Although it has been six years since that day, I can still remember it like it was right now. I remember the phone call from my sister-in-law, which alerted me that something big was happening, as she called to ask if we'd heard from my father-in-law who she thought was supposed to be in New York that day. (Turns out he was in DC - and could see the Pentagon burn from his office across the Potomac.)
I remember watching the towers fall on TV, and the instant realization that we were at war and, most likely, would be for many years to come. I remember calling my dad and asking him if this is what it felt like to wake up and hear the radio announce the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. (Yes, just the same.)
I remember thinking that while my parents' generation had World War II and I grew up during the Cold War, my children would come to know a different threat. I remember thanking God that George W. Bush was President, because I believed - and still do - that he would not rest until he had done everything in his power to defeat the threat.
I remember the bright, beautiful day, the blue sky and the eerie lack of jet vapor trails. I remember thinking how everything looked like nothing had changed, even though everything had.
P.S. Stay angry. The fight isn't over yet. It must not be over until we win.
ANYBODY WHO READ WHAT I WROTE SIX YEARS AGO, STILL AINT TALKING
Set the Wayback Machine for 1991, on a warm afternoon at San Jose State University, Bill Clinton, running against George H.W. Bush and H. Ross Perot, tells California educators the "Peace Dividend," should be used to beat swords into plowshares.
In order to plunder the "dividend," Bill Clinton needs a college. In 1993 Clinton appoints Congressman Leon Panetta, OMB Director and Panetta puts Fort Ord on the block. At Panetta's behest, Congress passes the Pryor Amendment. That is, Fort Ord without use restrictions; the amendment also appropriates money for legal defenses. Les Aspen, slated to head the campus, passes away prematurely. Clinton appoints Panetta chief of staff in 1994. And, The Presidential Search Committee picks Vermont's Peter P. Smith. Currently, former Arkansas Governor David H. Pryor (D) serves as Dean of the Clinton School of Public Service, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Ushered through the California Legislature, as a San Jose State, Salinas, extension campus (with help from newly appointed CSU Chancellor Barry Munoz), the politicos co-opt the proposed extension on Fort Ord, and christen it their own personal residential campus, CSU Monterey Bay. Bill Clinton dedicates CSU-MB, Labor Day 1995. Leon Panetta knows the Clinton "20-year plan." First order of business: help train Middle Eastern flight-students.
November 2001, Bill Clinton speaking at Georgetown University says, “Here in the United States, we were founded as a nation that practiced slavery, and slaves quite frequently were killed even though they were innocent.” “This country once looked the other way when a significant number of Native Americans were dispossessed and killed.” Clinton went back centuries to regale Georgetown students with Crusader atrocities against Moslems, "we are still paying for it."
At CSU-MB’s dedication, when Bill Clinton called the nonprofit sector “a political gold mine,” few knew the politicos had already purchased several large tracts of military housing from the DOD, for $1-dollar. That, nonprofits use “foundations” to funnel profits wherever they desire. Nothing is greedier than a California landlord; Fort Ord’s new owners were no exception. They ruthlessly misrepresent the campus and pocket untold millions of dollars in student rents. As the years progress, the politicos employ every education scam imaginable.
Bill Clinton concluded his Georgetown speech, by saying that the issue revolves around “the nature of truth.” Maybe so, but that’s a straw man: an argument set up to be defeated. As early as 1993, the Clintons began siphoning off the so called “Peace Dividend” to elect Hillary Clinton president, and create the paradigm best suited to return Bill Clinton to the White House, a wartime co-president. Truth is, nobody games the system like the Clintons: http://theseedsof9-11.com
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