This story has been brewing in my mind all this week. Just a day or two ago, I really did not know where this story would take me, and you, in what I could and would write.
That was before I had the resolve to see the day through. But today, I saw the whole replay of the events of 9/11 from beginning to end. I could not help but to relive all the emotions I went through that dark morning. I just put together a video montage that says it all.
America, I will always love you, and I will never forget.
America, what happened to us? How could we forget? Were we not all together as one back in those dark days? Have we forgotten what we were like? How did we stray away from the attack on America that just for a moment, united us? How quickly did we forget what George W. Bush did to try to console us? He was the greatest President for those days after the attacks. I will never forget.
Yes, there WILL be justice when it all comes down to it. But in the mean time, for all of us that grieve, we must still stand together. We must never forget, we must unite, still to this day. We must never forget that day, and continue to defend freedom and justice. Good night, and God Bless America. Let's be 9/12ers, and be the way we were at that time. We just need to be America.
I just returned from my one day retreat in Madison, Wisconsin, and a night off from work, to celebrate my "Christmas In July," my annual celebration of when I was given life, and when the Unites States was born.
The first four days of July, though, is my favorite time of the year, second only to the Thanksgiving/Christmas holidays. Anyway, it was very nice to get away for a day. I greatly enjoyed my annual retreat up to Madison, especially since I had to miss the trip last year, somewhat due to the horrible Flood of 2008 in Cedar Rapids and nearly $4.00/gallon gasoline... and no job. I'm back home now, and need to get right back to work.
So, let's get started with this: Over the last months, I've been wondering what Joe Biden was talking about with his famous statement that he made in October of 2008, during the Presidential campaign, when talking to campaign contributors, as transcribed by Fox News from the Hannity and Colmes on October 21, 2008:
JOE BIDEN, (D) VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We are about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old president of the United States of America.
Remember I said it standing here, if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we are going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy. He's going to have to make some really tough — I don't know what the decisions will be — but I promise you, it will occur.
As a student of history that has served seven presidents, I guarantee you it's going to happen. I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate.
(END AUDIO CLIP)
So, assuming that Joe-the-gaff-machine was talking about Obama's first 6 months in office, I wanted to know what he may have been talking about, when he said: "I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate." While the story about Biden's "prophesy" was widely covered, I think very few people realized what Biden said really wasn't that big of a head scratcher. Senator Joe Lieberman said it best: "SEN. JOE LIEBERMAN (I), CONNECTICUT: Our enemies will test the new president early. 9/11 happened in the first year of the Bush administration." You see, Biden's comment was more of a statement of fact, rather than a prophesy. Most of our Presidents have been tested in the area of foreign policy early in their first term.
And here we have North Korea being overtly aggressive in "testing," as in possibly two nuclear tests, and their multiple missile tests (including the four short range missiles they launched today). That certainly seems to be testing Obama to see how he reacts. (I haven't seen anything from him other than a rare statement from various government spokesmen.)
And then, Obama is also dealing with the situation(s) in Iran. One situation is the good possibility that Iran's nuclear program could be covertly directed toward a weapons program, though Iran insists that it is for a "peaceful" reasons, for nuclear power plants. (Obama seems to have done nothing yet, other than to offer a little insignificant rhetoric that hasn't made any difference.)
Of course, there are also the demonstations following the election in Iran. (See above; and Obama really never came out and supported the citizenry of a tyrannical Iran... and now, it is barely covered in the news media. Is the situation over? Or, did the tyrannical Mullahs of Iran just stomp out any dissent?)
The jury is still out when it comes to how Obama handles or has handled these situations. But mark my words, remember I wote it here, if you don't remember anything else I wrote here (like about my annual retreat to Madison, Wisconsin), "Watch, we are going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy. He's going to have to make some really tough — I don't know what the decisions will be — but I promise you, it will occur." And this could happen in the next few weeks, or even days.
This might be a good time to quit being obsessed with Michael Jackson, or other fallen stars (either the celebrities that have assumed room temperature or the Govenor that ran off to Argentina), and start watching how Obama is handling plenty of world events that may be of great danger to our national security. It's time to be following these events that may be potential threats to this nation. We can not afford to be burying our heads in the sand.
I think it's time to also be praying, both for the recently deceased celebrities, and for the decisions that Barack Obama has to ultimately make. We must pray that the "brilliant 47-year-old president of the United States of America" makes the right decisions when he is tested (in progress now).
(Editor's note: Please stay tuned as I will soon be sharing some videos on TheRealjohnny2k youtube channel that will be related to the possible "tests" that I discussed above.)
