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A vision of things to come...
- Thread starter Don Rearic
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yup it's about that time!!!
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Lock and Load Boys!
It's time to release Hell!
God Bless Our Armed Forces.
God Bless America!
It's time to release Hell!
God Bless Our Armed Forces.
God Bless America!
That picture says it all. We will show the world that we will not tolerate the cowardly murder of innocent people. It took a tragedy to unite us again, but I think they will soon realize they only made us stronger and more determined.
God bless the victims and their families.
God bless the rescuers.
God bless our military forces.
God bless the victims and their families.
God bless the rescuers.
God bless our military forces.
Right on!
Our leaders need to modify what they are saying. I have heard several of them say "...those responsible will be brought to justice...". What they should be saying is "Justice will be brought down on those responsible", if you know what I mean
:barf:bin Laden
:barf:Afghanistan
:barf:Iraq
:barf:Taliban
Our leaders need to modify what they are saying. I have heard several of them say "...those responsible will be brought to justice...". What they should be saying is "Justice will be brought down on those responsible", if you know what I mean
:barf:bin Laden
:barf:Afghanistan
:barf:Iraq
:barf:Taliban
SALTY
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I couldn't agree with you guys more!
I just hope that after things settle down a little bit, the government realizes that personal liberties are very near and dear to the heart of the United States of America that once was.
I fear that "anti-terrorist" measures may have collateral damage in the form of reduced freedoms and more government controls placed upon law abiding Americans. Time will tell, but it is a legitimate concern.
In the interim, I think that Reverend Billy Graham hit the nail on the head when he said that if the intent of these diobolocal schemes was to bifrocate and break up America, then it backfired and went the other way.
God Bless America. I mean all three of those words very literally.
I just hope that after things settle down a little bit, the government realizes that personal liberties are very near and dear to the heart of the United States of America that once was.
I fear that "anti-terrorist" measures may have collateral damage in the form of reduced freedoms and more government controls placed upon law abiding Americans. Time will tell, but it is a legitimate concern.
In the interim, I think that Reverend Billy Graham hit the nail on the head when he said that if the intent of these diobolocal schemes was to bifrocate and break up America, then it backfired and went the other way.
God Bless America. I mean all three of those words very literally.
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Sorry it's so long, but it is worth it!
It's my job to have something to say.They pay me to provide words that
help make sense of that which troubles the American soul. But in this
moment of airless shock when hot tears sting disbelieving eyes, the only
thing I can find to say, the only words that seem to fit, must be
addressed to the unknown author of this suffering. You monster. You beast.
You unspeakable bastard.What lesson did you hope to teach us by your
coward's attack on our World Trade Center, our Pentagon, us? What was it
you hoped we would learn? Whatever it was, please know that you failed. Did
you want us to respect your cause? You just damned your cause. Did you
want to make us fear? You just steeled our resolve.Did you want to tear us
apart? You just brought us together.
Let me tell you about my people. We are a vast and quarrelsome family,
a family rent by racial, social,
political and class division, but a family nonetheless. We're frivolous,
yes, capable of expending tremendous emotional energy on pop cultural
minutiae -- a singer's revealing dress, a ball team's misfortune, a
cartoon mouse. We're wealthy, too, spoiled by the ready availability of
trinkets and material goods, and maybe because of that, we walk through
life with a certain sense of blithe entitlement. We are fundamentally
decent, though -- peace-loving and compassionate. We struggle to know the
right thing and to do it. And we are, the overwhelming majority of us,
people of faith, believers in a just and loving God.Some people -- you,
perhaps -- think that any or all of this makes us weak. You're mistaken.
We are not weak. Indeed, we are strong in ways that cannot be measured by
arsenals.
IN PAIN Yes, we're in pain now. We are in mourning and we are in shock.
We're still grappling with the unreality of the awful thing you did, still
working to make ourselves understand that this isn't a special effect from
some Hollywood blockbuster, isn't the plot development from a Tom Clancy
novel. Both in terms of the awful scope of their ambition and the probable
final death toll, your attacks are likely to go down as the worst acts of
terrorism in the history of the United States and, probably, the history
of the world. You've bloodied us as we have never been bloodied before.
