[originally posted 9/11/06]
I am taken aback when I hear that someone can actually utter these words.
It sickens me to the core. Anyone that is shallow enough to say such a thing should be dropped off in Iran or Pakistan for just a few days to see what life is like for the people that are trying to kill us. If they manage to keep their heads connected to their bodies they might develop a newfound respect for and awareness of the country that allows them to live comfortably enough to be cl”9-11ueless about the realities around them.
I’m not talking about those who are trying to cope with 9/11, trying to ‘get over’ their grief. I’m talking about the clueless twentysomethings (and even thirtysomethings) that care more about the big game, or who’s banging who on Big Brother, than they do about the security of our country and their own damned future. Maybe it’s because I’m in Texas, and deep down inside many Texans couldn’t care less about what happens up there in <>Texas accent> Ne-ew Yark Citay . Maybe they would think differently of 9/11 if 3,000 people were killed 80 miles up the road in Austin instead of 1,600 miles up the road. I grew up about a 90 minute drive from New York City, maybe my subconsious homing beacon is getting the best of me.
I’ve also hear people say that George W. Bush and his administration are responsible for 9/11. In fact, CNN posted a poll on the topic. (source) Yeah right. Let’s do some simple math to clear this one up.
Question: How long did it take Al Qaeda to fund, plan and prepare for the 9/11 attacks?
Answer: Probably more than eight months. A few years sounds more accurate.
Does that sound reasonable? If so, move to round two. If not, I’m surprised you are smart enough to read in the first place.
Question: How long was Bush in office when the 9/11 attacks took place?
Answer: Eight months.
There is no way that the 9/11 attacks are due to GWB or his adminsitration. Yet, the CNN poll shows that the number of people that think Bush is responsible for 9/11 is actually increasing. True, polls don’t mean much and the political bias of CNN has been recognized for years, but the fact that this poll question even exists is scary to me. Then again, CNN recently asked its viewers who would win in a debate between George W and President Anamanapea from Iran. I guess I shoudn’t expect more than this from the Crappy News Network.”9
As our government runs amok, as our media swoons in the puppy-love of a charismatic charlatan, as our youthful voting population is enamored with reality television, I offer the following quotes to help try and “reset” American patriotism. If you want more, go purchase “The 5,000 Year Leap” by W. Cleon Scousen (ISBN-13: 978-0-88080-148-5). This is where I found the quotes below.
- “The Utopian schemes of leveling [re-distribution of the wealth] and a community of goods [central ownership of the means of production and distribution], are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the Crown. [These ideas] are arbitrary, despotic, and, in our government, unconstitutional.” – Samuel Adams
- “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – John Adams
- “For it is truth, which the experience of all ages has attested, that the people are commonly most in danger when the means of injuring their rights are in the possession of those [toward] whom they entertain the least suspicion.” – Alexander Hamilton
- “In questions of power, let no more be said of confidence in Man. But bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson
- “If the day should ever arrive (which God forbid!) when the people of the different parts of our country shall allow their local affairs to be administered by prefects sent from Washington, and when the self-government of the States shall have been so far lost as that of the departments of France, or even so closely limited as that of the counties of England – on that day the political career of the American people will have been robbed of its most interesting and valuable features, and the usefulness of this nation will be lamentable impaired.” – John Fiske
- “It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is today, can guess what it will be tomorrow. Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known and less fixed? – James Madison, Federalist Paper #62
I’ve gathered a few quotes that caught my eye today on hotair.com. Enjoy.
- Someday soon… may be a week, may be a few months… America is going to wake up… with a terrible hangover, a new tatoo, and find themselves in bed with a transvestite, and ask themselves “just what the hell did I do last night?”
- “This is no ordinary time in the history of our democracy, and none of us can afford to behave like ordinary people. Every patriot must wish for the new president to succeed. ….” Ridiculous hyperbole. Set aside the fact that these vaunted editors of a major newspaper don’t know this is a Republic, not a Democracy, I’ll take my cue from the founding fathers in hoping the party opposite fails in spectacular fashion and remind them of their failures constantly.
- This is the most disturbing day I have had since 9/11. I feel the same fear, sadness, anxiety and dread. My head is spinning from the all of the utter absurdity and adoration of this man. I’m afraid we have turned a corner from a world we will never see again. I have no hail and I have no chief. I am a woman without a country.
- Seriously…I have had enough. I am not going to shut up and be nice. The liberals weren’t nice…even today. I am supposed to be bigger than they are? Why? I don’t think I could ever stoop to the level of vitriol displayed by the libs – I am more mature than that – but no way in Hell am I gonna start holding hands and singing kumbaya because “they” say so.During Bush dissent was patriotic. During Bush protesting and obstructing was patriotic. During Bush motivating our enemies and demoralizing our troops was patriotic. Now that The One is in office? Even disagreeing with him makes you unpatriotic. Want to stop his spendingpalooza? Unpatriotic. It’s time for us to come together and be bipartisan! You have to support the President! Dissent is unpatriotic!
- One of the mistakes many pundits on the right are making, is in the idea that suddenly, now that they are in power, the Left will grow up and behave reasonably. They went ape shit about 6 years ago, and started celebrating the most extreme of their groups. KOS, Code Pink, Cindy Sheehan… extremists got not only a platform, but lauded for their extremism, and given support (code pink got front row seats today…). Since then, they have driven the agenda through sheer volume. They yell, they scream, they protest, and the media gives them attention, while ignoring any other viewpoint. Well, it worked folks. In the last 6 years they took over the House, the Senate, and the Presidency… Now, do you really believe that they are going to change their behavior WHEN THEY WON? The Right, while attempting to be reasonable, has lost out to pure volume from the left… and until they start to yell back, it is not going to change.
- There is a silver lining in all of this. At long last the barrier to Afro-American success, self-confidence, and self-esteem has been removed. No longer will whitey be able to contain the ideas and contribution of blacks. No longer will blacks resort to drug abuse to lessen the pain of being held back because of racism. The rate of abortion and single-mother households in the black community will experience an “over the cliff” drop. Welfare will finally develop a negative connotation. The list is virtually endless. The bottom line, and this is the silver lining, is this: At noon on Tuesday, Jan 20, 2009, Afro-Americans will no longer be able to use the excuse of “being black”. The dark horror is over.
- What ignorant nonsense. I am so sick of all this ludicrous Obama worship. Obama was an unaccomplished state legislator, a failed Congressional candidate, and an unaccomplished half-term junior U.S. Senator, before winning the presidency because of his celebrity status. When the man has actually accomplished something of note for this country — other than winning elections — they can let me know. At that point, I’ll be happy to reassess his merits. Until then, I wish they’d just STFU.
- Liberals are weeping in joy over the end of racism in America. We conservatives have already gone way, way past this feeling. We’ve spent decades in a post-racial, happy intellectual space where racism is something other people fret over and engage in, not us. Finally, today, liberals are getting a taste of what we conservatives wake up to every day: Joy in our country, hope for a bright future, a knowledge that race doesn’t matter and whatever you want, if you work hard, you can achieve. Hey, libbies, welcome aboard!
- I will be rooting for Obama’s failure. Rooting for Obama means rooting for mass infanticide, racism, socialism, and a premature end to the mission set out for me (I’m a veteran of OIF I and III) and my fellow service members. One of the very reasons Obama is President now is because “conservatives” have failed to properly fight that which we are opposed to. There should be no defense of “taking the high road”. There is only success and failure. Right now conservatism is failing, and it’s, at least in part, the fault of those who are willing to go along to get along with our enemy.
