Sept. 13: Fighting back tears, Bush vows that America will "lead the world to victory" over
terrorism in a struggle he termed the first war of the 21st century. Secretary of State Colin
Powell identifies Osama Bin Laden as the prime suspect. The United States will respond with a
sustained military campaign.

Sept. 14: Bush declares national emergency and gives military authority to call 50,000
reservists to active duty. Justice Department releases names of the 19 hijackers. Afghanistan's
Taliban militia warns of "revenge" if United States attacks it for harboring bin Laden. Bush
leads four former presidents and nation in prayer at National Cathedral and visits trade center.

Sept. 15: President Bush says U.S. troops will hunt down terrorists in a long, unrelenting war;
cites desire by American people not only for revenge, but to end "barbaric behavior." The State
Department warns governments will be isolated if they tolerate or assist terrorist groups.
Pakistan agrees to the full list of U.S. demands for a possible attack on neighboring Afghanistan.

Sept. 20: In national address, Bush announces creation of a Cabinet-level Office of Homeland
Security and names Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge to coordinate efforts to prevent terrorism.
Bush directs U.S. military forces to "be ready" for the gathering battle: "The hour is coming
when America will act and you will make us proud." Islamic clerics urge bin Laden to voluntarily
leave Afghanistan. Pentagon announces that 5,131 members of the Air Force National Guard
and Air Force Reserve ordered to active duty. Go to President Bush's address to Congress.

( The following site is time-lines of all on 9-11, this thread created only for those to view and to remember where we were and where we were going, and why we are where we are today).

http://www.september11news.com/DailyTimeline.htm

The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about 9/11

Here's an essay I wrote about 9/11 back in the days when I was a political satire journalist. This is now a syndicated article but being the copyright owner I have the privilege of cut and paste. ROTF. Some will enjoy it -- others won't.

Dop

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It was a beautiful late-summer day in 1609 when Henry Hudson entered the mouth of the river and captured his first glimpse of the island known today as Manhattan. With the sun warming his face and the wind blowing through his hair, he noticed his 80-ton, 20-man ship was creaking and moaning beneath him. He shook his head in wonder at the same time his emotions were filling with excitement and anticipation, bringing a smile to his face. Was this the passage to the east? Had he finally found it?

His quest for the North-West passage had been long and hard. It led him through severe storms, threats of mutiny and countless dead-ends ranging from the coast of Maine to the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. Somehow his ship "Half Moon" had managed to hold her own and was now making a very steady 5 knots up the Hudson river. A river which he later named the "River of Mountains."

How coincidental that 85 years earlier, an Italian, Giovanni da Verranzano, discovered the mouth of this very river and named it "River of the SteepHills."

Of course, Hudson had no way of knowing this.

How coincidental that the date Hudson entered the harbor was September 12, 1609 -- precisely 392 years to the day when America would awaken to realize she was not dreaming. The suicide-bombing nightmare of the World Trade Center was not a dream. It was real and as a consequence, life in America would change forever.

Of course, Hudson had no way of knowing this.

As the Half Moon made her way slowly up the river on that September day, Hudson stared at the tip of Manhattan and envisioned something great happening there some day. Indeed he was correct. That happening would be the rise of the greatest city of modern time. Within that great city would be magnificent structures, standing tall, showing their proud faces to the world. Among them would be the World Trade Center. Towering over the lower Manhattan skyline they would be the first visible signs of America, letting new-comers know that it is just minutes until the Lady of Liberty will be in sight, holding her right arm straight and strong with the symbol of freedom. Welcome to America!

The twin towers are gone now. Brutally destroyed by foreign terrorists. We need not go over the details, we know them all too well. Images of the twin-engine jets crashing into each of the towers are forever frozen in every American's mind. The questions now, are what do we do about it, where do we go from here and how do we make the pain go away? These are not easy questions to answer.

