Posted on 09/10/2006 4:23:55 PM PDT by Wolfstar
re: 41
That's beautiful.
:) True, very true.
Thanks for the ping to what was/ is on your/ all our
hearts & minds.
Thank you for the photos. NEVER forget.
Thank you so much for doing this dose tonight. You did a magnificent job!
My memory of that day is waking up early in my dorm room. I was doing my math homework on my bed when my a friend stormed in and told us. About half of us on the dorm hall gathered for prayer. It was a pretty crazy time. I was working at a daycare at the time and the strongest thing that I remember was when one of the dad's came and picked up their daughter- he just grabbed her and held on tight. It kind of made me miss my dad!
Good night freep me when you have time re job situation
I listened to the link, and that was Louis Armstrong.
http://www.google.com/musicl?lid=GcSKIIFLjSG&aid=JCCKEEtYqHM
This link shows he recorded it. I did a similar search for Ray Charles and couldn't find that he had recorded it.
Was it kaslin who said this? Looks like she was right.
That's interesting about the van with the Middle Eastern men. I don't think I'd heard about that before, but it does sound like they were trying to kill the President. Thank God for that on the ball Secret Service agent!
Bump for history
That was the most poignant thing during that whole morning.
I still remember that day. It sort of started the night before. I had just started law school the previous week, and one of my floormates was quickly becoming a good friend. I had a strange dream that he was crying and would not say why, just that it was something awful.
I tried to shrug it off, grabbed breakfast, and went to Contracts. Everything seemed normal, and I almost forgot about it. Class let out as usual and I went back to my dorm to get my Property books. As I got to the lounge, I noticed a huge group of people standing out there, which was unusual but I figured there was some sort of sports thing going on. I was mildly irritated thinking about how I'd have to politely "excuse me" my way through about fifteen people to get to my door. I am not a morning person.
What made me pause was the silence. People were just standing there not saying anything. I asked, half impatiently, and half curiously, what was going on. I do not remember whether I got an answer right away or not. Someone said, "You have to see this," though I'm still not entirely sure whether I heard it or whether it was one of those eerie unspoken commands. Someone said the World Trade Center had been bombed, and I made my way across the room to where my friend was sitting.
Just as I took a seat next to him, we saw the footage of the second tower falling. He whispered "Oh my God" a few times. His voice was shaking as much as the rest of him. I just sat there too numb to believe it was happening. There was nothing to say, so I just sat in silence with everyone else. I was too stunned to even put my arms around him, even though he leaned in closer to me. Luckily, my presence seemed to be enough.
At some point, only a few moments probably, but it seemed like much longer, people dwindled away. My buddy and I decided to go to class, more to see our classmates and tell them the news than out of any interest in property law.
Our professor understood that nobody was in the mood to study, though he gave us the option of having class. Several people were crying, including the woman next to me whose dad was on a business trip to New York City. She had tried to call him and was not able to reach him. The guy on the other side of her put his arm on her shoulder. I stuck around in case anyone needed to come back to my room and use a phone. I knew a lot of people lived off-campus, and I myself did not have a cell phone until roughly a week later. As it turned out, everyone who needed to call someone did have a cell.
The next day was almost as bad. There were all sorts of notices posted about suspicious looking packages and a bomb scare at Yale. We already had a feeling that major universities might be terror targets and felt like sitting ducks. I said as much when some floormates and I were lounging around talking one night. We all had work to do, but none of us wanted to be left with our own thoughts, so we just milled around in one big purposeless mass. Some people wanted to go home. Nobody did, of course, but it was difficult to tell whether that was because they changed their minds or because they were even more afraid to fly out of Logan Airport. Taking the train and flying out of New York wasn't real appealing either. Needless to say, we didn't plan any excursions to Boston that week.
Wow! I'd never heard that story before about the "interview" - how scarry is that ..?? Thank God the SS didn't fall for it.
I guess that's why I continue to pray Isaiah 54:17 - No weapon formed against you shall prosper ..."
And .. as usual .. the drive-by is silent about the 55% rating for the President's handling of the WOT!!
Whooo Hooooo!!
MUST VIEW . . .
At the following link, you will find MANY videoclips from today, including a videoclip detailing the poignant comments made by the President about an hour ago -- the videoclip is entitled, "Bush approaches 911 with 'heavy heart'"
[Raw video from today's prayer service is also available]
http://news.yahoo.com/video;_ylt=Ak_cRmEFRVn.wlH.KdQ2Ldes0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTBhNXIwMGFqBHNlYwN2cHJvbW8-
MUST READ . . .
9/10: A DEFINITIONAL DAY FOR THE LEFT
September 10th, 2006
Tomorrow, while much of the country pauses to remember the victims of 9/11 on the five year anniversary of that horrible day, it will occur to many of us what those attacks signified: the day that the United States awoke from its decades-long slumber and finally faced up to the fact that we were at war with a grimly determined, fanatical enemy hell bent on destroying us.
For others, especially for those on the left, 9/11 will be remembered as a tragedy, a day when our “chickens came home to roost” and nearly 3,000 of our fellow citizens paid the price for our folly. In this historical construct, rather than remembering 9/11 as a wake up call, the left sees the anniversary as a day of atonement, a day to make amends for our past sins.
You can read the entire commentary at
http://americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5841
THIS JUST IN: THE GOP INTENDS TO CAMPAIGN!
Posted by Hugh Hewitt | 9:22 AM
The Washington Post is moving into all Democrat-boosting, all-the-time-mode with this morning's "In a Pivotal Year, GOP Plans to Get Personal: Millions to Go to Digging Up Dirt on Democrats."
Chuck Schumer, we must assume, will be not be running any ads against Conrad Burns or any other GOP incumbent using opposition research.
Hugh nails the Democrat cheerleaders in the MSM!
http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/c15e93c9-355d-4227-89e8-905e79474f7f
POLLING UPDATE . . .
ABCNEWS
42% approve 55% disapprove 9/5-7/06
33% approve 68% disapprove 5/11-15/06
Two interesting side notes that will make you go hmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
1.) This JA rating is the highest for a ABCNews/WashPost since January 2006 and only SIX POINTS lower than the manufactured JA rating ABCNews produced for the President in December 2004 -- only 1 month after President Bush's historic re-election where he garnered more votes than any other presidential candidate in history, becoming the first candidate since 1988 to earn 51% of the vote!
Bottomline: Despite MSM lies to the contrary, the President's JA ratings have barely moved since his re-election in 2004!
http://pollingreport.com/BushJob1.htm
2.) According to this recent poll, the President's JA rating for his handling of Iraq is now 41% -- exactly where it was in December 2004 . . . Again, despite MSM lies to the contrary, the President's JA ratings have barely moved since his re-election.
http://pollingreport.com/iraq.htm
HEADS UP . . .
FoxNews should carry live or taped coverage of the President's breakfast with NY firefighters early tomorrow morning -- I don't know the exact time (I would imagine early, e.g., 7 AM ish!)
Saluting a powerful, steadfast leader as we approach the fifth anniversary of a horrible day.
Great work, Wolfstar.
I can't imagine losing 2 sons at the same time.
I love the pic of Poppy holding GWB's hand. I have always maintained that most of Clinton's behavior is the result of the psychological damage done by not having a loving father.
Agreed.
Thanks. After listening to it a couple more times, I picked up his distinctive growly voice. :)
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