Never EVER forget.

Sadly, incredibly, however, most of America has seemed to have forgotten.

re: #1 zombie

Never EVER forget.

To late for many.

God Bless America

(and lgf)

Not forgotten.

Unfortunately, far too many people have already forgotten. And according to a recent poll, only 37% of people give credit to the Bush administration for the lack of attacks here in the last seven years. Unreal.

Never. I can't forget, and I can't stop being angry at people who seem to have done so. Or, worse, blame the victims.

Trust me....I will NEVER forget. I will never forget that day as long as I live.

God Bless the survivors and the families of the victims.

Never forget.

Here's my report from Ground Zero this morning.

A soldier who served in Iraq speaks to Obama on 9-11.

We aren't anywhere near being done with this struggle. It won't be easy when you are surrounded by capitulators, but do it, we must.

“What Do I Tell the Pilot?”

[Link: www.nationalreview.com...]

I'd bet she woulda really loved Sarah Palin also.

From Esquire magazine:

They began jumping not long after the first plane hit the North Tower, not long after the fire started. They kept jumping until the tower fell. They jumped through windows already broken and then, later, through windows they broke themselves. They jumped to escape the smoke and the fire; they jumped when the ceilings fell and the floors collapsed; they jumped just to breathe once more before they died. They jumped continually, from all four sides of the building, and from all floors above and around the building's fatal wound. They jumped from the offices of Marsh & McLennan, the insurance company; from the offices of Cantor Fitzgerald, the bond-trading company; from Windows on the World, the restaurant on the 106th and 107th floors -- the top. For more than an hour and a half, they streamed from the building, one after another, consecutively rather than en masse, as if each individual required the sight of another individual jumping before mustering the courage to jump himself or herself. One photograph, taken at a distance, shows people jumping in perfect sequence, like parachutists, forming an arc composed of three plummeting people, evenly spaced. Indeed, there were reports that some tried parachuting, before the force generated by their fall ripped the drapes, the tablecloths, the desperately gathered fabric, from their hands. They were all, obviously, very much alive on their way down, and their way down lasted an approximate count of ten seconds. They were all, obviously, not just killed when they landed but destroyed, in body though not, one prays, in soul. One hit a fireman on the ground and killed him; the fireman's body was anointed by Father Mychal Judge, whose own death, shortly thereafter, was embraced as an example of martyrdom after the photograph -- the redemptive tableau -- of firefighters carrying his body from the rubble made its way around the world.

I'll bet the Youtube comments for the Jihadist video are full of praise.

I watched some 9/11 videos on Youtube a couple of months ago, and the comments (mostly from Europeans) were gleeful. They loved watching the desperate victims jumping to their deaths; they cheered for them. Disgusting pigs.

I always shrink my browser window to hide the comments whenever I visit Youtube...for my bloodpressure :(

as I said in the overnight, I just came in from raising my flag. Many Obama signs in the neighborhood, and no flags on those houses. Also, no sign at Google that anything ever happened on this terrible day.
Sad

Never forgive. I, for one, am still angry.

The media has (intentionally) done everything in their power to turn people's attention to other issues. Global warming, "racism," Sarah Palin's sexual history, the economy, etc. Anything, eveything, to turn our attention away from the one issue where the left completely and utterly FAILS.

Sadly, those that never forget are those who don't need to be reminded. It's the rest of those who are forgetting what happened, or who are peddling the disgusting conspiracy mongering crap (already had to delete/ban posters pushing Bush inside job crap on my blog).

And some can't wait for the day to be over so they can quickly return to the slumber and comfort of forgetting.

Or some can't bear to watch tv today because of how hard it is to see and hear and relive the experiences of that horrible morning.

re: #12 jill e

OT. jill e. Loved your comment about Biden and healling from yesterday.

Never Forget

I used to wonder how we as Americans could ever forget, sadly, I've been shown the answer.

re: #11 NoSubmission

I probably walked by you this AM and didn't know it.

The Healing Field in my city is on display. These are the flags they're flying, one of which I bought and is currently on my flagpole outside. (Yes, that's the name of every single victim from the attacks on that flag.)

NEVER FORGIVE

As for the forget part, I've already heard 2 people ask why the flags are at half mast today.

Thank you Charles.

My family was at the Pentagon memorial dedication this morning - a somber mood, no doubt. We will never forget it and we will continue the fight.

Well, if President Obama and his fully Democratic house and senate overturn the Patriot Act, maybe that percentage will increase when the next attack occurs shortly afterwards...

Now that's a nightmare.

re: #7 Wyatt Earp

Unfortunately, far too many people have already forgotten. And according to a recent poll, only 37% of people give credit to the Bush administration for the lack of attacks here in the last seven years. Unreal.

I remember seeing tower two collapse on TV as I was heading to class....it almost seemed fake.

I'll never forget the terrible feeling I had in my gut.

God bless the families and friends of the lost ones.

Radical Islam declared war on America seven years ago today, and that war will not be over until every one of them is dead or imprisoned.

I just put up a new flag on the pole outside of my workplace - half-staff.

Never forget.

re: #25 lawhawk

I probably walked by you this AM and didn't know it.

It was so crowded. Oceans of people. I felt bad for the workers downtown today. You couldn't move on the street to save your life.
I was wearing my McCain / Palin Button! A few people asked me where I got it.

Never forget and never surrender.

I can still remember where I was and what I was doing when I found out this was happening. It's still sad.

I will never forget and I will make sure my children (who were very young on that day) will know the truth.

I cried today, thinking of the dead.

re: #11 NoSubmission

Never forget.

Here's my report from Ground Zero this morning.

I really enjoyed your photo essay...thank you

Charles, I know it was early in the morning in SoCal when Flight 11 slammed into WTC1, but were you awake when this all started?

re: #20 zombie

The media has (intentionally) done everything in their power to turn people's attention to other issues. Global warming, "racism," Sarah Palin's sexual history, the economy, etc. Anything, eveything, to turn our attention away from the one issue where the left completely and utterly FAILS.

May the media's power continue to diminish...

Has CAIR responded to today's backlash of Islamaphobia, yet?

Ode to Three

The captured plane veered off course
for Burnett, Bingham and Glick.

Straight for the Capital without remorse
carrying Burnett, Bingham and Glick.

The evil hijackers filled with hate.
Cell phone calls foretelling fate.
Heroes whispered no time to wait
stood Burnett, Bingham and Glick.

Off-balance sure but young and bold
Burnett, Bingham and Glick

The rush they made as heroes old
charged Burnett, Bingham and Glick

Close with armed enemy no time to spare
Clashed with the villains high in the air
Defeating the foe and diverting their dare
Burnett, Bingham and Glick.

The plane did crash we lost them then.
Burnett, Bingham and Glick.

The Capital City forever their hymn.
Burnett, Bingham and Glick.

Praise their names, these noble men.
Burnett, Bingham and Glick.

I'll never forget. A lot has happened since that fateful day. Remember all the fallen. I pray that we never lose our vigilance again, for they are still out there, plotting, planning, waiting until the right time to strike.

re: #11 NoSubmission

Never forget.

Here's my report from Ground Zero this morning.

Hey, wow, thanks! That was very quick, having that online already! Enlightenting to see what is going on there today.

P.S. The pentagram is only a "sign of Satan" if the two prongs are pointing up. If it's right-side up (i.e. single point pointing up), then it's just a generic symbol of paganism.

And theirre: #3 zombie

Sadly, incredibly, however, most of America has seemed to have forgotten.

And what's worse, Osama's retarded apologizers are still at work, too...

From Hotair.com; although I think Allahpundit has deleted most of them, by now...you can still see them quoted by others. Amazing.

I wonder if DU and HuffPo will have anything, today?

1 Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man?
Why do you boast all day long,
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
2 Your tongue plots destruction;
it is like a sharpened razor,
you who practice deceit.
3 You love evil rather than good,
falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
Selah
4 You love every harmful word,
O you deceitful tongue!
5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
Selah
Psalm 52: 1-5

Never Forget.
Never Forgive.

re: #23 buzzsawmonkey

Oh, come on, that was a long time ago. We've moved past it. Now's the time to reconcile ourselves with the world instead of standing in opposition to it--and as a step in that direction, we must be willing to go anywhere and meet with anyone without imposing preconditions.

