Remembering....
Seven years ago today...............................................
MSNBC has been running the news, uncut, as it was on 9/11/2001. I was just watching and the hair on my neck is standing up. The blueness of the sky, the clarity of the morning, the traffic, the tears...Man, what a week that was. And so easy for me. For so many others, it was so hard. I have no real words to speak about this. I will reflect on my on. But there is this. With the turmoil and important elections upcoming, with the divisiveness and inflammatory language that is spread in its wake...let NO MAN call me a traitor or unpatriotic. My patriotism runs deep and hard, my pride in my country is great, and my dedication to seeing those who run this country held accountable for their actions and to placed in the public spotlight is firm. Questioning my country is patriotic. Voting my values...is patriotic.
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." -John Quincy Adams-
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to ... remain silent." -Thomas Jefferson-
And my absolute favorite....
"I must study Politics and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematics and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Mathematics and Philosophy, Geography, natural History, Naval Architecture, navigation, Commerce and Agriculture, in order to give their Children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Music, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry and Porcelain."
-John Quincy Adams-
MSNBC has been running the news, uncut, as it was on 9/11/2001. I was just watching and the hair on my neck is standing up. The blueness of the sky, the clarity of the morning, the traffic, the tears...Man, what a week that was. And so easy for me. For so many others, it was so hard. I have no real words to speak about this. I will reflect on my on. But there is this. With the turmoil and important elections upcoming, with the divisiveness and inflammatory language that is spread in its wake...let NO MAN call me a traitor or unpatriotic. My patriotism runs deep and hard, my pride in my country is great, and my dedication to seeing those who run this country held accountable for their actions and to placed in the public spotlight is firm. Questioning my country is patriotic. Voting my values...is patriotic.
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." -John Quincy Adams-
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to ... remain silent." -Thomas Jefferson-
And my absolute favorite....
"I must study Politics and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematics and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Mathematics and Philosophy, Geography, natural History, Naval Architecture, navigation, Commerce and Agriculture, in order to give their Children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Music, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry and Porcelain."
-John Quincy Adams-