May your memory be eternal, bko.
Posted on 09/10/2004 6:59:07 PM PDT by annyokie
Who Killed Barbara Olson? Her many killers.
September 13, 2001 12:00 p.m.
ay before yesterday there were three Barbaras, close as sisters, joined by their zest for life, their volcanic passions, their total commitment to their loved ones, their fearless work for freedom. Barbara Olson, Barbara Comstock, Barbara Ledeen. All three chose to fight for their convictions.
All three were singled out by the Left for slanderous attacks, dehumanizing slogans, the usual stereotypes. Had there been a feminist movement worthy of the name, they would have been its heroines; instead, because they rejected the fashionable causes, insisted on traditional virtue, fought limits on real choices, and relentlessly exposed the emptiness of the Leftist slogans, they became the feminists' targets.
Now there are two. And what a loss we have suffered. Barbara Olson was a life force, a protean woman who lived life as it is supposed to be lived, celebrating the good times to the full, enduring its worst moments with grim resolve, supporting her friends and allies at all times, taking the fight to her enemies with joyful enthusiasm. She had one of the quickest and finest minds in Washington. Married to one of the greatest attorneys of our time, she was the equal of anyone in legal and political debate. But above all, she was our Braveheart, leading us into battle with the cry of "Freeeeeedom," carrying the flag of proud independence.
Braveheart to the end, fighting to the last. She had the presence of mind and the force of will to call Ted from her doomed aircraft to ask, "What should I tell the pilot to do?" Unwilling to go quiet into the dark night she wanted marching orders, for herself and for the people around her. She would not cow in the rear of the plane and submit to the murderous instructions of her captors; she wanted to go down fighting.
Perhaps she did. A person from the White House told me that there is reason to believe that plane/bomb was intended for the presidential residence, not the Pentagon, and that something happened to make it swerve suddenly. I like to think that at the last, Barbara charged the cabin, survived the knife thrusts of the monsters, and hurled herself at the kamikaze pilot, putting the plane into a loop toward Virginia.
A great woman, a woman of immeasurable valor, who brought a singular light into our lives. To see Ted with her was to understand the power of an enduring love. He was so proud of her, so delighted by her, so totally overcome with her love for him, that he knew he was the luckiest of men.
The death of such a person cannot be accepted, cannot be digested and must be avenged. Her killers are many, from the evil men on the plane to their supporters and Svengalis around the world, to all those among us who dehumanize their political opponents and thereby facilitate the transition from the politics of personal destruction to the physical destruction of their opponents. She was killed by a fraudulent and arrogant establishment that pretended it was capable of providing our people with good security and our leaders with good intelligence. Why are they permitted to remain at their posts? And not least of all, she was killed by a corrupt elite that celebrates murder, provided that the killers hold the right views and slaughter those who are political lepers. "No Regrets for a Love of Explosives" babbles the New York Times headline atop a disgraceful puff piece on Weathermen killers that appeared on the day of Barbara Olson's murder.
My America, the real America, abhors these people, as Barbara did and as the two surviving Barbaras do. And, in the course of our revenge against the physical killers, the state sponsors, the sources of the money, the dance masters in the streets of the Middle East who reveled in our misery, the leaders of the Hate America and Kill the Jews crowd, we must retain our capacity for righteous indignation against those among us who bear a heavy moral responsibility for it.
If she were still here, Barbara would have led that charge. But there are plenty of us left.
Which of course started with the Clinton administration.
That is a truly touching video. Thanks for posting the link.
Barbara was the real deal. She is greatly missed.
Ping
We're thinking of you.
I remember.
She was a wonderful presence on all those talk shows ...she had a keen mind and a wicked sense of humor. I sure miss her
" I want "revenge". "
Did you see the movie Tombstone? Referring to Wyatt Earp going after the gang who killed his brother, Doc Holliday said it's not revenge, it's a reckoning.
May your memory be eternal, bko.
I met Barbara Olsen at a small gathering in a house in Sugarland, Tx when she was promoting her book "Hell to Pay". She was bright, funny, friendly, and warm. It was horrible watching what was going on live, but it really didn't strike home until it was announced that she had been on the plane that struck the Pentagon. Somehow, the moment became very personal for me. Someone I had met face to face was now part of a terrible moment in history. She was strong, brave to the last, unflinching in her efforts to keep others calm and verify the situation to her husband.
Rest in peace, Barbara.
Rest in peace all those who were murdered viciously by the barbarians.
And may the terrorists still be experiencing their innards torn out of them while they watch demons torture them.
BKO was on that flight because she was flying out to do Bill Maher's show about Gary Condit. She was supposed to fly out the day before (Monday), but Tuesday was Ted's birthday and she wanted to be there with him that morning so changed her flight plans.
yes
You wrote:
"and all murdered that horrible day, by the subhuman Muslim pigshit filth"
Have you tried the term "pig f*ckers" ?
Remember, it was popularized by a democRAT, LBJ. :-)
I think of Barbara Olson every day.........I think of Ted and wonder if I could be as strong as he. They were a lovely couple, so devoted, so in love.....then the demons came and took a lovely and talented lady along with so many others. Never forget.
I do miss Barbara Olson very much.
What a lady --witty, charming, intelligent to the 'nth...and dead via the terrorists.
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: ATTACK ON AMERICA! (Updated)
http://www.truthusa.com/911.html
You wanna really get emotional....watch Ted Olsen's tribute to Barbara (C-span).
I believe so.
Of all the posts I've read so far, yours moved me to tears.
Okay, so I've been in tears on and off all day... it's September 11th, here in Australia, but IIRC the towers didn't fall, and the Pentagon wasn't hit (at least that I knew of) until the very early morning of September 12th.
There were many of us here in Australia who didn't get much sleep that night. Even seeing the pictures still makes me cry.
Never forget. Always remember. To BKO, former Freeper, and to all the others who perished on that horrible day...
In tears,
KaJac
And I miss you, BKO.
I often think of Ted Olson's courage and what he faces every 9/11....the sorrow of the loss of his beloved Barbara and his own birthday.
Does anyone recall if he wrote a book about Barbara and what he has endured since her loss?
Rest in Peace Sweet Angel Barbara!
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