HELLO TO ALL,
LET ME START OUT BY SAYING THIS IS SIMPLY MY OPINION, NO MORE AND NO LESS. THIS ISN'T INTENDED TO PISS IN ANYBODIES WHEATIES, OR START ANY KIND OF BRUHAHA (SPELLING?). I JUST NEEDED A LONGER FORUM TO STATE MY OPINION CLEARLY.
9-11-2001 TRULY MAKES ME SAD. THE DEATHS OF 3000 PEPLE IN THAT FASHION IS A TRAVESTY. I'M NOT SURE IF I WAS EVER MAD ABOUT IT OR IF I AM STILL IN SHOCK MODE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERY TIME I SEE SOMETHING ON TV OR READ SOMETHING IN THE PAPER ABOUT IT I GET EXTREMELY SAD.
ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE PUT ON THE "PAY NO MIND LIST" IS THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL DYING BECAUSE OF 9-11. THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES AND BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE FOR 9-11. I PERSONALLY WANT THEM THERE. I'M SADDENED BY THE FACT THAT THEY ARE, BUT I WANT THE PEOPLE INVOLVED, IN EVERY ASPECT OF THIS ACT PUNISHED TO THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE IN THIS COUNTRY. IF THAT MEANS BLOWING THEM UP WHILE THEY'RE EATING MOUNTAIN GOAT STEW, SO BE IT.
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE. GIVE THEM A JOB, A HAND, A PAT ON THE BACK, A PLACE TO STAY, ANYTHING. I DIDN'T GO INTO THE SERVICE, BUT I STILL TRY TO SUPPORT THEM WHEN I CAN. THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE JUST LIKE US, HUMAN BEINGS, AND THEY ARE DOING THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO PROTECT ALL THAT WE HAVE COME TO TAKE FOR GRANTED.
WHAT I AM MAD ABOUT IS THIS MOSQUE THING. FIRST OF ALL, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BUILD IT THERE EXCEPT TO RUB OUR FACES IN IT? WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT 9-11 ANYMORE, BUT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, AND WE ALL SHOULD.
I WAS IN GETTYSBURG A FEW MONTHS AGO ON VACATION. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THIS, BUT THERE IS A POLITICAL BATTLE GOING ON THERE. SOMEONE WANTS TO BUILD A CASINO ON THE GROUNDS OF THE BATTLEFIELD. NOW I KNOW THIS HAPPENED 150 YEARS AGO, AND NONE OF US WERE BORN THEN, BUT 10'S OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS DIED THERE IN THAT THREE DAY BATTLE AND 10'S OF THOUSANDS MORE WERE INJURED. THEY PAID A TERRIBLE PRICE AND SO DID WE AS A COUNTRY. FAR WORSE THAN ANYTHING BEFORE OR SINCE. NOW THEY WANT TO BUILD A CASINO ON SUCH A SOVEREIGN PLACE?
YOU CAN, IN THIS COUNTRY, BUILD THESE THINGS ANYWHERE. WHY THERE? WHY NOT A FEW BLOCKS OR A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD? WHY WOULD THE POLITICIANS IN THIS COUNTRY EVEN ENTERTAIN THE IDEA OF PLACING THESE THINGS IN SO PRECIOUS A PLACE TO THE PEOPLE FROM HERE?
I LOVE LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY. I LOVE THE FREEDOMS WE ENJOY AND THE RIGHTS WE WORK SO HARD TO PROTECT, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF DOLING OUT THESE FREEDOMS AND MAKING THESE DECISIONS TRULY NEED TO LISTEN TO THEIR CONSTITUENCY, BEFORE IT'S TO LATE.
WHEN I VOTE I AM NEITHER REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT. I TRIED TO BE AN EDUCATED VOTER, AND THEN VOTE MY CONSCIOUS. A CHANGE NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE HERE, AND IT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE STARTING IN NOVEMBER. WE NEED TO OPEN OUR EYES AND OUR MINDS, BECOME EDUCATED ABOUT OUR LEADERS AND VOTE IN PEOPLE WHO WILL TRULY LISTEN TO US. NOT PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THEY KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR US WITHOUT ASKING, AND THEN REALLY LISTENING TO OUR RESPONSES.
WHEN OUR TURN COMES TO VOTE THIS NOVEMBER, KEEP THESE YOUNG PEOPLE IN MIND, KEEP THE PEOPLE OF 9-11 IN MIND, AND KEEP THIS COUNTRY IN MIND.
THIS COUNTRY STARTED IT'S JOURNEY TO BECOMING A COUNTRY WITH AN ACT OF TERRORISM, I HOPE THAT IT DOESN'T END BECAUSE OF ONE.
WELL, THAT'S MY RANDOM THOUGHT FOR THIS TIME.
TALK TO YOU SOON,
TVI
P.S. ALL COMMENTS, GOOD AND BAD ARE APPRECIATED, AND THANKS.