/Obama supporter

Britain and the rest of Europe want Obama as president. They know that Obama will dismantle American influence around the world, and that is viewed as a good thing. See? If America "goes down," then Europe goes up. It's their zero-sum world. [3rd-grade, 3rd-world mentality]

re: #11 NoSubmission

Never forget.

Here's my report from Ground Zero this morning.

Thank you. Isn't it strange how the Troofers ALWAYS appear as the underfed, condescending, slacker smart-asses that they are?

Palestinians celebrating the fall of the twin towers on 911

NEVER FORGET.

re: #41 Ben Hur

Has CAIR responded to today's backlash of Islamaphobia, yet?

Fuck CAIR.

God bless our beautiful country and all the brave souls who have died defending it. God bless the families of all the innocent victims who died because of an evil ideology.

We will never forget.

This is a great and powerful country, and because of this people can get away with forgetting, or convincing themselves that nothing really happened (the troofers). The next presidential election puts two very different characters against each other -- one suited to lead in a time of war and the other an empty suit -- and we're still having trouble making up our minds.

At least some of us aren't forgetting.

re: #15 jill e

From Esquire magazine:

They began jumping not long after the first plane hit the North Tower, not long after the fire started. They kept jumping until the tower fell. They jumped through windows already broken and then, later, through windows they broke themselves. They jumped to escape the smoke and the fire; they jumped when the ceilings fell and the floors collapsed; they jumped just to breathe once more before they died. They jumped continually, from all four sides of the building, and from all floors above and around the building's fatal wound. They jumped from the offices of Marsh & McLennan, the insurance company; from the offices of Cantor Fitzgerald, the bond-trading company; from Windows on the World, the restaurant on the 106th and 107th floors -- the top. For more than an hour and a half, they streamed from the building, one after another, consecutively rather than en masse, as if each individual required the sight of another individual jumping before mustering the courage to jump himself or herself. One photograph, taken at a distance, shows people jumping in perfect sequence, like parachutists, forming an arc composed of three plummeting people, evenly spaced. Indeed, there were reports that some tried parachuting, before the force generated by their fall ripped the drapes, the tablecloths, the desperately gathered fabric, from their hands. They were all, obviously, very much alive on their way down, and their way down lasted an approximate count of ten seconds. They were all, obviously, not just killed when they landed but destroyed, in body though not, one prays, in soul. One hit a fireman on the ground and killed him; the fireman's body was anointed by Father Mychal Judge, whose own death, shortly thereafter, was embraced as an example of martyrdom after the photograph -- the redemptive tableau -- of firefighters carrying his body from the rubble made its way around the world.

I never heard about the Fireman killed from the falling body. That made me cry all over again. There are so many untold stories out there.

MSNBC is showing their coverage of 911.. I think mainly because they have so many stupid mistakes.. like reporters saying a bomb hit the pentagon.. and talking about car bombs going off after the towers fell.. theirs is a moonbat conspiracy fest.

CHARLES - am I correct that it's too difficult using your newer systems, to put up Old Glory, at half-mast on the LGF Header?

(For Tilly, if she comes in ...)

I'm SO glad you're with us today.

re: #21 lawhawk

Or some can't bear to watch tv today because of how hard it is to see and hear and relive the experiences of that horrible morning.

I've never watched the film "Flight 93." I simply couldn't bear it.

God Bless America and may hell consume those who wish her ill.

re: #11 NoSubmission

Never forget.

Here's my report from Ground Zero this morning.

How did you refrain from smacking the snot out of that punk with the Che shirt?

Pucker up BITCH, and put some lipstick on too, you pig.

re: #45 zombie

Hey, wow, thanks! That was very quick, having that online already! Enlightenting to see what is going on there today.

P.S. The pentagram is only a "sign of Satan" if the two prongs are pointing up. If it's right-side up (i.e. single point pointing up), then it's just a generic symbol of paganism.

Hey zomb!
I got downtown early and had to get back home to file this report because I have to go to work this afternoon.

That pentagram may not have been an official sign of Satan but that wart on her chest sure was. :)

I've noticed a stunning difference between east and west coast reactions to the significance of this day.
West coasters ridicule it.

I'm an east coaster. And I have not forgotten.

Nor shall I ever forgive.

The impressions of how McCain gets it and Obama does not can be illustrated in their comments about 9/11, Obama's views are one of empathy as seen below:
Finally, we will have to devote far more attention to the monumental task of raising the hopes and prospects of embittered children across the globe—children not just in the Middle East, but also in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and within our own shores.

“Empathy” would appear to be Mr. Obama’s watchword when it comes to talking about 9/11.

[Link: sweetness-light.com...]

Meanwhile McCain has been stalwart that Isalmic radicals are trying to conquer America and the World through jihad.

There are many reasons to vote for McCain and not Obama - my reason? Obama is going to get me killed.

Your slideshow is outstanding, Charles.

here, here
God bless America. We have made our enemies pay at great sacrifice to our own but the struggle continues and we will persevere.

re: #60 zombie

I've never watched the film "Flight 93." I simply couldn't bear it.

I made myself watch United 93. I kept wanting to turn it off and walk away, but made myself watch. The victims deserve that their story be known.

re: #60 zombie

I've never watched the film "Flight 93." I simply couldn't bear it.

Had to make myself do it. The same feeling I had going in, I had going out. Pure dread and anguish.

re: #65 StudSupreme
Uh

West coasters ridicule it.

Where the hell did you get that idea?
That's just WRONG.

I wished I brought kleenex with me. I stood there for a while listening to the names of the victims being read I got very emotional. They were only up to about the letters 'F' or 'G' by the time I had to head home.

I for one will never forget. For many, thankfully, it was a defining moment. It brought into clear contrast the need for freedom. And yes, thanks, Charles, and LGF for keeping the light on.

Radical Islam may have declared war on the west Sept 11/01 Wyatt Earp, but Islam had its problem with all others long before - which I'm sure you know.

re: #34 NoSubmission

It was so crowded. Oceans of people. I felt bad for the workers downtown today. You couldn't move on the street to save your life.
I was wearing my McCain / Palin Button! A few people asked me where I got it.

Send them here.

re: #23 buzzsawmonkey

Oh, come on, that was a long time ago. We've moved past it. Now's the time to reconcile ourselves with the world instead of standing in opposition to it--and as a step in that direction, we must be willing to go anywhere and meet with anyone without imposing preconditions.

/Obama supporter

I mean, did you see that poll? Most of of the world wants Obama elected; because of Bush, the world hates us.

/More Obama supporter

re: #64 NoSubmission

Nice work! "Where is Osama Bin Laden?" is a truther slogan, B/T/W. And if she's a truther, I wish her more warts! ;-)

re: #62 MandyManners

How did you refrain from smacking the snot out of that punk with the Che shirt?

I hate troofers! They are demented and awful creatures.

re: #62 MandyManners

Probably for the same reason I didn't rip down those signs and smack them with my bag - I have too much respect for the solemnity of the day. I also respect these idiots free speech rights - the right to make a complete ass of themselves.

MSNBC is showing footage of the Jordyptians celebrating that day.

re: #65 StudSupreme

I've noticed a stunning difference between east and west coast reactions to the significance of this day.
West coasters ridicule it.

I'm an east coaster. And I have not forgotten.

Nor shall I ever forgive.

What is up with that comment?

One thing I'm sick of hearing though is the newcasters talking about "all that died" as if the attacks back in 2001 were a natural disaster. It was an act of deliberate pre-meditated murder. Murder committed in cold blood by the 19 highjackers, by Al Quaeda, by those who would not hesitate to perform such an act again.

Never forget!

At work.....Stars & Stripes at half staff

Gadsen - "Don't Tread on Me" flag below

Amazing! Google doesn't have any 9-11 artwork on their page

Duh

Charles, thanks for giving us a wonderful place to learn, read, and contribute in this uncertain world we live in. This place is an island.

President Bush's address to the nation. 8:30 EST 9/11/01.

Good evening. Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. The victims were in airplanes, or in their offices; secretaries, businessmen and women, military and federal workers; moms and dads, friends and neighbors. Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror.

