September 11th.
ReplyDeleteI'll be happy to donate time to my community on Sept 12th. Sept 11th is for rememberance.
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ReplyDeleteFROM FREEREPUBLIC:
"The National Park Foundation, official charity of America’s national parks, announced today that First Lady Michelle Obama will join Mrs. Laura W. Bush as an additional keynote speaker at the September 11, 2010"
Meaning, Michelle Obama inserts herself with an already planned Laura Bush keynoted event to save her recent embarrassing faux pas - e.g. lavish trip to Spain....
YEP..no doubt in my mind the purpose of her attendance was a damage control. But 1000 images from today will never erase that one infamous still shot of her strutting in center city Marbella.
ReplyDeleteService to the Obumbers is extra lines on the resume. My kind like to call it "volunteering". It's not required and it not likely to be mentioned on a resume. Personally, I'm called to do it and it is frankly a private matter. Service to me conjures up our fighting men and women who sign up with their lives.
ReplyDeleteThe O's "call to service" is an insult: many of quietly give of our time and treasure quite extensively. God calls us to serve -I don't need a lecture by "organizers" who have always been paid for their "service" and, further, do not have a history of generosity with their own funds. What an insult!
I stood on my deck as Flight 93 flew toward Hopkins, banked and went North, then banked and went West. All other planes had been grounded by then. I watched that plane with the most helpless feeling of fear until it was out of sight. Just had a feeling it had been hijacked. That memory will live with me forever. Every time I step out on my deck I look up and think of my countrymen who died that day. I didn't know anyone on the planes or in the Towers, but I grieve just the same, they were my countrymen.
ReplyDeleteMO looks more like she's grimacing or fake smiling. It sure looks scary to me.
ReplyDeleteLynn II, you classy friend: is that Arabic for "I will not surrender"?
ReplyDeleteThe posts here today have been wonderful, thank you MOTUS and everyone for sharing your memories. We will never forget those who died on September 11.
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ReplyDeleteMaybe that's because there are no really nice ones...only ones who pretend.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a very bad toupe:
ReplyDeleteYes. And the Bermuda Triangle is on view again today.
ReplyDeleteThe facial expression almost calls for a bubble: "Dayum! Thought it was an ice cream cone!"
ReplyDeleteI refuse to bow down to The Annointed One, Barrack INSANE Obama.
ReplyDeleteNo mosque at Ground Zero --- ever.
PAHLEEESE!
ReplyDeleteTolerance is a two way street. Boo has yet to understand this. I am waiting for his ox to get gored, maybe then he will 'get it.'
ReplyDeleteAh, yes. That insoucient toss of a rose....Dignified, respectful, meaningful...RIGHT.
ReplyDeleteI was teaching. I told the kids to never forget that day. I hope they haven't.
ReplyDeleteStill like ideas of possible surrounding businesses, like gay bars, ANY bars, stripper joints, pork bar-b-que, or dog rescue.
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