09-11-08

Sept 11, 2001

Almighty God, September 11 will be indelibly inscribed in our memories. We looked with horror on the terrorist attacks of last September 11th. But we looked with honor on acts of courage by ordinary people who sacrificed themselves to prevent further death and destruction. We shed our tears in a common bond of grief for those we loved and lost. We journeyed through a dark valley, but your light has led us to a place of hope.You have turned our grief into determination. We are resolved to do what is good, and right, and just. Help us to remember what it means to be Americans—a people endowed with abundant blessings. Help us to cherish the freedoms we enjoy and inspire us to stand with courage, united as one Nation in the midst of any adversity. Lord, hear this prayer for our Nation. Amen.

James Pethokoukis quoting Charles Mackay: In reading the history of nations, we find that, like individuals, they have their whims and their peculiarities; their seasons of excitement and recklessness, when they care not what they do. We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, till their attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first…. Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

Victor Davis Hanson: The Other 9/11 Story…What has and hasn’t happened in the seven years since September 11, 2001

AJ Strata: One of the main reasons we all sit here today, able to recognize again the tragedies of that day, the reasons we are fighting two wars, and the enormous progress we have made, is due to the leadership of President George W. Bush.

Paul Mirengoff: Being right should count for something!

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