The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger. These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed; our country is strong.

A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.

Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature. And we responded with the best of America -- with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could.

Immediately following the first attack, I implemented our government's emergency response plans. Our military is powerful, and it's prepared. Our emergency teams are working in New York City and Washington, D.C. to help with local rescue efforts.

Our first priority is to get help to those who have been injured, and to take every precaution to protect our citizens at home and around the world from further attacks.

The functions of our government continue without interruption. Federal agencies in Washington which had to be evacuated today are reopening for essential personnel tonight, and will be open for business tomorrow. Our financial institutions remain strong, and the American economy will be open for business, as well.

The search is underway for those who are behind these evil acts. I've directed the full resources of our intelligence and law enforcement communities to find those responsible and to bring them to justice. We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them.

I appreciate so very much the members of Congress who have joined me in strongly condemning these attacks. And on behalf of the American people, I thank the many world leaders who have called to offer their condolences and assistance.

America and our friends and allies join with all those who want peace and security in the world, and we stand together to win the war against terrorism. Tonight, I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve, for the children whose worlds have been shattered, for all whose sense of safety and security has been threatened. And I pray they will be comforted by a power greater than any of us, spoken through the ages in Psalm 23: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me."

This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day. Yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world.

Thank you. Good night, and God bless America.

Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountainside.
The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying.
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
But come ye (or yah) back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow,
'Tis I'll be there in sunshine or in shadow.
Oh Danny Boy, Oh Danny Boy, I love you so.
But if ye come, and all the flowers are dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be.
Ye'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.
And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me,
And all my dreams will warmer, sweeter be,
And you'll not fail to tell me that you love me,
I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.

re: #69 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

UAL 93 is a brilliant movie everyone should see. It was hard for me, but I was very glad I saw it. Much better than those later Hollywood efforts.

re: #65 StudSupreme

I've noticed a stunning difference between east and west coast reactions to the significance of this day.
West coasters ridicule it.

I'm an east coaster. And I have not forgotten.

Nor shall I ever forgive.

As a West Coaster, fuck off, asshole

I hung the flag out front at 6 AM PDT this morning.

Telecommuting today, so I got to catch the dedication of the 9/11 Memorial at the Pentagon live on Fox. Very stirring; the radio station I always listen to on my morning commute replayed their morning show from that day/time as they have done for the past 6 years. It never fails to bring an adrenaline surge of dread, anxiety, and rage as it takes me back to that day.

Never forgive, never forgotten.

9/11 worked.

Most of the West sees 9/11 as an ignored child lashing out.

Now they get more attention than their numbers in this country deserve.

Every Sept 11th I am haunted by "those who jumped". I shiver and say a prayer that this never happens again. I relive my anger all over again and wish that I had some kind of magic power to find those responsible and bring them to the justice they deserve, but sadly I don't. I'm as sure of this as I am that the sun will come up tomorrow...those responsible may not face justice in this world but they will in the next. I place my faith in that and never forget to remember this day and honor those who died that horrible day and honor those brave soldiers who have given their lives to free Iraq and Afghanistan in the years since 9-11-01.

God bless the souls of the victims of the terror attacks on 9/11 and those of our brave men and women who have defended this great nation since then.

Elder of Ziyon post The hole in the sky.

And of course we must never forget the immortal words of Michael Kelly from 9/12/01:

If it is morally acceptable to murder, in the name of a necessary blow for freedom, a woman on a Tel Aviv street, or to blow up a disco full of teenagers, or to bomb a family restaurant -- then it must be morally acceptable to drive two jetliners into a place where 50,000 people work. In moral logic, what is the difference? If the murder of innocent people is for whatever reason excusable, it is excusable; if it is legitimate, it is legitimate. If acceptable on a small scale, so too on a grand.

re: #74 akak

Radical Islam may have declared war on the west Sept 11/01 Wyatt Earp, but Islam had its problem with all others long before - which I'm sure you know.

I do, but I wish everyone else would realize it and help us stamp out these savages for good.

re: #60 zombie

I've never watched the film "Flight 93." I simply couldn't bear it.

Me neither.

re: #7 Wyatt Earp

Unfortunately, far too many people have already forgotten. And according to a recent poll, only 37% of people give credit to the Bush administration for the lack of attacks here in the last seven years. Unreal.

I don't frakkin' believe that!

Nah. I guess I do. And if Obama is elected, it will happen again. Even if (and it's a big "if") he would go after the terrorists where they live, like Bush did, the terrorists think he won't. And that perception means everything- Osama bin Laden did not think we would come after him, and that's why the Taliban attacked.

If Obama is elected, it will happen again.

Never Forget.

re: #89 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

As a West Coaster, fuck off, asshole

Ditto.

re: #69 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

I made myself watch United 93. I kept wanting to turn it off and walk away, but made myself watch. The victims deserve that their story be known.

My husband and I went to the movie theater here in TX to see United 93. When it was over no one got up and all you heard was soft sobbing. It was a VERY emotional experience. We didn't even speak on the drive home.....honestly it makes me weep as I remember.

re: #3 zombie

Sadly, incredibly, however, most of America has seemed to have forgotten.

not me
I was to be in DC this week and opted to re-retire and stay the flock away

now there is a fire of unknown origin in the Chunnel
and I am thinking myself wise to have chosen to fish this week

and stock up on needed doomsday supplies
because the fanactics have not forgotten
and they have not stopped either

re: #22 TN_Vol

Thanks! I saw the clip and thought of Ernest Angley, a faith healer that used to be on television when I lived in St. Louis. "Be HEEEEEL-duh!"

Notice how they didn't talk a lot about their interaction with the United States Marines?

That's because few of them survive to tell the tale.

But enough have escaped to spread the word to the rest of the jihadis. They know the Marines, they respect the Marines and above all, they fear the Marines. When the word is out anywhere in the muslim world that the United States Marines Corps is coming, these "proud" muslim soldiers run like frightened little girls.

Unfortunately, though most have not forgotten, many fail to realize that a new attack is always being planned, and that only a strong and dedicated leader, a leader who truly loves America unconditionally, will do his utmost to prevent the unimaginable.

Reminder of the day:

What are YOU doing to make sure the right ticket will win? Have you been volunteering for the campaign? And did you know that you may sign up online? Have you sent contributions to the RNC or to the McCain Compliance Fund? What about your neighbors, friends, relatives, acquaintances: have you been trying to persuade them to vote for McCain, reminding them that Obama is the most radical major-party candidate in American history, and completely unprepared for the challenges of Islamic terrorism?

Stand up and fight!

re: #50 buzzsawmonkey

Obama v. McCain by Amir Taheri

The difference between the two candidates laid out clearly and objectively. Three pages: read it all.

It's an EXCELLENT piece...

Whatever you do, don't show the footage.

The knuckle-dragging, racist, drones of the American street might go on a rampage.

And make sure to frame your views about American foreign policy by following the lead, or by fearing, the educated masses of the independent minding Arab street.

I might as well stay off the internet entirely today... I'll check what Ike is doing, but I'm not one of those people who finds re-visiting tragedy to be therapeutic or inspiring.

I lost a relationship, most of the direction in my life, and my entire worldview. I realized that I was only finally, fully recovered about a year and a half ago. I'm glad that I don't see passing airliners as instruments of murder anymore. I was only in Boston, I didn't actually lose anybody I knew (lots of folks have it much worse) but I'm a sensitive type. I don't go read Kos or DU for fun, either.

It was too terrible the first time around, I've learned what I needed to learn, the lines have been drawn, and I know where I stand. I don't want to see footage, read accounts, nothin'. Not today.

It would be a mighty fuckin' good thing to, like, finally kill Osama, though... Just FYI to our esteemed Ruling Class... Let's send these fuckers back to their desert blood god, and pack along their fellow travelers and apologists with them for good measure.

re: #15 jill e

Thanks, jill e. That was beautiful.

re: #96 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Me neither.

Me neither. I can't even watch any news videos. I did make it through "Tilly's Story," though.

re: #102 jill e

That was my reply to you yesterday. I used to watch the Reverend in college with my buddies after several adult beverages.

re: #80 MandyManners

That is also something that should not be forgotten.

re: #83 Honorary Yooper

One thing I'm sick of hearing though is the newcasters talking about "all that died" as if the attacks back in 2001 were a natural disaster. It was an act of deliberate pre-meditated murder. Murder committed in cold blood by the 19 highjackers, by Al Quaeda, by those who would not hesitate to perform such an act again.