But there's a gulf of difference between making us bloody and making us
fall. This is the lesson Japan was taught to its bitter sorrow the last
time anyone hit us this hard, the last time anyone brought us such abrupt
and monumental pain. When roused, we are righteous in our outrage,
terrible in our force. When provoked by this level of barbarism, we will
bear any suffering, pay any cost, go to any length, in the pursuit of
justice. I tell you this without fear of contradiction. I know my people,
as you, I think, do not. What I know reassures me. It also causes me to
tremble with dread of the future.In the days to come, there will be
recrimination and accusation, fingers pointing to determine whose failure
allowed this to happen and what can be done to prevent it from happening
again. There will be heightened security, misguided talk of revoking basic
freedoms. We'll go forward from this moment sobered, chastened, sad. But
determined, too. Unimaginably determined.
THE STEEL IN US You see, the steel in us is not always readily apparent.
That aspect of our character is seldom understood by people who don't know
us well. On this day, the family's bickering is put on hold. As Americans
we will weep, as Americans we will mourn, and as Americans, we will rise
in defense of all that we cherish.
So I ask again: What was it you hoped to teach us? It occurs to me that
maybe you just wanted us to know the depths of your hatred. If that's the
case, consider the message received.
And take this message in exchange:
You don't know my people. You don't know what we're capable of.
You don't know what you just started.
.........but you're about to learn.
It's my job to have something to say.They pay me to provide words that
help make sense of that which troubles the American soul. But in this
moment of airless shock when hot tears sting disbelieving eyes, the only
thing I can find to say, the only words that seem to fit, must be
addressed to the unknown author of this suffering. You monster. You beast.
You unspeakable bastard.What lesson did you hope to teach us by your
coward's attack on our World Trade Center, our Pentagon, us? What was it
you hoped we would learn? Whatever it was, please know that you failed. Did
you want us to respect your cause? You just damned your cause. Did you
want to make us fear? You just steeled our resolve.Did you want to tear us
apart? You just brought us together.
Let me tell you about my people. We are a vast and quarrelsome family,
a family rent by racial, social,
political and class division, but a family nonetheless. We're frivolous,
yes, capable of expending tremendous emotional energy on pop cultural
minutiae -- a singer's revealing dress, a ball team's misfortune, a
cartoon mouse. We're wealthy, too, spoiled by the ready availability of
trinkets and material goods, and maybe because of that, we walk through
life with a certain sense of blithe entitlement. We are fundamentally
decent, though -- peace-loving and compassionate. We struggle to know the
right thing and to do it. And we are, the overwhelming majority of us,
people of faith, believers in a just and loving God.Some people -- you,
perhaps -- think that any or all of this makes us weak. You're mistaken.
We are not weak. Indeed, we are strong in ways that cannot be measured by
arsenals.
IN PAIN Yes, we're in pain now. We are in mourning and we are in shock.
We're still grappling with the unreality of the awful thing you did, still
working to make ourselves understand that this isn't a special effect from
some Hollywood blockbuster, isn't the plot development from a Tom Clancy
novel. Both in terms of the awful scope of their ambition and the probable
final death toll, your attacks are likely to go down as the worst acts of
terrorism in the history of the United States and, probably, the history
of the world. You've bloodied us as we have never been bloodied before.
But there's a gulf of difference between making us bloody and making us
fall. This is the lesson Japan was taught to its bitter sorrow the last
time anyone hit us this hard, the last time anyone brought us such abrupt
and monumental pain. When roused, we are righteous in our outrage,
terrible in our force. When provoked by this level of barbarism, we will
bear any suffering, pay any cost, go to any length, in the pursuit of
justice. I tell you this without fear of contradiction. I know my people,
as you, I think, do not. What I know reassures me. It also causes me to
tremble with dread of the future.In the days to come, there will be
recrimination and accusation, fingers pointing to determine whose failure
allowed this to happen and what can be done to prevent it from happening
again. There will be heightened security, misguided talk of revoking basic
freedoms. We'll go forward from this moment sobered, chastened, sad. But
determined, too. Unimaginably determined.
THE STEEL IN US You see, the steel in us is not always readily apparent.
That aspect of our character is seldom understood by people who don't know
us well. On this day, the family's bickering is put on hold. As Americans
we will weep, as Americans we will mourn, and as Americans, we will rise
in defense of all that we cherish.
So I ask again: What was it you hoped to teach us? It occurs to me that
maybe you just wanted us to know the depths of your hatred. If that's the
case, consider the message received.
And take this message in exchange:
You don't know my people. You don't know what we're capable of.
You don't know what you just started.
.........but you're about to learn.