Five years ago today, I was sitting at the controls of WWJD Eagle 91.7 FM, Alice Lloyd's college radio station. My friend Aaron Goff and I were hosting a morning show and just having a good time trying to entertain. At a little past 9 am, we get word that the World Trade Centers are on fire.
We start to watch the news. We see plane number 2 hit. We see the split screen where a plane has hit the Pentagon, but at first we thought it was just a different view of what is going on. The whole time we are so confused. What is going on? Then, the tower fell. Then the second. I knew that we were at war.
I was sad. I was confused. I was pissed off. I was running in circles wanting to help. What could I do? Drive to DC or NYC and just pitch in? Here is the greatest tragedy in American history and I am powerless to help.
There is rarely a day that goes by that I don't think about that day and the anger, rage, sadness, and fear I felt. Being a child of the 1980's, the movie Red Dawn kept playing in my head. I knew that if it came to that, I would definitely be a Wolverine. But, I was stuck in Kentucky powerless to do anything. All we could do was pray, talk to each other, and be scared, sad, and mad.
As did most Americans, we did what we could. There was no way I could drive my car 1,000 miles to NYC to help. Most likely, I would be sent home and be kicked out of school. So, I did, and continue to do so, what I can do to make sure that 9-11 isn't just a bump in American history.
Every year I watch a 9-11 Documentary and every year I will help spread the word and spread the reminder of what we lost that day. Sadly, more and more people are tuning out their initial response to 9-11. People are forgetting. They are ignoring. They are letting 9-11-01 drift into historic obscurity.
We cannot forget. There are still empty chairs at dinner. There are holes in family trees. There are broken hearts still healing. There is a gaping hole in the middle of Manhattan that resembles the hole in America. We cannot forget the true meaning of what happened 5 years ago. Remembering is the best way to prevent it from happening again.
People ask for a national day of rememberance, a day of no work and no school. I think that is stupid.
9-11 should be the one day where attendance is 100%. As a nation, we should simply show up. Go to work. Go to school. Do what you normally should be doing. Attendance has to be 100%. The reason 9-11 happened was a bunch of renegade animals who have corrupted a peaceful religion decided to interfere with America and our daily lives. They wanted to scare us into our homes and scare us from going through our normal routine. So, in response to that, we should, as one nation UNDER GOD, show up. And, in one voice, tell those scum that we will not surrender, we will now cower to their cowardly attacks. We are Americans, dammit, and there's not a damn thing you can do to stop us.
Monday, September 11, 2006
Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Happy Birthday America!!!
Happy Fourth of July!
Every single country and every single person on this Earth has the 4th of July on their calendars, but only those 300+ million of us AMERICANS celebrate this day. Why? Because in 1776, a group of men decided that this country wanted to be free, to be independent. We celebrate the birth of our great nation the day that John Hancock put his large signature on the Declaration of Independence, a letter that proclaimed that tyranny and unfair taxation and unfair governing from 3,000 miles away would no longer be tolerated on the other side of the Atlantic.
Since then, the beauty and grandness of the freedom of America has been tested, detested, and has faced some terrible threats. From the vicious red coats to the battles between our own people to the Axis powers to the terrorists of today, and every threat in between, there has been one force standing between our freedoms and anarchy and chaos. That one, strong, true, diligent force is our Armed Forces.
Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard all stand in the way of fear, invasion, and the tyranny we deposed in 1776. Men and women from all walks of life have taken part in that line of defense for you and me, far too many have given the ultimate sacrifice for us. It is unfortunate that so many lives must be lost to save so many others, but that is the nature of the beast. When you have something so precious as freedom, others want it or want to destroy it. It is our men and women in uniform that fight, get injured, and possibly die to protect that freedom for us.
Today, as you grill and mope about the work you have to do this shortened week, consider this. There are thousands of men and women who do not get today off. They are fighting for a free Afghanistan and Iraq so we can be safer at home. With Bin Laden on the run, Al Zarqawi dead, and Sadam Hussein in jail, our world is much safer. There are men and women suffering and sacrificing for you and me while we eat grilled hotdogs and burn our thumbs on sparklers.
Today, remember those who dont get a short work week. Just because you arent at work, dont think for one second someone else isnt picking up the slack. If you get a chance, thank a soldier. Thank them for serving. Thank them for signing up to be a part of something so selfless as to be willing to die for your freedom.