Yes... I see equating Katrina deaths and earthquake deaths and what happened on 9/11...

It's sick...

re: #79 lawhawk

Probably for the same reason I didn't rip down those signs and smack them with my bag - I have too much respect for the solemnity of the day. I also respect these idiots free speech rights - the right to make a complete ass of themselves.

I s'pose.

I get to watch very little television in the morning, but nobody was mentioning 9/11 around 6:30 when I did a quick scan of the cable news outlets, though I'm sure they got to it later. Obviously here in the NY market everyone is covering it.

I'll never bury the rage I feel over what these animals did to my hometown and in order to keep myself calm I think I'll avoid any leftist sites today. Already had some puke come in and drop a pile in the comments to a Just a Grunt item at my place. A--holes just can't properly pay respect, so consumed by their own anger, bitterness and hatred for America. Makes me sick.

I said a prayer this morning for my friends who were killed and all the others who was killed just for being an American. They're casualties of war and we should never forget them.

I never will.

Spoke to a friend of mine who lives four blocks north of the WTC a little while ago. He still gets very emotional about what went down that morning as he was right in the middle of the madness.

re: #3 zombie

Sadly, incredibly, however, most of America has seemed to have forgotten.

Google, however does seem to have forgotten. Nothing special there.

But then again, perhaps they just chose not to note the date, as they are not simply provincial Americans, they are Citizens of the World.

re: #65 StudSupreme

That's a very tacky thing to say.

re: #65 StudSupreme

You are mistaken.

Sure we have some kooks out here, much as you have them there.

They are loud and hog up all the print space and camera time here, much as they do there.

We are not them, and neither are you.

Lets not forget that.

re: #106 Ben Hur

The footage should be being shown in every age appropriate classroom across the United States today.

What a post, Charles. So concise and painfully moving...
God bless.

re: #64 NoSubmission
Excellent work No Sub! Tried to post a comment at your site, but for some reason Google doesn't recognize my password!
Just really saying thank you for your fine work and to let you know that you have two photos of "Iraq Vets Against the War" and one of those two - the blonde - was never in the military - his salute form was something he probably saw a on tv show!

re: #107 Pawn of the Oppressor

I'm glad that I don't see passing airliners as instruments of murder anymore.

I still do. Every single time I see a plane, i imagine what might happen if it crashed into something. To this day. Every single time.

#69 Krager...

re: #60 zombie

I've never watched the film "Flight 93." I simply couldn't bear it.

I made myself watch United 93. I kept wanting to turn it off and walk away, but made myself watch. The victims deserve that their story be known.

I, too, made myself watch "Flight 93". That was when I discovered I had a rose in my garden called Nicole Carol Miller, which is a 9/11 memorial rose. At the time I bought it there was no mention of 9/11; I just presumed it was named after someone notable and I wanted it in my garden for its beauty. Now when I walk through my rose garden I am always reminded that this rose is a memorial of a beautiful young woman on flight 93.

I'm glad I watched the movie.

9/11 was a wakeup call. Unfortunately too many remain asleep.

re: #119 loppyd

The footage should be being shown in every age appropriate classroom across the United States today.

Agreed. We need a clear and stark reminder each and every year.

Never forget the innocent victims who lost their lives at the hands of cowardly terrorists simply because they were AMERICANS!

Never forget the families of those victims who continue to mourn every day for loved ones taken away from them.

Never forget that America will stand up for what is right - in the face of an enemy who has no morals or compassion we will show ours. We will also show our strength and determination.

Never forget.

re: #107 Pawn of the Oppressor

I might as well stay off the internet entirely today... I'll check what Ike is doing, but I'm not one of those people who finds re-visiting tragedy to be therapeutic or inspiring.

I lost a relationship, most of the direction in my life, and my entire worldview. I realized that I was only finally, fully recovered about a year and a half ago. I'm glad that I don't see passing airliners as instruments of murder anymore. I was only in Boston, I didn't actually lose anybody I knew (lots of folks have it much worse) but I'm a sensitive type. I don't go read Kos or DU for fun, either.

It was too terrible the first time around, I've learned what I needed to learn, the lines have been drawn, and I know where I stand. I don't want to see footage, read accounts, nothin'. Not today.

It would be a mighty fuckin' good thing to, like, finally kill Osama, though... Just FYI to our esteemed Ruling Class... Let's send these fuckers back to their desert blood god, and pack along their fellow travelers and apologists with them for good measure.

I'm posting two versions of the WTC footage on my blog later today. I am doing so because I think far too many people forgot that day, and this is my way to shock them back into coherence.

I have not forgotten.

re: #63 smokefire

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Pucker up BITCH, and put some lipstick on too, you pig.

That was great Thanks.

Those images are burnt into my memory forever - the indescribable horror, the sufferings, the heroism which can never be praised enough.

And I shall never forget the images of people rejoicing in the ME - nor forgive them for that utter callousness. They stepped outside of the bonds of common humaity then and forever.

re: #117 MandyManners

That's a very tacky thing to say.

And somewhat accurate.

There was a column the week after 9/11 about how on the entrance doors of the LA offices of CNN there was a sign that read, "The terror attacks ON THE EAST COAST will not effect yada yada yada...."

Hardly unifying.

Not wanting to watch the terrorist rant.

Is Adam Gadahn in it?

re: #27 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

NEVER FORGIVE

As for the forget part, I've already heard 2 people ask why the flags are at half mast today.

I also wondered. Were the flags at half-staff on Dec. 7 during the Second World War? I would guess not, but I don't know.

The loss of life was terrible and the manner in which the murders were carried out despicable, but I always cringe when I hear people call the attacks a "tragedy" -- as if there were no human agency involved. I guess I'd be more comfortable mourning our losses if a few more Middle Eastern countries were under new management and the war won. Right after you're punched is the time to get up, wipe the blood off, and make sure that your enemy's surviving relatives won't try this sort of thing again. I guess we've got enough resources to mourn when this is appropriate, and still keep on fighting.

re: #121 realwest

Excellent work No Sub! Tried to post a comment at your site, but for some reason Google doesn't recognize my password!
Just really saying thank you for your fine work and to let you know that you have two photos of "Iraq Vets Against the War" and one of those two - the blonde - was never in the military - his salute form was something he probably saw a on tv show!

Hey real! Thanks! How are you?

I've photographed one of those Iraq War Vets before at Union Square. The dark haired guy. The look in his eyes is pretty far gone. Sad really.

I've already posted about 9/11 at length in the previous thread. I'll only add the reports that many Arabs in Brooklyn were dancing in the streets as the Towers burned.

Some Italian-American gentlemen approached the dancers, showed them their gats, and suggested that they take their party to a more private place out of respect. The dancers then retreated from the streets.

It took me awhile, but I did watch Flight 93.

It's difficult, but I did it out of tribute to those heroes.

I still find the documentary by the Gaudet brothers to be the most jarring yet poignant piece ever released. My wife's cousin is prominently featured in there while in the command center of the north tower. Seeing the look on his face is haunting. He's lucky to be alive but he lost 343 brothers that day.

re: #128 Who Watches the Watchmen?

I have not forgotten.

My wife told me to remember to put the flag up.
She didn't notice I was already headed out the door, with the flag.

re: #106 Ben Hur

FOX & Friends did a flashback this morning

While at the same time on ABC, CBS, NBC.........they did stories about the Sarah Palin action figure for instance (Early Show)

Couldn't MEMRI put some clearer subtitles to that video?
It's agonizing hearing this fucking dialect of hell.

re: #125 TN_Vol

Agreed. We need a clear and stark reminder each and every year.

Some school will rue the day they hire me if I ever go back to get my masters of ed.

re: #139 Brees

FOX & Friends did a flashback this morning

While at the same time on ABC, CBS, NBC.........they did stories about the Sarah Palin action figure for instance (Early Show)

Have they figured out where Palin was on 9/11 and why she was involved?

An anthem for this day.