The process of reconciling this horrific scene in lower Manhattan will surely result in scattered thoughts which can only be rescued by the power of positive vibes and a childlike spirit -- both of which are natural attributes of free thinking. Something, all of us have within our inner-selves but few of us ever bring to the forefront. It is now time to do just that. Getting part of the way there is no longer acceptable. We must react like a boxer shaking off a body blow, knowing survival is paramount and be willing to let reality slowly reappear. Regardless of how we try to to separate the meanings of 'significant' and 'controversial', the parallel tracks seem to collide. For some reason they do not appear correct when they are on opposite sides of this equation. Here is where we need to be reminded that there is a fine line between genius and success. What we would like to see happen and what common sense dictates can be done are as different as night and day. We only need to open our eyes to this fact. The rest will take care of itself.

You see it's perfectly alright for each of us, including our leaders, to have our own idea of where our country should be heading as a result of the WTC tragedy. But we must protect ourselves from being drawn into the vortex of a bad plan. We must protect ourselves from thinking we can be the heroes of our own sagas. We must be willing to be absent for a short time while we sort it all out. Granted people will notice the absence but they will understand when we return with a solid plan. A plan that we intimately embrace as a nation. A plan that has closure and finality.

This may seem like a lot to hope for, a lot to accomplish and perhaps it sounds relatively simplistic in concept. The truth being - it is complex by nature and even more complex by execution. If one stands alone it becomes a personal project; if we stand together as a country, it becomes a movement.

Either way, it will happen with the only difference being - with whom will I stand.

On September 14 Hudson sailed past the northern tip of Manhattan into the Tappan Zee, thinking he had surely found the passage to the east. It was just days later when the Half Moon entered the shallow waters of Albany and Hudson finally realized it was another dead end.

The return journey down the Hudson river was long and depressing. He again passed the tip of Manhattan. This time looking a little closer. Trying to imagine what it would look like many years in the future. One can only suppose that Hudson sensed that he was standing at the doorstep of a great country. He must have felt that he was looking at the single spot on the globe which would become known as the focal point of tolerance and freedom. This same spot in the future would be chosen by cowardly terrorists as ground zero for an event so dreadful, that world leaders would be huddled around trying to make a choice between which path a country takes to the eve of destruction while it's citizens rethink their fundamental societal values and acid test the strengths and weaknesses of of the boundaries of perseverance.

Somehow a new light will find it's way to guide us across a newly strengthened and enriched environment, creating personal mythic models which, based on past events, were previously thought to be impossible. Not everyone will join in the celebration. Indeed, Some will struggle with contempt and for others there will be the problem of breaking away from the fear associated with the personal myth of self-imposed philosophical changes. Alliances will form with the expectation of furthering the manifestation of new ideas and discarding the artifacts inherent within a society controlled by the forces of ignorance. Then, the healing process will begin.

Of course, Hudson had no way of knowing this.

Originally posted by Lungdop Philing
Here's an essay I wrote about 9/11 back in the days when I was a political satire journalist. This is now a syndicated article but being the copyright owner I have the privilege of cut and paste. ROTF. Some will enjoy it -- others won't.

Dop

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It was a beautiful late-summer day in 1609 when Henry Hudson entered the mouth of the river and captured his first glimpse of the island known today as Manhattan. With the sun warming his face and the wind blowing through his hair, he noticed his 80-ton, 20-man ship was creaking and moaning beneath him. He shook his head in wonder at the same time his emotions were filling with excitement and anticipation, bringing a smile to his face. Was this the passage to the east? Had he finally found it?

His quest for the North-West passage had been long and hard. It led him through severe storms, threats of mutiny and countless dead-ends ranging from the coast of Maine to the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. Somehow his ship "Half Moon" had managed to hold her own and was now making a very steady 5 knots up the Hudson river. A river which he later named the "River of Mountains."

How coincidental that 85 years earlier, an Italian, Giovanni da Verranzano, discovered the mouth of this very river and named it "River of the SteepHills."

Of course, Hudson had no way of knowing this.

How coincidental that the date Hudson entered the harbor was September 12, 1609 -- precisely 392 years to the day when America would awaken to realize she was not dreaming. The suicide-bombing nightmare of the World Trade Center was not a dream. It was real and as a consequence, life in America would change forever.

