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A Time
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Light a Candle for Peace
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"Blessed are
the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God."
We have had a time of pain and fear that has
forever changed our lives. Most of us didn't directly lose a loved one or a friend,
but events in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania touched each and everyone one of us
right to our souls. We have learned that we can no longer take our precious freedom
for granted.
The war was not one we wanted, but like so
many burdens of life, it is one we must now take on. Let us keep hope in our hearts
and a firm resolve that no other peace loving nation shall experience this horror again.
And to the people working tirelessly in the rubble:
"Ye are the light of the world."
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My Favorite
Picture (Note this flag is now flying over the Theodore Roosevelt): |
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This picture came to me from a friend and I
do not know the source, but I think it says what we feel,
though in a satiric way. It is titled: WHEN WE REBUILD |
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Both of these items were posted on a local Detroit radio station's site:
www.womc.com |
Originally
posted on CNN’s Bulletin Board, but no longer available
One Man's View...
To those extremists that perpetrated this
crime against our nation, I have a warning for you. There are those of us who look at your
actions as irrational, twisted, and completely inhuman. By all measures, what you have
done can only be seen as insane.
I have news for you. We're more nuts than you, and it should scare you to death. You may
think that when you die for your cause, you go to Paradise with 72 virgins, can leave
reservations for 70 members of your family, all your sins are forgiven, and you sit at the
side of Allah. Big deal We had 39 guys who rented a Beverly Hills mansion, built a web
site, and proceeded to poison themselves to death to hitch a ride with aliens out on the
Hale-Bopp comet.
You shoot guns into the sky to celebrate victories over enemies, and people are killed by
the bullets raining down on them. We not only do this for New Year's Eve in some cities,
we burn houses down, tear up streets, loot and sack our stores, and beat ourselves
senseless when our sports teams win championships.
We made a sequel to Police Academy 5.
We gave an award for singing to two guys who never even sang.
We put little sweaters on dogs.
We shot John Lennon six times and didn't even aim for Yoko Ono.
We think Elvis is still alive.
We put Braille on drive-up automatic teller machines.
We sell hot dogs in packages of ten and the buns in packages of eight.
We've managed to keep the formulas for Coca-Cola and Kentucky Fried Chicken secret for
decades, yet we've given away our most important nuclear secrets to the Chinese and
Russians at the drop of a hat.
Freedom's kind of a crazy, kooky, nutty thing when you look really close at it and all the
bizarre and loony things that can result from it, but it's better than any other ideas
anybody else has come up with. It's been that way since 1776, and built to last no matter
how insanely we try to screw it up on a daily basis.
Picking a fight with the most insane nation on Earth with the hope that your message and
influence will spread throughout the world, well, that's just downright stupid. |
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was sent by a listener to Dick Purtan’s show on WOMC in Detroit: |
What a Difference a Day Makes
On
Monday we e-mailed jokes.
On Tuesday we did not.
On Monday we thought we were secure.
On Tuesday we learned better.
On Monday we were talking about heroes as being athletes.
On Tuesday we relearned who our heroes are.
On Monday we were irritated that our rebate checks had not arrived.
On Tuesday we gave money away to people we had never met.
On Monday there were people fighting against praying in schools.
On Tuesday you would have been hard pressed to find a school where someone was not
praying.
On Monday people argued with their kids about picking up their room.
On Tuesday the same people could not get home fast enough to hug their kids.
On Monday people wre upset that they had to wait 6 minutes in a fast food drive through
line.
On Tuesday people didn't care about waiting up to 6 hours to give blood for the dying.
On Monday we waved our flags signifying our cultural diversity.
On Tuesday we waved only the American flag.
On Monday there were people trying to seperate each other by race, sex, color and creed.
On Tuesday they were all holding hands.
On Monday we were men or women, black or white, old or young, rich or poor, gay or
straight, Christian or non-Christian.
On Tuesday we were Americans.
On Monday politicians argued about budget surplusses.
On Tuesday, grief stricken, they sang, "God Bless America".
On Monday the President was going to Florida to read to children.
On Tuesday, he returned to Washington to protect our children.
On Monday we had families.
On Tuesday we had orphans
On Monday people went to work as usual.
On Tuesday they died.
On Monday people were fighting the 10 commandments on government property.
On Tuesday the same people all said, "God help us all," while thinking 'Thou
shall not kill'.
It is sadly ironic how it takes horrific events to place things into perspective, but it
has. The lessons learned this week, the things we have taken for granted, the things that
have been forgotten or overlooked, hopefully will never be forgotten again. Take good
care. |
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