Darryl Worley - Have You Forgotten?

I hear people saying we don't need this war
But, I say there's some things worth fighting for
What about our freedom and this piece of ground
We didn't get to keep 'em by backing down
They say we don't realize the mess we're getting in
Before you start your preaching let me ask you this my friend

Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

They took all the footage off my T.V.
Said it's too disturbing for you and me
It'll just breed anger that's what the experts say
If it was up to me I'd show it everyday
Some say this country's just out looking for a fight
Well, after 9/11 man I'd have to say that's right

Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And we vowed to get the one’s behind bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

I've been there with the soldiers
Who've gone away to war
And you can bet that they remember
Just what they're fighting for

Have you forgotten all the people killed?
Yeah, some went down like heroes in that Pennsylvania field
Have you forgotten about our Pentagon?
All the loved ones that we lost and those left to carry on
Don't you tell me not to worry about bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

Have you forgotten?
Have you forgotten?

re: #139 Brees

FOX & Friends did a flashback this morning

While at the same time on ABC, CBS, NBC.........they did stories about the Sarah Palin action figure for instance (Early Show)

Well to be honest they are more afraid of Sarah Palin that terrorists. Not sure what that says about them, but it sure is interesting?

re: #132 Ben Hur

And somewhat accurate.

There was a column the week after 9/11 about how on the entrance doors of the LA offices of CNN there was a sign that read, "The terror attacks ON THE EAST COAST will not effect yada yada yada...."

Hardly unifying.

But, to paint everyone on the West Coast with such a broad brush as he did?

re: #3 zombie

Sadly, incredibly, however, most of America has seemed to have forgotten.

It is the job of all in positions of leadership to remind the population regularly. And any fears during election season that such reminders could be perceived as partisan political ploys should be ignored.

re: #103 docremulac
Actually they never talk about their "contacts" few though they may be, with the U.S. Army, either, especially not the U.S. Special Forces, Rangers or 82nd Airborne!

I woke that morning to Dave Rickards, of my favorite morning radio show, saying "They have changed the New York skyline forever." I will never forget that.

re: #137 JammieWearingFool

Hi Jammie,

I agree about the Gaudet brothers film. But I have not seen Flight 93, though I feel I need to and I will.

re: #146 MandyManners

But, to paint everyone on the West Coast with such a broad brush as he did?

Point taken.

It's 9:11 on 9/11.

Thank you Charles, for this thread. Rest in peace Jennifer. I still miss you.

re: #144 Syrah

An anthem for this day.

Darryl Worley - Have You Forgotten?

Here is the video to go along with above

I've been watching the replay from that day on MSNBC. Crying like I did that day 7 years ago. I live in Atlantic City, NJ, where the Air National Guard was responsible that day for scrambling fighter jets. I remember hearing the roar of the engines overhead but thinking "what could they possibly do, shoot 'em down?" Then we learned the incredible story of Todd Beamer and others on Flight 93. Crying again.

One thing that stays with me throughout these past 7 years that I have to get off my chest: What if the government had rock-solid information about the plan for 9/11 and then successfully STOPPED it? Can you imagine the speech the President would have to give? "My fellow Americans, I just blew up a guy in a cave that you never heard of because we have credible information that he was planning an attack. I am sending troops into Afganistan to expel the Taliban, a group you never heard of. I can't share with you the intelligence, due to the sensitive nature of the operations..."

First of all, NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE HIM! " A guy in a cave? You dumb cowboy, you flushed away Clinton's peace in the middle east because of a guy in a cave? Because Richard Clarke wrote a memo? What about Saddam Hussein? That's the real mad man!"

Ah, phuck it. i could go on and on...but its just too sad of a day.

BBL

re: #146 MandyManners

I'm willing to offer an initial excuse that perhaps they meant only the west coast Hollywood crowd and not all of us

I hate to feed upon ourselves this or any other day.

/optimist mode

'An act of Jihad", how accurate & to the point.
On a bright note, I just got my McCain yard signs delivered.
I have two out. Hard to get McCain/Palin, but my friend promised that we are at the top of his list.

Posted my memories on the last thread. To long to inflict on the host by reposting here.

A terrible, terrible day indeed. And we definitely need a reminder every year. At least until somebody catches that Bin Laden guy. Whatever happened to him, anyway?

I attended a very moving ceremony this morning in DC at the Department of Labor. Nobody at that ceremony forgot ... we never will!

7 years ago, I was a professor at a small school in wester PA. A student came up to me after class and said, "planes crashed into both World Trade Centers." I remember saying, "that just could not be - it sounds like some sort of Internet story," and we checked a reliable website to see if it was being reported anywhere. When it was confirmed, I remember saying "this changes everything." shortly afterward, we heard that another plane crashed 30 minutes from our school. Initially, I thought it was coincidence (not able to fully comprehend the enormity of the attacks), but with the rest of the sane world, soon accepted the fact that we were in a new war.

re: #112 Iron Fist
Or ever Forgiven, either.

re: #150 loppyd

Hi Jammie,

I agree about the Gaudet brothers film. But I have not seen Flight 93, though I feel I need to and I will.

Do so. It's actually well done. Just remember that there are two films, Flight 93, which is a made-for-TV movie; and United 93, which was shown in theaters. I've seen both.

re: #150 loppyd

Loppy, must have stayed up late last night.

14 innings and only 2 lousy runs.
Damn Sox, they will break your heart...........again

I'll never forget and I'll fight for my freedom, against emenies both abroad and at home, to the very end.

Join the NRA

Rush is already on fire today.

re: #159 opnion

'An act of Jihad", how accurate & to the point.
On a bright note, I just got my McCain yard signs delivered.
I have two out. Hard to get McCain/Palin, but my friend promised that we are at the top of his list.

I usually go out and get ALOT of campaign signs and distribute them to my "Knowledgeable Patients". I haven't gotten the McCain/Palin ones yet and the troops are starting to grumble. I better get moving.

re: #156 acfunk

I've been watching the replay from that day on MSNBC. Crying like I did that day 7 years ago. I live in Atlantic City, NJ, where the Air National Guard was responsible that day for scrambling fighter jets. I remember hearing the roar of the engines overhead but thinking "what could they possibly do, shoot 'em down?" Then we learned the incredible story of Todd Beamer and others on Flight 93. Crying again.

One thing that stays with me throughout these past 7 years that I have to get off my chest: What if the government had rock-solid information about the plan for 9/11 and then successfully STOPPED it? Can you imagine the speech the President would have to give? "My fellow Americans, I just blew up a guy in a cave that you never heard of because we have credible information that he was planning an attack. I am sending troops into Afganistan to expel the Taliban, a group you never heard of. I can't share with you the intelligence, due to the sensitive nature of the operations..."

First of all, NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE HIM! " A guy in a cave? You dumb cowboy, you flushed away Clinton's peace in the middle east because of a guy in a cave? Because Richard Clarke wrote a memo? What about Saddam Hussein? That's the real mad man!"

Ah, phuck it. i could go on and on...but its just too sad of a day.

DING.
And I just copied the text to pass along in some e-mails.
Hope I'm not doing a copyright infringement or something, but that one needs to be passed on.

re: #126 Racer X
Great post my friend.
Just add at the end:
"Never Forgive".

Gina Gershon Strips Down Sarah Palin

One of Bill Clintons ho's whose only intellectual accomplishment is being able to pretend to be someone else poking fun at Palin and essentially calling her stupid.

re: #167 JammieWearingFool

Rush is already on fire today.

As well he should be. It was even during the attacks that the leftists went after Bush, on the freaking air.

re: #164 Honorary Yooper

Do so. It's actually well done. Just remember that there are two films, Flight 93, which is a made-for-TV movie; and United 93, which was shown in theaters. I've seen both.

I'm referring to the one that was in theaters. I watched it on cable some time ago.

I will never forget, nor will I ever forgive. May God Bless our Country, especially now, and may He guide and keep our Military safe.

Remember, only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you; Jesus Christ and the American GI. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.

I have not forgotten.

May God bless and keep all those innocents that perished, and grant serenity to those families who survive.

