9/11 Open Thread
I remember as vividly as if it happened yesterday what my day was like on 9/11? Do you remember your day? If you do, and if you’d like to share it here, this open thread is for you.
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Honoring 9/11 by remembering that we are warriors
The murderous frenzy unleashed on 9/11 is an awkward size. Had it been smaller — a handful of people, or even a hundred people, killed at a mall or a hotel — we would have noted it as a tragedy powered by a crazy person (or two) in thrall to
Continue readingRick Rescorla
I wrote a post about Rick Rescorla some years ago. He was one of the true heroes of 9/11 — his foresight, quick-thinking and heroism enabled him to save almost 3000 lives on that terrible day, although he gave up his own in the process. Today, the Daily Mail, a
Continue readingReducing patriotism to a sleazy roll in the hay
Mr. Bookworm is catching up with the Jon Stewart episodes he missed while we were away. One particular segment, which starts at the 2 minute mark, caught my eye. In it, Perry talks about love for country, clearly distinguishing himself from Obama, who hasn’t shown such love, either explicitly or
Continue readingThe anniversary of 9/11 is coming up
Sadie sent me a very interesting email about the tenth anniversary of 9/11. I’m gambling her that she won’t mind if I share her email. I’d add my own comments at the end. It’s coming (the 10-year marker) but it’s been here all the time, every day and in every
Continue readingBlind intelligence
Has the U.S. ever been so clueless as it is today with respect to events going on in Egypt? CIA Director Panetta just admitted that he gets his information on Egyptian events from the media, rather than from his own agency. National Intelligence Director Jim Clapper, meanwhile, pontificates about how
Continue readingRemember Rick Rescorla — Part III of my 9/11 trilogy
The problem with an assault and a tragedy that is the magnitude of 9/11, and that now lives nine years away in our memories, is that, as a writer, I become more and more at a loss of words with each passing year. It seems to me, therefore, that the
Continue readingRemember Lt. Brian Ahearn — Part II of my 9/11 trilogy
The problem with an assault and a tragedy that is the magnitude of 9/11, and that now lives nine years away in our memories, is that, as a writer, I become more and more at a loss of words with each passing year. It seems to me, therefore, that the
Continue readingRemembering Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas — Part I of my 9/11 trilogy *UPDATED*
The problem with an assault and a tragedy that is the magnitude of 9/11, and that now lives nine years away in our memories, is that, as a writer, I become more and more at a loss of words with each passing year. It seems to me, therefore, that the
Continue readingYes, I miss him *UPDATED*
On the one hand, we have a little man (figuratively speaking), sitting at a big, empty desk, speaking in deadened tones and flat words, as his eyes roam relentlessly back and forth between his teleprompter, desperately avoiding the single word that so aptly sums up American bravery and sacrifice: Victory!
Continue reading“KKK Hall to be built at Gettysburg”
I was thinking of headlines to rival the one I saw this morning: Landmark vote opens door to Ground Zero mosque For true parallelism, you can’t have as the new occupier the same person or entity that caused the deaths at the site. Instead, you have to have the fellow-travelers,
Continue readingThe ad that CBS and NBC refused to run
There’s still time to stop a mosque from being built at Ground Zero. People who pay attention to Islam understand that Islam always builds mosques at the site of military victories. This ad gets it. The media, some branches of which are refusing to run this ad, and the PC
Continue reading“Simplistic” and “primitive” *UPDATED*
As I’ve mentioned just a few times, I just read, and was very moved by, Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10. A liberal I know flipped through the book’s first few pages and had a very different reaction.
Continue readingNever forget — September 11, 2001 (Kept at top; scroll down for newer posts) *UPDATED 9/8/11*
The current administration seems bound and determined to forget 9/11. To this end, it grovels before those who wish to kill us, disarms those who wish to protect us (our military, our CIA), frees those who have raised their hands against us, and tries to turn 9/11 into a socialist
Continue readingLauren Catuzzi Grandcolas, 8/31/63-9/11/01
I met Lauren when I was at law school. She was still an undergraduate, but roomed with a friend of mine who had been one of her sorority sisters. The very first time I met Lauren, she’d been experimenting with hair colors, and had hair that was this beautiful combination
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