More than anything that I've learned since joining digg.com back in April of 2007. I've learned the importance of the people that I correspond with, the importance of being committed to great friendships. I dedicate this post to all those on digg.ocm that have added so much to my life. (Hey, and some aren't even my "mutual friends" - some are people that I could argue with all day, but I love them, too!)
I was just getting my feet wet on digg for the first 8 months in 2007. It was when I started taking it seriously in 2008 that I saw how much it helps to even have some moral support. Stuff happened in 2008 that I hope I'd never have to experience again. The very difficult winter last year, my dog Moochie taking off for an unannounced vacation from her castle in February, a problem with excess water in Cedar Rapids last June, losing my job in June and getting it back in September, and of course the ongoing theme: wondering if what I am doing is going to help anyone... Oh, wait, I forgot - for a moment - about that election thing and the financial blow-out...
And so, am I saying that 2009 will be any easier? Uh, no. In fact.... Okay, I'm not going to go there, but I do believe that all of us together can help each other, just the way I was helped through my storm in 2008.
There's another point that I want to get to today, too. This Happy New Year's message also goes out to people that have not been exactly my fans. But, many of those that do not agree with me, well - I see a lot of good in many of them, too! For me, that has been easy to accept them as friends (to a point). I have personal experience with loving people in my family regardless of their point of view.
In fact, just yesterday I pointed out in a comment I wrote that I will no longer digg down comments unless they are so offensive that I am compelled to report it to digg.com as violations of the Terms of Service. That goes for anyone I know on either side of the aisle. I do believe in tolerance, but I will draw a line in the sand.
With that being said, let me reiterate the fact that my experience on digg.com has brought me in contact with many great people, who I only wish the best for in this next year. It may be difficult, but we can pull together regardless of our personal opinions. Kind of like we were right after 9/11. Know what I'm saying?
To those of you Conservatives that feel America is run by some global elitist organizations, the "shadow government," you are starting to annoy me. Maybe even more than the Obamassiah annoys me. I wouldn't bring it up, except for the fact that the "ObamaNation" is portraying the current administration in the same light.
To my enlightened brotheren, I'll agree to agree. I am in total agreement that our U.S. Government is doing it's best to control our lives. I even agree that there are people behind the scenes that don't have our best interests in mind. I may just be one of those "sick twisted freaks" (as Glenn Beck would call us) that honestly believes that there are people in the government that do NOT have our best interests in mind. But, at the same time, I'm a "ditto head" and do my best to be a robotic Rush Limbaugh fan... Yes, I'm a Rush-Bot, and I'm very proud of it.
So, as the conspiracy theorists out there seem to want us to believe, that Bush knew about the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 before it happened, or that he had anything to do with it, that is where I get off. In my humble opinion, not only do I feel that is completely idiotic, it's only something that the Bush-haters wanted us to believe. I have been saddened by all of the silly fools on the Conservative side that have fallen into that trap. I'm mortified by the people that should know better. It should have been easy to actually discern the truth. One would only have to know that if America-haters like Michael Moore or Rosie O'Donnell were saying it, their conspiracy theory that 9/11 was an inside job would have to be a total lie. Their only goal was to try to tear down George W. Bush and his "war-mongering" administration any way they could. Unfortunately, it seemed to have worked on many good people that should have, well... known better.
If the liberal left would have just stuck to the story that the war in Iraq was based on the "Bush-lied-and-kids-died" theme, they may have gotten away with that. What they did, though, was use the 9/11 conspiracies to soften up the minds full of mush just a little more, to build up distrust of the Bush administration, and then lay on their major lies about the War in Iraq. The left's lie about 9/11 conspiracies was the lipstick to try to cover up their lies about the war on Terrorism. You can put lipstick on a lie, but it's still a lie.
It's time to know that if the global elitists are really calling the shots, it's the liberal lefties that are following the orders. Unfortunately, they could be successful if enough of us don't speak up.
On this day of September 11, let me just remind you all that America is STILL a great country, and our freedom is worth any price. This country, the United States of America, is in a fight for the survival of all Western Civilization and freedom as we still know it. That is the only truth that I know, and believe in, and do not hesitate to say in public.
On this day of September 11, please remember those that died on that infamous day, a moment in time when we were attacked by the enemies we are still fighting. And along with those we lost that day, let us honor all of those that have fallen in protecting our freedom.
I am a Conservative blogger - part of the vast right-wing conspiracy - that is not afraid to tell you what I think about both politics and my Christian beliefs.
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