May God DAMN for all eternity those who planned and executed this savage act, as well as ALL islamists who even entertain the thought of trying something like this again.

re: #168 Nevergiveup

I usually go out and get ALOT of campaign signs and distribute them to my "Knowledgeable Patients". I haven't gotten the McCain/Palin ones yet and the troops are starting to grumble. I better get moving.

I now have a bunch of yard signs to distribute.

re: #132 Ben Hur
Hell, Ben, CNN isn't about unifying, it's about propogandizing.

Yo yo, Word up! FNC is repoting that Kanye West & his road manager just got busted at LAX. Apparently an altercation with a member of the press.

The American Flag of Honor with the names of all those victims of 9/11 is proudly hung on my living room wall. I read those names every, single night. Jews, Christians and Moslem alike are listed.

G-d bless America. Keep her safe and secure and free.

I was up at 2:30 a.m. posting on LGF this morning. For some reason, this is a particularly difficult anniversary for me. As I've mentioned, I work for Marsh & McLennan and we lost nearly 300 colleagues when the first plane hit. Our sales office was in the second tower and they escaped after a 1993 survivor told everyone to leave despite the instructions that came over the intercom telling them to stay put. Many of those people lost their jobs in 2005 when Eliot Spitzer used Marsh as his stepping stone to the governorship (and we all know how that turned out!). They survived 9-11, but not the political aspirations of one man. Sad....

Charles' slideshow should be required viewing in every school in America ---very well done!--and thanks

Love thy neighbor ... until he knocks your buildings down. Then kick his ass.

I spent quite a bit of time this morning rereading the "never forget" cache that Charles has maintained for us. Had to quit, still could not stand it. Tilly's story is absolutely overwhelming, each time I read it.

Thank you, Charles, for maintaining those threads & keeping LGF running magnificently.

re: #180 opnion

.................aw gee, thats too bad.

I can hear it now...................."the bitch set me up", no wait that has already been used.

re: #154 buzzsawmonkey
Indeed

You could see the glow of the unextinguished fires in the bowels of the wreckage across the river for weeks afterwards.

and we who lived in midtown Manhattan smelled it for a month or more afterwards.

Looking at all the idiots down there today, I want to barf. I took my wife and kids to ground zero on 9/11/02....there were some of those guys then, but now it looks like a circus. There were still burn marks on the buildings around the site and some of the other buildings were still damaged. I used to go to the DHL office in the mall area under the Twin Towers when I worked in the city back in the 1980's. When I went back there again and did not see the two towers for the first time, it was like part of my body and soul had been removed. All of those people, regardless of what they are trying say, should give the people that died that day some respect.....I feel like going down there again and passing out free knuckle sandwiches to the lot of them...ugh! They should treat that area with some respect.

OK, I'm back. I had to unload on a 9/11 nut. It's hard to believe they are still out there.
Gezzzz.

Phew feel better now.

I will never forget the event or the victims, but for the cause, it is not a matter of just rememberance, it is a matter of understanding and, for the fallen and for all of us, response.

The photo of my husband and me that sits on my desk at work was taken in Windows on the World in 1998.

re: #172 Honorary Yooper

As well he should be. It was even during the attacks that the leftists went after Bush, on the freaking air.

I was stranded north of the border that day after my flight home was canceled. By 2 pm that day some jerkoff I was speaking with started dragging Israel into the discussion and saying we had it coming. It took all the restraint I could muster to avoid decapitating him.

I was at a hotel in Montreal and I'll never forget seeing a lot of Arab types all buzzing on the cell phones. They all had the look of smug satisfaction on their faces. It wasn't until the early morning of 9/13 when I was able to drive out of Canada. I've crossed the border into and out of Canada probably a hundred times over the years but never had I been so happy to return to the USA.

It was one of the eeriest scenes though, seeing military all over the place and the crossing at Port Champlain was absolutely deserted. Driving south I don't think I saw any other vehicles other than police for about 100 miles. One of the spookiest drives I ever had.

I can't help but think of these things every year on this day.

re: #158 Adrenalyn

I'm willing to offer an initial excuse that perhaps they meant only the west coast Hollywood crowd and not all of us

I hate to feed upon ourselves this or any other day.

/optimist mode

I agree 100 per cent.

Totally, utterly OT, but it just shows a bit of how the leftist mind works, so not completely:

In an article this morning in the SF Chronicle in which the writer tells readers to vote for a ballot proposition legalizing prostitution in San Francisco, a commenter made the following comment, which the editors featured as the "best" comment:

"...for those of you who don't like the "Tranny Hookers" on your corner- well, honey, they were there long before your yuppie ass moved to the city, so actually, you are ruining THEIR neighborhood. Get over yourself and move to the suburbs if you don't like the city. Tranny hookers are people too, and maybe it would be easier for you to remember that if you ever started treating them as such. Compassion is the only thing that will ever break through bigotry like yours."

My head is spinning.

9/11 troofers should be thankful they live in a society where they're free to spew their bilge. But they're too stupid to realize that if they acted like that in certain countries they'd disappear and never be seen again.

It is doubly painful this year for me as I watch this presidential election and Barack Obama, a man who has allied with enemies of this country time and time again, is so close to winning the White House.

Who would have thought? Not in my wildest nightmares.

I will never forget. And I will never stop being proud of how George W. Bush took out the Taliban shortly after that horrible day. It's not over and there have been mistakes made, but it was so amazing to see an American president actually stand up for our country and take action.

And it's good to know that McCain would have done the same.

God Bless America.

I was on Long Island that day, watching it all happen live on News 12. I remember being in a bar in Islip after work told everyone to go home. The hotel bar was filled with pilots and flight attendants who worked for Southwest. They didn't know anyone on board the four flights, but their feeling of loss and devastation were the same. These were their collegues. This could have just as easily been them. And of course, they were Americans, too; feeling the same violation that (most of) the rest of us were feeling on top of it.

I've been in NYC and environs at least 5 or 6 times since 9/11 and I still can't bring myself to go down to Ground Zero.

re: #146 MandyManners

But, to paint everyone on the West Coast with such a broad brush as he did?

Thank you Mandy. I don't think I could have responded civilly to that.

re: #195 zombie

Tranny Hookers are people too.....who knew?

Outrageous! Outrageous!

/Daschle.

Fucking Troofers.

re: #65 StudSupreme

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re: #196 JammieWearingFool

9/11 troofers should be thankful they live in a society where they're free to spew their bilge. But they're too stupid to realize that if they acted like that in certain countries they'd disappear and never be seen again.

That's backwards, no offense.
The troofers would be publicized in "certain countries" and made heroes.
It's us non-troofers that would would disappear in those countries.

re: #199 doppelganglander

I've been in NYC and environs at least 5 or 6 times since 9/11 and I still can't bring myself to go down to Ground Zero.

The first time that I flew into Newark & looked over to Manhattan, the skyline was still a shock. I knew the towers were gone but you still go through cognitive dissonance.

Two of the many things I remember:

1. Most people I spoke with in the days following said, "Thank G-d Al Gore isn't president.

2. Bush on the pile with the fireman. I said, "He just got re-elected." And because of that, it's the exact moment the Dems went ape-shit and started attacking Bush.

Comic Relief:

Making Politics Simple

re: #205 jwb7605

Not is Russia, if it had happened to them instead of us.

re: #192 JammieWearingFool Hi Jammie - some 3 weeks after the attacks on 9/11, my then wife and I took two married couples (one had just arrived from Arizona) to dinner.
One of the other men started in with "Well we really should examine our foreign policy with regards to Israel to try to understand their motivation for attacking the WTC" and I exploded. In a very crowded, but subdued restaurant, at full voice I told him that the opinons of mass murderers carried no weight AT ALL with me and I REFUSED to allow the victims to be blamed for that intentionally murderous attack.
It wasn't until the three women (all Jews, btw) there grabbed me, that I realized I had grabbed him by his shirtfront and was prepared to truly beat the shit out of him.
The feeling of murderous rage that permeated MOST of Manhattan - indeed most of NYC - was something palpable in those times.
How quickly some were to rationalize those attacks and, sadly, how many fail to even remember them.

The films of the attack should be played many times each year...not just once in a while via some cable show.

Every American should see it until they understand what was planned, what actually happened, and what has not happened since that day. It is constantly stated that a picture is worth a thousand words...then let us see them and make up our own minds as to what is going on.

