Posted on 09/10/2006 4:23:55 PM PDT by Wolfstar
Some people are also not very bright. I say this in all seriousness. The average IQ is about 90-100. On a bell curve, a sizeable number of people would fall both below and above that point. It helps sometimes to realize that a sizeable portion of the population has a below 90 IQ.
OK, tears in the eyes...
Amen.
Thanks for the link. Most appreciated.
Very much agree with this sentiment.
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I love any father-son photo of President Bush and his dad, but this one is special. You can really see the depth of the bond between them as his father reaches out his hand. You can tell Dubya is holding on tight.
Good evening, and thanks. :)
Ok, I can barely take this. I've been avoiding it the last few days because I didn't want to cry....again. Whooboy.
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9/11 Lifesaver RICK RESCORLA, R.I.P.
The website
http://www.RickRescorla.com
The Pictures
http://www.RickRescorla.com/The%20Statue.htm
The Thread
http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24361
The History Channel TV Special
'The Man Who Predicted 9/11'
10 am & 4 pm, Monday, 9/11/06
http://www.History.com
Do you remember seeing it live at the time? I do. It was a remarkable, spontaneous moment. GHWB clearly sensed that his son needed the support at that moment.
When that very long day, September 14, 2001, was over, President Bush was totally drained.
"America will never fully appreciate how powerful an ally she has in one good man. Maybe the history books will tell some of the story, but the legacy he leaves behind and how many people owe him their lives is too big for anyone to know. Nothing on this side of eternity can give him his due."
. . . your beautiful and prescient statement needed to be posted again!
Well, good night, everyone. It's 6:00pm here in Los Angeles. Time for dinner and to feed my critters.
My recollection of the morning of September 11th:
It started out as just another day to get ready to go to work. As usual, I stop in for a morning cup of coffee at the local gas station 2 miles from home. During those 2 miles, the news was on in my car and reporting of the first airplane to hit the first tower. My gut feeling at that time was that this was no accident. The news didn't say what type of plane but I knew at that moment we were being attacked. When I got to the gas station, I walked in the door and the owner of the gas station asked me if I heard about the pilot who accidently flew their plane into the Towers. My immediate reply was that this was not an accident and that we were being attacked and it was terriorsts. He laughed at me. I didn't say anything more but paid for my coffee and got back in my car. By that time, the 2nd plane hit the other tower and by that time I was going nuts driving in my car. It was very eerie driving to work, no traffic, gray overcast. I was constantly looking into the sky even though I was traveling in a very rural area and no where near New York, Washington DC and Pennsylvania. Just little old me going to work in Wisconsin. I just could not imagine what that part of the country was dealing with. I phoned a friend that I knew that didn't work, woke her up and yelled at her to turn on her tv. We were both crying as she was describing to me what was on tv. By the time I got to work, the Pentagon got hit, there were rumors that a bomb blew up at the State Department and the White House was being evacuated. My boss didn't know if he should close the office. We didn't get much work done that day as everyone was trying to get on the internet. We didn't have a tv so our the radio was practically the only news source we had. The internet was hardly working. Everyone walked around like zoombies. It wasn't until I got home later in the day and saw on tv the damage that took place that I realized just what a devastating day it turned out to be.
I will never forget September 11th, 2001. Thank God for our President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary of Defense rumsfeld and Secretary of State Rice along with other members of President Bush's cabinet. Thank the good Lord for members of our military and their families.
From a very humble and greatful American.
That may be true but there an unfortunate number of intelligent people who believe that President Bush is responsible for the attacks in some form. And it disappoints me that people who are truly smart can believe such a ridiculous conspiracy theory.
Thank you for your amazing poem . . . it says it all!!!
As you will discover, there is a world of difference between 'smart' and 'wise' . . . the former describes many college professors, the latter does NOT!!
I was not able to see it live. Unfortunately, most of my floormates were liberals and when they did refrain from changing the channel when President Bush came on (which was not often), they were so loud about shouting out stupid insults and laughing we couldn't really see him anyway. That was one night when it would have been nice to have my friend Chris there. He's a lot like a young Dubya, handsome Texan Republican with a big smile and a cowboy hat, although I don't think Dubya did the cigar thing. Oh well, at least we have your pictures to capture the moment.
Today and tomorrow are always hard for me. I'm sure they're hard for everyone to sit and watch all the footage and the horrior over again. Very emotional to watch. All I can say is God Bless America, and our President and First Lady. I'm just glad Laura's with him tonight. He needs her so much, and she needs him. I saw him talking to the press after visiting somewhere (Forget where. Forgive me) but he looked like he was about to loose it right then and just start bawling. He can hold Laura tightly tonight and let it all out. :-( I feel bad for him and Laura having to deal with all the pressure. But, THANK GOD we have them and not some horrible people who we can't stand. Anyway, I had to say all of that lol
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