Of course, Hudson had no way of knowing this.

As the Half Moon made her way slowly up the river on that September day, Hudson stared at the tip of Manhattan and envisioned something great happening there some day. Indeed he was correct. That happening would be the rise of the greatest city of modern time. Within that great city would be magnificent structures, standing tall, showing their proud faces to the world. Among them would be the World Trade Center. Towering over the lower Manhattan skyline they would be the first visible signs of America, letting new-comers know that it is just minutes until the Lady of Liberty will be in sight, holding her right arm straight and strong with the symbol of freedom. Welcome to America!

The twin towers are gone now. Brutally destroyed by foreign terrorists. We need not go over the details, we know them all too well. Images of the twin-engine jets crashing into each of the towers are forever frozen in every American's mind. The questions now, are what do we do about it, where do we go from here and how do we make the pain go away? These are not easy questions to answer.

The process of reconciling this horrific scene in lower Manhattan will surely result in scattered thoughts which can only be rescued by the power of positive vibes and a childlike spirit -- both of which are natural attributes of free thinking. Something, all of us have within our inner-selves but few of us ever bring to the forefront. It is now time to do just that. Getting part of the way there is no longer acceptable. We must react like a boxer shaking off a body blow, knowing survival is paramount and be willing to let reality slowly reappear. Regardless of how we try to to separate the meanings of 'significant' and 'controversial', the parallel tracks seem to collide. For some reason they do not appear correct when they are on opposite sides of this equation. Here is where we need to be reminded that there is a fine line between genius and success. What we would like to see happen and what common sense dictates can be done are as different as night and day. We only need to open our eyes to this fact. The rest will take care of itself.

You see it's perfectly alright for each of us, including our leaders, to have our own idea of where our country should be heading as a result of the WTC tragedy. But we must protect ourselves from being drawn into the vortex of a bad plan. We must protect ourselves from thinking we can be the heroes of our own sagas. We must be willing to be absent for a short time while we sort it all out. Granted people will notice the absence but they will understand when we return with a solid plan. A plan that we intimately embrace as a nation. A plan that has closure and finality.

This may seem like a lot to hope for, a lot to accomplish and perhaps it sounds relatively simplistic in concept. The truth being - it is complex by nature and even more complex by execution. If one stands alone it becomes a personal project; if we stand together as a country, it becomes a movement.

Either way, it will happen with the only difference being - with whom will I stand.

On September 14 Hudson sailed past the northern tip of Manhattan into the Tappan Zee, thinking he had surely found the passage to the east. It was just days later when the Half Moon entered the shallow waters of Albany and Hudson finally realized it was another dead end.

The return journey down the Hudson river was long and depressing. He again passed the tip of Manhattan. This time looking a little closer. Trying to imagine what it would look like many years in the future. One can only suppose that Hudson sensed that he was standing at the doorstep of a great country. He must have felt that he was looking at the single spot on the globe which would become known as the focal point of tolerance and freedom. This same spot in the future would be chosen by cowardly terrorists as ground zero for an event so dreadful, that world leaders would be huddled around trying to make a choice between which path a country takes to the eve of destruction while it's citizens rethink their fundamental societal values and acid test the strengths and weaknesses of of the boundaries of perseverance.

Somehow a new light will find it's way to guide us across a newly strengthened and enriched environment, creating personal mythic models which, based on past events, were previously thought to be impossible. Not everyone will join in the celebration. Indeed, Some will struggle with contempt and for others there will be the problem of breaking away from the fear associated with the personal myth of self-imposed philosophical changes. Alliances will form with the expectation of furthering the manifestation of new ideas and discarding the artifacts inherent within a society controlled by the forces of ignorance. Then, the healing process will begin.

Of course, Hudson had no way of knowing this.




I like that.:D

Here's an essay I wrote about 9/11 back in the days when I was a political satire journalist. This is now a syndicated article but being the copyright owner I have the privilege of cut and paste. ROTF. Some will enjoy it -- others won't.

Wow , interesting work history, Lungdop Philing !!!