Try and remember what happened every day, every year until we can prevent it from ever happening again.

God Bless them all...and God Bless George Bush...and God Bless America.

Good afternoon, my pixelated friends.

Why did I feel that the most important thing I could do was to come here and spend some time with you all?

re: #208 Dustoff-507

Not is Russia, if it had happened to them instead of us.

I note the distinction.

re: #182 jill e

I was up at 2:30 a.m. posting on LGF this morning. For some reason, this is a particularly difficult anniversary for me. As I've mentioned, I work for Marsh & McLennan and we lost nearly 300 colleagues when the first plane hit. Our sales office was in the second tower and they escaped after a 1993 survivor told everyone to leave despite the instructions that came over the intercom telling them to stay put. Many of those people lost their jobs in 2005 when Eliot Spitzer used Marsh as his stepping stone to the governorship (and we all know how that turned out!). They survived 9-11, but not the political aspirations of one man. Sad....

Many more will not survive the political aspirations of Obama if he becomes president.

My condolences on the loss of your co-workers.

re: #195 zombie

How is promoting prostitution compassionate? Does this person honestly believe that hookers enjoy their lifestyle choice? Most prostitutes, tranny and otherwise, have a history of drug addiction and sexual abuse. The most compassionate thing you can do for a hooker is to arrest her, if that's what it takes to help her get off the streets. I will never understand the moonbat mind.

I will never forget. Ever. And to the fair-weather patriots who felt a fleeting kumbayah moment in the aftermath but have gone on to show their derision for the ideal that is America (aka most of the Democrat party):

We will not forget you, either. From Harry Reid who proclaimed the war in Iraq "lost" last year, to all those sniveling, simpering "Celebrities" like Alec Baldwin and Susan Sarandan who threaten to leave our shores if they don't get their prissy little way, to Barack Obama, who now says the surge was a success though he was never for it before, and who declined to visit with our wounded troops in Germany because he couldn't get a good photo op out of it.

We won't forget. And on November 4, when we walk into that voting booth and the curtain is closed, you'll see how damned good our memory is.

Personally, I miss Barbara Olsen - her quick wit and biting truth on Larry King was a thing of beauty to watch. RIP, Mrs. Olsen.

re: #158 Adrenalyn

I'm willing to offer an initial excuse that perhaps they meant only the west coast Hollywood crowd and not all of us
I hate to feed upon ourselves this or any other day.
/optimist mode

that's quite obviously what he meant, however un-artfully stated.

re: #100 kawfytawk

My husband and I went to the movie theater here in TX to see United 93. When it was over no one got up and all you heard was soft sobbing. It was a VERY emotional experience. We didn't even speak on the drive home.....honestly it makes me weep as I remember.

We watched the dvd together. It has a power to draw us in and imagine being there with them and learn what had happened as they did. Anyone who has ever been an airline passenger could identify with the choices they had to make. It was stunning.

re: #207 Ben Hur

2. Bush on the pile with the fireman. I said, "He just got re-elected." And because of that, it's the exact moment the Dems went ape-shit and started attacking Bush.

Politics over country.

Or to paraphrase McCain, winning an election more important than winning a war.

Portae Inferi Non Praevalebunt. Bag pipes. Amazing grace.

re: #137 JammieWearingFool

It took me awhile, but I did watch Flight 93.

It's difficult, but I did it out of tribute to those heroes.

I still find the documentary by the Gaudet brothers to be the most jarring yet poignant piece ever released. My wife's cousin is prominently featured in there while in the command center of the north tower. Seeing the look on his face is haunting. He's lucky to be alive but he lost 343 brothers that day.

That documentary was outstanding.

It drove home, for me, all the suffernings of the ordinary folks, and itmade the firemen shine as beacons of heroism.
'Only doing their duty' - but well knowing that this might be the last thing they ever did in their lives.

It showed things which got lost in the overwhelming live reports of that day, when so much was still unknown.

U2 Super Bowl XXXVI Tribute to 9-11 Victims. Very moving...

re: #199 doppelganglander
It took me 4 years to go down there and I only went because I had to move out of NYC and I just had to pay my respects in person.

Charles - Whenever I hit the reply or quote button, I keep getting redirected back to the main page

Here is another....................just in case.

OH BTW, NEVER FORGET THIS ONE EITHER.]

re: #209 realwest

Hi Jammie - some 3 weeks after the attacks on 9/11, my then wife and I took two married couples (one had just arrived from Arizona) to dinner.
One of the other men started in with "Well we really should examine our foreign policy with regards to Israel to try to understand their motivation for attacking the WTC" and I exploded. In a very crowded, but subdued restaurant, at full voice I told him that the opinons of mass murderers carried no weight AT ALL with me and I REFUSED to allow the victims to be blamed for that intentionally murderous attack.
It wasn't until the three women (all Jews, btw) there grabbed me, that I realized I had grabbed him by his shirtfront and was prepared to truly beat the shit out of him.
The feeling of murderous rage that permeated MOST of Manhattan - indeed most of NYC - was something palpable in those times.
How quickly some were to rationalize those attacks and, sadly, how many fail to even remember them.

I'm like that, too.
Twice in my life I've had to say "I did what?"
I offered no apology, though.

"If someone is coming to kill you, rise up first and kill this person"

(Talmud, Berakhot 62b)

After seven years, there should be an identical pair of towers sitting in defiance in the very same spot.

re: #65 StudSupreme

I've noticed a stunning difference between east and west coast reactions to the significance of this day.
West coasters ridicule it.

I'm an east coaster. And I have not forgotten.

Nor shall I ever forgive.

Wide brush you paint with.

re: #226 Flavia

"If someone is coming to kill you, rise up first and kill this person"

(Talmud, Berakhot 62b)

The Rodef?

Bless them and screw them!

MSNBC was replaying 9/11 coverage from the Today Show. There was a reporter on the ground after the first tower collapsed. In the background were a group of firefighters going to the other tower. I'm sure many of these men knew they were going to their death that day. Yet they went anyway. What totally incredible people. To say that you will sacrifice your life to save another.

They were true heroes. They will be remembered always.

re: #65 StudSupreme

I've noticed a stunning difference between east and west coast reactions to the significance of this day.
West coasters ridicule it.

I'm an east coaster. And I have not forgotten.

Nor shall I ever forgive.

Well, you're not in my "hood," that's fer sure. Up and down the streets, flags - on poles, mounted on porches, planted in ground. I'm about as south and west as you can get and still be in the US - I assure you, I'm not seeing any ridicule.

re: #215 Intrepid
Just a wonderful post. Thank you for that.

re: #209 realwest

Reasoned response, sir.

Apparently Obama has left the 9-11 service and will momentarily arrive at Bill Clinton's Harlem office for a little "private lunch".

Call me nuts, but I find that offensive, if not sacreligious.

Obama: "Let's get out of here - I got a date with Hilary's husband in Harlem."
/

re: #201 Desert Dog

Tranny Hookers are people too.....who knew?

Really weird people, but people none-the-less.

Front Page of the Seattle Least Intelligence.
9/11 is in the AP side bar.

KING 5, it rates in "more top stories."

The words "tragedy" and speaking of the "lost" abound.
Pathetic weak cowardly words.

We were attacked and our citizens killed by evil men on a mission of evil.

Since they our military under the direction has liberated 50 million people and rooted out the enemy in two safe haven countries, our enemies have been pursued, and killed elsewhere. Our intelligence, military, and law enforcement has prevent further attacks against us at home.

The criticism of the President started within hours, "he was hiding on Air Force One" and has not let up.

We must not forget, the events of that day, nor the responses of those in leadership positions those who stood, those who cowered in the following days, months and years.

Never forgetting means not returning to the policies that played a part in allowing the attacks to take place. That's not politicizing the memory of day, that's cold hard truth. Never forget has a flip side, if you turn the coin of Never Forget over, it says on the other side Never Again.

Never Forget is empty meaningless rhetoric with out the strength, courage and will to say and make Never Again a reality.

God Bless the United States of America.
God Bless George W. Bush.
God Bless all in Uniform serving to keep us safe.

re: #81 buzzsawmonkey

The artist Eric Fischl came in for a huge amount of condemnation for making a sculpture of a jumping/falling body not long after 9/11.

