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FW: Good Note
look I am all for the american spirit and all, but does
this type of messages really belong on the scirocco
list ?
Dude email it to your co worker if you like (gawd know I
have gotten this message 9 times yet this month) but
truly respectfully.. don't spam the scirocco list.. we
all get enough spam in a day...thanks.
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ATS - Patrick Bureau
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> At 06:11 PM 10/1/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >This has been forwarded by Debbie Lyle.
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Lyle, Richard D <LyleRD@NORTHAMERICA.Stortek.com>
> >> To: Rich@Earthlink.net <rdlyle@earthlink.net>
> > > Date: 10/1/2002 1:36:54 PM
> >> Subject: Good Note
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > I will not forget
> >> >
> >> > I sat in a movie theater watching "Schindler' List," asked myself, "Why
> >> > didn't the Jews fight back?"
> >> >
> >> > Now I know why.
> >> >
> >> > I sat in a movie theater, watching "Pearl Harbor" and asked myself,
> >> > "Why weren't we prepared?"
> >> >
> >> > Now I know why.
> >> >
> >> > Civilized people cannot fathom, much less predict, the actions of evil
> >> > people.
> >> >
> >> > On September 11, dozens of capable airplane passengers allowed
> >themselves
> >> > to be overpowered by a handful of poorly armed terrorists because they
> >did
> >> > not comprehend the depth of hatred that motivated their captors.
> >> >
> >> > On September 11, thousands of innocent people were murdered because too
> >> > many Americans naively reject the reality that some nations are
> >dedicated
> >> > to the dominance of others.
> >> >
> >> > Many political pundits, pacifists and media personnel want us to forget
> >> > the carnage. They say we must focus on the bravery of the rescuers and
> >> > ignore the cowardice of the killers. They implore us to understand the
> >> > motivation of the perpetrators. Major television stations have announced
> >> > they will assist the healing process by not replaying devastating
> >footage
> >> > of the planes crashing into the Twin Towers.
> >> >
> >> > I will not be manipulated.
> >> >
> >> > I will not pretend to understand.
> >> >
> >> > I will not forget.
> >> >
> >> > I will not forget the liberal media who abused freedom of the press to
> >> > kick our country when it was vulnerable and hurting.
> >> >
> >> > I will not forget that CBS anchor Dan Rather preceded President Bush's
> >> > address to the nation with the snide remark, "No matter how you feel
> >about
> >> > him, he is still our president."
> >> >
> >> > I will not forget that ABC TV anchor Peter Jennings questioned President
> >> > Bush's motives for not returning immediately to Washington, DC and
> >> > commented, "We're all pretty skeptical and cynical about Washington."
> >> >
> >> > And I will not forget that ABC's Mark Halperin warned if reporters
> >weren't
> >> > informed of every little detail of this war, they aren't "likely-- nor
> >> > should they be expected -- to show deference."
> >> >
> >> > I will not isolate myself from my fellow
> >> > Americans by pretending an attack on the USS Cole in Yemen was not an
> >> > Attack on the United States of America.
> >> >
> >> > I will not forget the Clinton administration equipped Islamic terrorists
> >> > and their supporters with the world's most sophisticated
> >> > telecommunications equipment and encryption technology, thereby
> >> > compromising America's ability to trace terrorist radio, cell phone,
> >land
> >> > lines, faxes and modem communications.
> >> >
> >> > I will not be appeased with pointless, quick retaliatory strikes like
> >> > Those perfected by the previous administration.
> >> >
> >> > I will not be comforted by "feel-good, do nothing" regulations like the
> >> > silly "Have your bags been under your control?" question at the airport.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I will not be influenced by so called, "antiwar demonstrators" who
> >exploit
> >> > the right of expression to chant anti-American obscenities.
> >> >
> >> > I will not forget the moral victory handed the North Vietnamese by
> >> > American war protesters who reviled and spat upon the returning
> >soldiers,
> >> > airmen, sailors and Marines.
> >> >
> >> > I will not be softened by the wishful thinking of pacifists who chose
> >> > reassurance over reality.
> >> >
> >> > I will embrace the wise words of Prime Minister Tony Blair who told
> >> > Labor Party conference, "They have no moral inhibition on the slaughter
> >of
> >> > the innocent. If they could have murdered not 7,000 but
> >> > 70,000, does anyone doubt they would have done so and rejoiced in it?
> >> >
> >> > There is no compromise possible with such people, no meeting of minds,
> >no
> >> > point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: defeat it or be
> >> > defeated by it. And defeat it we must!"
> >> >
> >> > I will force myself to:
> >> > -hear the weeping
> >> > -feel the helplessness
> >> > -imagine the terror
> >> > -sense the panic
> >> > -smell the burning flesh
> >> > -experience the loss
> >> > -remember the hatred.
> >> >
> >> > I sat in a movie theater, watching "Private Ryan" and asked myself,
> >"Where
> >> > did they find the courage?"
> >> >
> >> > Now I know.
> >> >
> >> > We have no choice. Living without liberty is not living.
> >> >
> >> > Ed Evans, MGySgt.,USMC (Ret.) Not as lean, Not as mean, But still a
> >> > Marine.
> >> >
> >> > Keep this going until every living American has read it and memorized it
> >> > so we don't make the same mistake again
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Scott Rose
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