Best 911 memorial song

Rhymes and Reasons..

It was "CITIES start to crumble" not "buildings." I was mistaken.

Here's a link to the lyrics:

http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/denv ... 11301.html

In memory of my old buddy JJ --- who I used to argue with a lot on PC - but happen to share his opinion on this topic.

Colleagues - I respect you --- but I'm not going to remember 9/11 - at least not now.

I love America. It's my home. I enjoy our liberties and freedoms, including the right to worship, to think, to learn, and to speak as I choose. There is no place on this planet where those liberties are as well defended as they are here. I love our servicemen - the people who give their lives selflessly to follow orders, with the hopes that their efforts will secure the blessings of liberty for us, and our posterity.

9/11 happened. It was - and still is damn ugly. 3,000 people - virtually all of them innocent - lost their lives that day. 3,000 people gave their lives over to a lunatic - a murderer - a terrorist. I think those deaths are worth mourning. The people who died and suffered deserve to be remembered. It's senseless, wrong-minded, hateful killing.

Even so ---- I'm skipping 9/11. I'm not going to buy any 9/11 memorial magazines/books/music. I won't watch, listen, or read through any memorial service.

Memorializing 9-11 is hypocrisy of the first degree.

Terrorists murdered Americans. But really do we really need to pass on the favor? Do we need to be bigger, badder terrorists? In the eyes of civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan - that's what we're doing!

After 9/11, blind American rage turned two countries into our personal firing, bombing, and burning range. We haven't accomplished our mission (to stop terror), and our own armed service body count is higher than the entire 9/11 body count.

To date - somewhere around 100,000 lives have been lost in Iraq (including about 5,000 US casualties).
Thanks to our distinguished shoot first, ask questions later policy, it took nearly a half decade to figure out Iraq had virtually nothing to do with 9/11.

Getting closer to the "real" problem, we've killed about 10,000 Afghans - for an impressive 3-to-1 return on investment.
Damn - I should have invested in body count futures instead of stocks.

I think it's time to call it even --- put away our guns, and get back to being decent, hard-working, G-d loving Americans.

I'd like to remember 9-11. However, I'm going to wait until we stop mimicking the terrorists.

bailey bud wrote: In memory of my old buddy JJ --- who I used to argue with a lot on PC - but happen to share his opinion on this topic.

Colleagues - I respect you --- but I'm not going to remember 9/11 - at least not now.

I love America. It's my home. I enjoy our liberties and freedoms, including the right to worship, to think, to learn, and to speak as I choose. There is no place on this planet where those liberties are as well defended as they are here. I love our servicemen - the people who give their lives selflessly to follow orders, with the hopes that their efforts will secure the blessings of liberty for us, and our posterity.

9/11 happened. It was - and still is damn ugly. 3,000 people - virtually all of them innocent - lost their lives that day. 3,000 people gave their lives over to a lunatic - a murderer - a terrorist. I think those deaths are worth mourning. The people who died and suffered deserve to be remembered. It's senseless, wrong-minded, hateful killing.

Even so ---- I'm skipping 9/11. I'm not going to buy any 9/11 memorial magazines/books/music. I won't watch, listen, or read through any memorial service.

Memorializing 9-11 is hypocrisy of the first degree.

Terrorists murdered Americans. But really do we really need to pass on the favor? Do we need to be bigger, badder terrorists? In the eyes of civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan - that's what we're doing!

After 9/11, blind American rage turned two countries into our personal firing, bombing, and burning range. We haven't accomplished our mission (to stop terror), and our own armed service body count is higher than the entire 9/11 body count.

To date - somewhere around 100,000 lives have been lost in Iraq (including about 5,000 US casualties).
Thanks to our distinguished shoot first, ask questions later policy, it took nearly a half decade to figure out Iraq had virtually nothing to do with 9/11.

Getting closer to the "real" problem, we've killed about 10,000 Afghans - for an impressive 3-to-1 return on investment.
Damn - I should have invested in body count futures instead of stocks.

I think it's time to call it even --- put away our guns, and get back to being decent, hard-working, G-d loving Americans.

I'd like to remember 9-11. However, I'm going to wait until we stop mimicking the terrorists.

While I respect your opinion and thoughts, I see your comments above as more of a political statement than a memorial to friends and family lost in 9/11. To me it stands for the personal tragedy and grief, the uniting of a people than it does as a fight against terrorism. Born on 9/11 was a fight against terrorism, not by the people's friends and families who lost the loved ones, but by our politicians making a bid for historical recognition. At best that political action was an excuse. I recognize the political motivations for what they are and choose to separate those from the tragedy experienced on a personal level. That is why I will remember 9/11, not because it initiated one man's desire for revenge under the guise of fighting terrorism. Perhaps an added reason for remembering 9/11 could be the very fact so many other people far from our own loss have suffered wanton destruction and death as a consequence?

Hey, bailey bud, G-d is spelled with an "o" (as in "God"). The use of "G-d" shows that your post is the sentiment of an extreme liberal.

There are no words to adequately express the anguish felt by those who were the innocent victims of the attacks on 9/11.

We will Never forget!

Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning by Alan Jackson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvj6zdWLUuk

Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue by Toby Keith

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQcJ9tPv ... re=related

Arlen wrote: Hey, bailey bud, G-d is spelled with an "o" (as in "God"). The use of "G-d" shows that your post is the sentiment of an extreme liberal.

The custom of substituting the word "God" with G-d in English is based on the traditional practice in Jewish law of giving God's Hebrew name a high degree of respect and reverence.

There is no prohibition in Jewish law against writing out or erasing the word "God" in English. However, many Jews have afforded the word "God" with the same level of respect as the Hebrew equivalents. Because of this, many Jews substitute "God with G-d so that they can erase or dispose of the writing without showing disrespect to God. Some Jews also use G!d in the same way, utilizing the exclamation point to convey their enthusiasm for Judaism and God.

http://www.jewfaq.org/name.htm

Kinda shoots your "extreme liberal" argument to sh*t, wouldn't you say?

The use of G-d is neither liberal nor conservative, and doesn't tell you squat about my political orientation. (I'm closer to Ron Paul than President Obama).

It's a preference not to use the name of the almighty - and a preference to especially avoid using that name in vain (no doubt something that will happen a lot the next couple of weeks).

I'd really like to join my countrymen in mourning the loss of loved ones, family, friends, etc. For me, it seems disingenuous.

There's simply a part of me that is skeptical about the sincerity of corporate activities - be it corporate worship or corporate memorials. These events are assembled for political gain - just as much - if not more than - memorial for the lost. I'm every bit as skeptical about President Obama - as I am about GW.

Surrounding a memorial is a plethora of noise -- self-serving noise. In his heart-of-hearts, the goal of the politician is to get re-elected. The goal of the musician is to sell records. No doubt, there will be a t-shirt salesmen whose goal is to --- surprise sell t-shirts. We'll see bloggers and twit-erers ---- torturing innocent electrons for the sake of sharing with friends --- and maybe getting a few more hits on their referral page.

I have complete disdain for publicans - and do not wish to join them in their pursuits, any longer.

America will say they mourn the lost for an hour - or maybe even a day. Then, they'll go about their merry business - creating more lost somewhere else - for another year. Meanwhile, we lavishly dream that somehow that public memorials for America's lost somehow compensates for our blood-lust sin, elsewhere.

That's where I stand ---- decidedly skeptical --- about politics --- about people ---- and popular culture, and tired of pretending.