Were it not that the sculpture shows victimization rather than anger, retaliation, and triumph, I would support that sculpture being part of a memorial, simply because it shows, graphically, part of the horror of that day better than any damned reflecting pool, wall of memory, or grove of trees.

I want a memorial that shows heroism and sacrifice and, yes, pain. I don't want something that papers over the incident with phony peacifying.

It is amazing that almost no serious artists have come up with something substantial,
regarding 9/11. It seems that the magnitude of the event has rendered a lot of us speechless. It may also be a sign of the sorry state of the art in the Western World, that it isn't able to bring forth a meaningful reaction to the attacks.
Eric Fishl's sculpture was not art, unfortunately, it didn't transcend the horror, it just displayed a news image, we had seen too many times.
It was, so to speak, devoid of authentic experience, which can't be gained by watching the news.
Here's a link to 2 paintings, (called "the gatherings"), I did in the year after 9/11, they depict the first Friday night after the attacks when we were standing vigil at street corners in Manhattan, in front of makeshift memorials at fire stations.
I was thoroughly shaken by the attacks and wasn't able to work for about 2-3 months, my previous work seemed completely meaningless in the face of this new reality of a global jihad. Then I took it as an artistic challenge and tried to look at us, the survivors of it.
Needless to say that 9/11 changed my approach to national and international politics
completely from somewhat indifferent to vigilant American.
The paintings will be on permanent display at the new National 9/11 Memorial and Museum at Ground Zero.

re: #199 doppelganglander

I've been in NYC and environs at least 5 or 6 times since 9/11 and I still can't bring myself to go down to Ground Zero.

It was 5 years since 9/11 that I first went down there. I had no idea they put up a gawking station. The tourists were in throngs. I didn't recognize where I was. It was very disorienting seeing Century 21 dept. store with NO World Trade Center in front of it. I clung to the fence looking at the holes in the ground and cried like a little girl. I had never shown emotion quite like that in a public place since my own sister died 20 years ago.

For some, time means nothing. For others September is a punchline.

re: #170 realwest

Hi RW!

I am in tears today man.

I will forgive. I will forgive the radical islamists when they no longer have the capacity to ever, EVER harm another innocent soul again. I will forgive when they are utterly and completely obliterated, wiped from the earth and forgotten. I will forgive when their ancestors no longer remember who they were, yet they know of brave Americans.

Thats when I will forgive.

I will remember this day for the rest of my life and what I did after. I had just came into the common area and duty station from PT. Hot, sweaty but energized only to stare at the TV with disbelief at what was happening. I thought it was some kind accident until I saw the next plain slam into the second tower. "We're at War." was all I could say. Almost immediately MCAS Yuma, AZ was on full alert with heavy machine guns stationed at the base entrance with roving patrols with loaded rifles and machine guns.

A few months later I was upgrading all throttle quads and control sticks as a intermediate electrician 6432 for all the AV-8B Harriers 40 pieces in under three days to drop hell on our enemies on board the LHD-6 Bonhomme Richard part of the 13th MEU 500 lbs at a time. I hope this continues for the future "until victory is America's and there is no enemy but peace." ---Ending of the Rifleman's Creed

Now I work in the Rockies building and repairing tools that will help us extract oil and natural gas from American soil. Drill, baby drill! McCain and Palin for '08!

re: #240 NoSubmission
pimf
September 11

re: #225 jwb7605
Neither did I.
And to his credit, he apologized for his remarks - some Americans were still in a state of absolute shock and tried to "understand" why those mass murders took place.

Never forget.
Never surrender.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

re: #60 zombie

I've never watched the film "Flight 93." I simply couldn't bear it.

Heck, I couldn't even watch that stupid "Titanic" movie. I have never seen Schindler's List, either. I live in DC & cannot bring myself to go to the museum. But my daughter is becoming Bas Mitzvah next year; I'll have to take her by then.

CNN is running a whitewash piece by CAIR's own legal director, Arsalan Iftikhar, to commemorate 9/11:

[Link: ac360.blogs.cnn.com...]

Stay classy, MSM.

re: #232 Dahveed
Amen.

Watch the new documentary on History channel tonight at 9pm EDT
Here is a preview:

re: #227 jill e

After seven years, there should be an identical pair of towers sitting in defiance in the very same spot.

One story taller.

re: #187 realwest

I visited the twin towers site in late October 2001. You could still smell it... It was still smoking.

For the record I'm from Washington state, which happens to be on the WEST COAST.

re: #238 jcm

AMEN, brother!

Man, I'm looking out the window, and today is virtually a carbon copy of what I recall on that day - same temperature, same pristine, azure sky. I can recall, almost minute for minute the surreality of that entire, horrible morning. This truly is an occasion for reflection...

re: #50 buzzsawmonkey

Obama v. McCain by Amir Taheri

The difference between the two candidates laid out clearly and objectively. Three pages: read it all.

God help us if Obama gets elected.
I, for one, will NEVER forget.

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine
Et lux perpetua luceat eis.

re: #238 jcm
WOW. What a great, great post my friend.
Thank you.
Ought to be read in primetime newsbroadcasts, but of course it won't be.

re: #87 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Okay, there went my mascara.

I know I will never forget.

re: #251 WitchDoctor

For the record I'm from Washington state, which happens to be on the WEST COAST.

Wet side or dry side? Wet side here, the belly of the beast Seattle!

re: #195 zombie

That's a Violet Blue fan, innit? I consider that woman almost as much of a thoroughly-contemptible, walking-stereotype SF-uberhipster as her fellow SFGate scribbler M*** M*****d (sorry, can't bring myself to spell his name on this day).

re: #253 Cartman

Man, I'm looking out the window, and today is virtually a carbon copy of what I recall on that day - same temperature, same pristine, azure sky. I can recall, almost minute for minute the surreality of that entire, horrible morning. This truly is an occasion for reflection...

Thought the same thing this morning. In fact, every beautiful late summer morning such as this always reminds me....

re: #211 Silhouette

Good afternoon, my pixelated friends.
Why did I feel that the most important thing I could do was to come here and spend some time with you all?

was thinking the same thing as I got into the office this morning. :)

re: #11 NoSubmission

Never forget.

Here's my report from Ground Zero this morning.

I like the guy with the Obama sign (pics 2 and 3). He even has the cellophane wrap for when the troofer monkeys start throwing their feces.

I would like to see at least one memorial consisting of a giant finger pointing in the proper direction. But that's just me.

"Beautiful thoughts on September 11",

brought to you by
"The Guy who lives in B. Hussein Obama's neighborhood"

re: #251 WitchDoctor
Uh,

For the record I'm from Washington state, which happens to be on the WEST COAST.

What made you feel you needed to add that line?

re: #123 ladycatnip

#69 Krager...

I, too, made myself watch "Flight 93". That was when I discovered I had a rose in my garden called Nicole Carol Miller, which is a 9/11 memorial rose. At the time I bought it there was no mention of 9/11; I just presumed it was named after someone notable and I wanted it in my garden for its beauty. Now when I walk through my rose garden I am always reminded that this rose is a memorial of a beautiful young woman on flight 93.

I'm glad I watched the movie.

What a wonderful memory - thank you for telling us.

re: #60 zombie

I've never watched the film "Flight 93." I simply couldn't bear it.

Same here. I view every 9/11 as a long, important day of remembrance of all the horrors of that day. I've taped the "real time" playbacks by Fox and MSNBC so my kids can watch them when they're older and know what it was like as it was happening. I think it's important to remember and feel the anguish again every year and I find it is exhausting and torturous, especially when I think of all the families my family knows that lost someone that day. I feel like I owe it to them to mourn and reexperience it every year (and other days besides 9/11). I know that for me watching a movie of the Flight 93 heroes and what they went through, knowing they were going to die, would be too crushing.

re: #230 Creeping Eruption

The Rodef?

[Link: www.myjewishlearning.com...]

"Failing to kill the rodef is understood as a violation of the biblical command, "Do not stand by the blood of your brother" (Leviticus 19:16)."

"Rodef" is specifically translated as "the pursuer", & yes, it is meant as someone who pursues to murder.