That is a major part of what today is all about. Its about enjoying our freedom and what makes America great. It is also about remembering why and how we got our freedom in the first place.
God bless the United States. God bless our soldiers.
Every single country and every single person on this Earth has the 4th of July on their calendars, but only those 300+ million of us AMERICANS celebrate this day. Why? Because in 1776, a group of men decided that this country wanted to be free, to be independent. We celebrate the birth of our great nation the day that John Hancock put his large signature on the Declaration of Independence, a letter that proclaimed that tyranny and unfair taxation and unfair governing from 3,000 miles away would no longer be tolerated on the other side of the Atlantic.
Since then, the beauty and grandness of the freedom of America has been tested, detested, and has faced some terrible threats. From the vicious red coats to the battles between our own people to the Axis powers to the terrorists of today, and every threat in between, there has been one force standing between our freedoms and anarchy and chaos. That one, strong, true, diligent force is our Armed Forces.
Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard all stand in the way of fear, invasion, and the tyranny we deposed in 1776. Men and women from all walks of life have taken part in that line of defense for you and me, far too many have given the ultimate sacrifice for us. It is unfortunate that so many lives must be lost to save so many others, but that is the nature of the beast. When you have something so precious as freedom, others want it or want to destroy it. It is our men and women in uniform that fight, get injured, and possibly die to protect that freedom for us.
Today, as you grill and mope about the work you have to do this shortened week, consider this. There are thousands of men and women who do not get today off. They are fighting for a free Afghanistan and Iraq so we can be safer at home. With Bin Laden on the run, Al Zarqawi dead, and Sadam Hussein in jail, our world is much safer. There are men and women suffering and sacrificing for you and me while we eat grilled hotdogs and burn our thumbs on sparklers.
Today, remember those who dont get a short work week. Just because you arent at work, dont think for one second someone else isnt picking up the slack. If you get a chance, thank a soldier. Thank them for serving. Thank them for signing up to be a part of something so selfless as to be willing to die for your freedom.
That is a major part of what today is all about. Its about enjoying our freedom and what makes America great. It is also about remembering why and how we got our freedom in the first place.
God bless the United States. God bless our soldiers.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Teddy Roosevelt
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly...who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never known neither victory nor defeat."
-Teddy Roosevelt
-Teddy Roosevelt
Monday, May 1, 2006
The Nerve of people
Throughout the country today, millions of Hispanics and their supporters came together with the intent to disrupt our country. They wanted to prove the impact of illegal immigrants on our economy. They wanted to prove how invaluable undocumented workers are to our economy. They wanted to show this by doing a nationwide boycott and work walk-out.
As with every liberal idea and grand scheme, it is nothing but propaganda and the forcible dumbing-down of our society.
First, how can we see the true impact that illegal immigrants have on our economy when 55-75% of the protestors are CITIZENS and DOCUMENTED EMPLOYEES? How does this work? As with all other liberal ideas, this one is full of garbage. We have people shutting down stores, gas stations, and thousands of other businesses to show the impact of illegal immigration on our economy. The argument does not fit the purpose. Its like arguing that chocolate is the best ice cream flavor and drinking Coke to prove it.
That isnt even the biggest problem I have. The biggest problem I have with this is the fact that we have thousands to millions of illegal immigrants using OUR right to peaceably assemble and OUR right to free speech. No where in our constitution have we EVER guaranteed illegal immigrants the same rights as legal citizens. The essence of the term immediately devoids them of many rights. The name says it all: ILLEGAL immigrants, as in breaking the law and cheating and lying and stealing. Yes, crossing into the US without proper documentation and working without proper documentation is ILLEGAL, and ILLEGAL activities are not to be encouraged. NOT EVEN WITH AMNESTY!!!!
Picture your home, the place youve worked your whole life to build, maintain, and protect. Picture a stranger breaking into your home. He eats your food. Drinks milk straight from your carton. Calls home on your phone long distance. He is unwelcome and you want him out. As you try to call the police to have him removed from your home, hundreds of criminals arrive on your front lawn to protest. They call you racist. They demand that that man, who broke into your home, became a drain on your life and wallet, now gets the same rights that you, your wife, and your kids get under that roof. They demand that he gets to use your computer. They demand that you translate everything in your home so he can read it. They demand you start a savings account so he can go to school. They demand you give him a car before your kids can get one. The second you pause to think about it, you are called a racist, heartless, scum, communist, selfish, spoiled, and a million other names. You wouldnt stand for it. So why stand for it when your home is no longer a house but your country?
