Thank you, badray. I got goose bumps, too, when I got this message in an e-mail from my sister....
Jeff Head was probably wondering why I put that up. It didn't really fit the topic, I suppose. At least, not directly.
But the point for me was, my parent company lost over 200 people in the South Tower on that fateful day. Most of them I didn't even know. But I mourn the loss of each and every one of them to this day -- as I mourn for the other victims, especially the heroic firefighters, police, and Port Authority personnel who were lost.
I work for a subsidiary company, located in the greater Boston area. Two of our most key people were slated for early morning meetings in New York that day. One got a change of plans, and was visiting a client site. The other luckily overslept. Otherwise, chances are, both would have perished. I thank God for sparing these colleagues.
I'm a person of faith. Thus I believe that even the darkest cloud has a silver lining. And subsequent events seem to tell me that there is a silver lining, even to such horrific and tragic events.
Never in my life have I seen the "culture war" in America so sharply polarized between the "elite" Left perspective and "mainstream" conservative people, like myself. Left Liberals seem to be having increasing difficulty in presenting themselves as serving the historical interests of the American people. My husband has told me that, in his humble opinion, the Left is "on the run," that "they are history."
Observing developing events, looking at the substance of the Left's often seemingly treasonous arguments, post-9/11, post-Afghanistan, post-Iraq, I increasingly tend to agree with his assessment. If you listen to what the Left elites are saying these days, they appear to be increasingly desperate about their prospects for hanging on to power....
Patriotic, constitution-loving Americans have an historic opportunity to take back their country, in light of the tragic events of 9/11, and the events that followed from them. We're fighting for our life, and for the life of our country, culture, and history. And for the first time in a long time, I think we've got a chance to prevail
We must seize the opportunity, press our advantage, and expunge the blight that feeds off American society, like a parasite, or a cancer.
If we can do that, then the innocent lost ones of 9/11 -- the tragic victims of unreasoning, implacable, pointless, and finally utterly banal hatred -- will not have died in vain.
If you agree with that assessment, then please do pass the message I posted along to the people you care about....
We must stand up for America and our way of life.
God bless America!