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2001-9/11
Posted by: Personal Responsibility ()
Date: September 12, 2006 02:20PM

TWO THOUSAND ONE, NINE ELEVEN (2001-9/11)

Two thousand one, nine eleven
Three thousand plus arrive in heaven
As they pass through the gate,
Thousands more appear in wait.

A bearded man with stovepipe hat
Steps forward saying, "Let's sit, let's chat"
They settle down in seats of clouds
A man named Martin shouts out proud
"I have a dream!" and once he did
The Newcomer said, "Your dream still lives."

Groups of soldiers in blue and gray
Others in khaki, and green then say
"We're from Bull Run, Yorktown, the Maine."
The Newcomer said, "You died not in vain."

From a man on sticks one could hear
"The only thing we have to fear...."
The Newcomer said, "We know the rest,
Trust us sir, we've passed that test."

"Courage doesn't hide in caves
You can't bury freedom in a grave,"
The Newcomers had heard this voice before
A distinct Yankees twang from Hyannisport shores

A silence fell within the mist
Somehow the Newcomer knew that this
Meant time had come for her to say
What was in the hearts of the five thousand plus that day

"Back on Earth, we wrote reports,
Watched our children play in sports
Work ed our gardens, sang our songs
Went to church and clipp ed coupons

"We smiled, we laughed,
we cried, we fought
Unlike you, great we're not"

The tall man in the stovepipe hat
Stood and said, " Don 't talk like that!
Look at your country, look and see
You died for freedom, just like me"

Then, before them all appeared a scene
Of rubbled streets and twisted beams
Death, destruction, smoke and dust
And people working just 'cause they must

Hauling ash, lifting stones,
Knee deep in hell, but not alone
"Look! Blackman, Whiteman, Brownman, Yellowman
Side by side helping their fellow man!"

So said Martin , as he watched the scene
"Even from nightmares, can be born a dream."
Down below three firemen raised
The colors high into ashen haze

The soldiers above had seen it before
On Iwo Jima back in '45
The man on sticks studied everything closely;
Then shared his perceptions on what he saw mostly

"I see pain, I see tears,
I see sorrow -- but I don't see fear."
You left behind husbands and wives,
Daughters and sons and so many lives
Are suffering now because of this wrong
But look very closely. You're not really gone.

"All of those people, even those who've never met you
All of their lives, they'll never forget you.
Don 't you see what has happened?
Don 't you see what you've done?
You've bro ught them together, together as one."

With that the man in the stovepipe hat said,
"Take my hand," and from there he led
Three thousand plus heroes, Newcomers to heaven
On this day, two thousand one, nine eleven

Author UNKNOWN (What a shame!)

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Re: 2001-9/11
Posted by: mad max, JD ()
Date: September 12, 2006 02:57PM

So the erosion of freedoms over the past 5 years is ok b/c it brought the races together?

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Re: 2001-9/11
Posted by: Gravis ()
Date: September 12, 2006 05:50PM

mad max, JD Wrote:
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> So the erosion of freedoms over the past 5 years
> is ok b/c it brought the races together?


im tired of all this "we're losing our freedom!" bullshit that people like you spout. please, tell me one way that you have been directly impacted you, making you less free. stupid fear mongers is what you are.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."095042938540

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Re: 2001-9/11
Posted by: mad max, JD ()
Date: September 12, 2006 06:40PM

Flown lately?

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Re: 2001-9/11
Posted by: § ()
Date: September 12, 2006 07:24PM

Patriot Act is trippin' yo. -§

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Re: 2001-9/11
Posted by: RESton Peace ()
Date: September 12, 2006 08:23PM

Gravis doesn't have anyone inviting him to go anywhere, so he doesn't have reason to know of the tremendous burden of traveling in our "free" society.

It was easier to move around in Soviet Russia.

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Re: 2001-9/11
Posted by: 345 ()
Date: September 12, 2006 08:59PM

Gravis was what, 14 on 9/11/2001?
You were probably happy to be let out of school early.

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Re: 2001-9/11
Posted by: Gravis ()
Date: September 13, 2006 08:12AM

345 Wrote:
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> Gravis was what, 14 on 9/11/2001?
> You were probably happy to be let out of school
> early.



no, at the time i was 17 and it was not a happy day. why would you say that?


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."095042938540

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Re: 2001-9/11
Posted by: TRICKIE ()
Date: September 13, 2006 01:40PM

I have flown lately. I had to pack all my liquid and gel stuff. They did allow me to bring my Burt's Bees Wax lip balm on board. Actually with less carry on luggage on board, the flight was on time for once. Now that we have to take our shoes off, I always get a pedicure before I travel too.

Trickie

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Re: 2001-9/11
Posted by: stinkypoon ()
Date: September 13, 2006 02:34PM

> im tired of all this "we're losing our freedom!"
> bullshit that people like you spout.

not as much as i'm tired of the "they hate us for our freedom!" bullshit. i shake my head in sadness every time i hear some stupid motherfucker say that.

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Date: August 29, 2012 12:00AM

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