Why let these illegals take your tax dollars? Why allow the government to spend money that should go to paying for your tax-paying children to go to college on illegal immigrant health care? Its time America get back together and reunite for the greater good. Its time to reunite and protect our borders, national security, and national economy.
Its not racist to protect our borders. Its not racist to force LAW BREAKERS to follow the law or get out. I dont care if it is a white man, black man, middle eastern man, or other ethnicity. I do not care. If you are here illegally, get out. Now.
I have had a thought for a while that I want everyone to consider. To hell with the nay-sayers and race-baitors. I say we keep tabs on where these illegal immigrant rallies/protests are going on and send 5,000 NSA agents there to round up all the illegals. If you are a documented American worker, you may be released as long as you have ID. The rest will be processed and deported. I like the idea. If you are illegal and brash enough to come out in force, well, I believe your just dumb enough to be arrested and deported for being here illegally.
You know, being from West Virginia-Virginia for most of my life, I know of an old way of thought. You trespass on my land, I will give you a warning. But bewareTRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT.
(This Blog earned a nasty response, to which I responded in a blog in September of this year.)
Throughout the country today, millions of Hispanics and their supporters came together with the intent to disrupt our country. They wanted to prove the impact of illegal immigrants on our economy. They wanted to prove how invaluable undocumented workers are to our economy. They wanted to show this by doing a nationwide boycott and work walk-out.
As with every liberal idea and grand scheme, it is nothing but propaganda and the forcible dumbing-down of our society.
First, how can we see the true impact that illegal immigrants have on our economy when 55-75% of the protestors are CITIZENS and DOCUMENTED EMPLOYEES? How does this work? As with all other liberal ideas, this one is full of garbage. We have people shutting down stores, gas stations, and thousands of other businesses to show the impact of illegal immigration on our economy. The argument does not fit the purpose. Its like arguing that chocolate is the best ice cream flavor and drinking Coke to prove it.
That isnt even the biggest problem I have. The biggest problem I have with this is the fact that we have thousands to millions of illegal immigrants using OUR right to peaceably assemble and OUR right to free speech. No where in our constitution have we EVER guaranteed illegal immigrants the same rights as legal citizens. The essence of the term immediately devoids them of many rights. The name says it all: ILLEGAL immigrants, as in breaking the law and cheating and lying and stealing. Yes, crossing into the US without proper documentation and working without proper documentation is ILLEGAL, and ILLEGAL activities are not to be encouraged. NOT EVEN WITH AMNESTY!!!!
Picture your home, the place youve worked your whole life to build, maintain, and protect. Picture a stranger breaking into your home. He eats your food. Drinks milk straight from your carton. Calls home on your phone long distance. He is unwelcome and you want him out. As you try to call the police to have him removed from your home, hundreds of criminals arrive on your front lawn to protest. They call you racist. They demand that that man, who broke into your home, became a drain on your life and wallet, now gets the same rights that you, your wife, and your kids get under that roof. They demand that he gets to use your computer. They demand that you translate everything in your home so he can read it. They demand you start a savings account so he can go to school. They demand you give him a car before your kids can get one. The second you pause to think about it, you are called a racist, heartless, scum, communist, selfish, spoiled, and a million other names. You wouldnt stand for it. So why stand for it when your home is no longer a house but your country?
Why let these illegals take your tax dollars? Why allow the government to spend money that should go to paying for your tax-paying children to go to college on illegal immigrant health care? Its time America get back together and reunite for the greater good. Its time to reunite and protect our borders, national security, and national economy.
Its not racist to protect our borders. Its not racist to force LAW BREAKERS to follow the law or get out. I dont care if it is a white man, black man, middle eastern man, or other ethnicity. I do not care. If you are here illegally, get out. Now.
I have had a thought for a while that I want everyone to consider. To hell with the nay-sayers and race-baitors. I say we keep tabs on where these illegal immigrant rallies/protests are going on and send 5,000 NSA agents there to round up all the illegals. If you are a documented American worker, you may be released as long as you have ID. The rest will be processed and deported. I like the idea. If you are illegal and brash enough to come out in force, well, I believe your just dumb enough to be arrested and deported for being here illegally.
You know, being from West Virginia-Virginia for most of my life, I know of an old way of thought. You trespass on my land, I will give you a warning. But bewareTRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT.
(This Blog earned a nasty response, to which I responded in a blog in September of this year.)
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