Ten years ago this morning, about an hour ago, we first got word of a plane hitting the north tower of the Twin Towers in New York City. Like the shooting of JFK, I don't think anyone will forget where they were or what they were doing. I was working in a law office in southwestern Indiana and we had an abstract office right next door. There was an inside door between us and my desk faced the door. When Tim came through the door to tell us, he was totally aghast at what had happened, and it seemed completely unreal. As the events of the day unfolded - the second tower, the Pentagon being hit, then Flight 93 in the fields of Pennsylvania - we reached out to each other, to our neighbors, even to strangers, in an attempt to try to understand. Listening to the various speeches, songs and seeing the pictures all over again don't lessen the depth of loss we as a nation experienced. We have, however, become complacent about so much that we complain about all the little things and inconveniences. And there are some legitimate complaints about security measures that are unnecessary and skewed - like not subjecting muslim men and women to the pat-downs and body scans like the rest of us. Israel profiles those who flying on their planes and they don't have the incidences of attempted jihad like we have had the last two years. So much of what we now have to go through is unnecessary and an affront to us as Americans - profile and all of the ludicrous and invasive security measures can be done away with. Those most likely to do anything are not being searched to begin with, so what good do these security measures do anyhow? Profile, profile, profile and there won't be a problem!
If nothing else, I hope the program this afternoon will awaken people to the feelings we had ten years ago, the feelings of patriotism and concern for our fellow men. How did it affect you? The horror and unbelief at what had happened quickly turned to pride and defiance that this nation would not be taken down. We must return to those feelings to regain our place in the world. The apologist-in-chief is all hot air and we must disregard what his teleprompters say about how the muslims have played such an important part in our history. They didn't and that's a fact. The first part they ever played was as pirates in Tripoli when Thomas Jefferson obtained a copy of the Quran so he could study it and know his enemy. There are those who have no intention of following the Quran's call to violence in this country, or in Israel - they know a good thing when they see it and they don't want to rock the boat. Unfortunately, they have been frightened into silence against those who would commit jihad on this country. The current administration has catered to them and it is obvious, even though it is vehemently denied, that the usurper in the White House is a muslim, and must be defeated in the next election if we are to regain our nation.
Well, it's now 10:15 p.m. and I guess I'd better finish this thing. First off, I want to say thank you to everyone who worked so hard to get the memorial service off the ground. It was a success. With probably 40 bikers coming through town, it made quite a sight and even the ones waiting at the pavilion were rather amazed. My dear husband, who worked so hard to make this a success, and the guys who helped, Don Krieger, Dave Crawford and Dennis Mitchell - thanks, guys, it was awesome! The VFW post was so good about coming and doing the flag ceremony - I just screwed it up by forgetting to ask them to retire the colors! It's just too bad the chief of police absolutely refused to work with the bikers - in a meeting held last night, he said he did not want to hear all those Harleys and it was rather interesting that there was not one police car anywhere near Main Street when the riders came through. I am very sorry, tho, that none of the police officers or sheriff's deputies chose to show up and we only had two volunteer firemen, both of whom were in the color guard from the VFW. They were all invited, so........... Also invited were the county commissioners and Bruce Hovde had already sent his regrets, but neither Mr. Lund or Mr. Atchley showed up either. There was a good crowd, tho, probably between 50-75 people, not counting the bikers, most of whom left before it was over with.
Ray Scott's talk was perfect and David Justice left us all thinking a little bit more about things. I just hope, when it was all over and done with, people went away with a little more patriotism in their hearts and a renewed spirit that this is the greatest country in the world and we will do everything we can to preserve it.
Thanks again, everyone, it was deeply appreciated!
The Patriot Granny
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