9/11

Hey, I think it would have been instructive to show video footage of the mayhem and carnage that took place in DC, New York and south eastern Pennsylvania eight years ago today to our school children. No, not to first graders, 2nd, 3rd, fourth graders, but kids in fifth grade and older.

I mean, Chairman Mao-bama was allowed/encouraged to address the little tykes with a message that had to be tempered and re-written pre-delivery because of its strong language akin to indoctrination and hypnosis.

(BTW, if the corrected address was so inocuous - so says everyone on the left - then why even bother delivering it?)

I have seen some excellent 9/11 documentaries - most seemingly unbiased - that would be appropriate for young adults. I mean, come on...most young people can't wait for the next horror/slasher movie to come 'round. I was a huge fan of everyone of them (Halloween, Friday the 13th, 'Salem's Lot, Carrie, The Shining...), and look at me. I'm norm---

Ahem.

My point is that, though multiple graphic shots of jets exploding inside the towers, people running away in sudden, unexpected terror and doomed souls jumping from windows mere hours after waking is quite disturbing and upsetting, it is also important to not forget what that day meant to our country and countrymen.

It's now a history lesson for the ages.

I remember precisely where I was and what I was doing on September 11, 2001 when the attacks began. Ironically, I was driving past Dulles Airport listening to talk radio on my way to work.

The first reports were vague at best and my office manager called to see if I'd heard the news. I was minutes from the office and needless to say, within an hour of arriving there, our crews were on their way in and I was headed for home. We all went home to our TV's to watch the terrible attack and it's aftermath unfold.

It's hard to imagine that a senior in high school - much less an 11th, 10th, 9th and so-on-grader - has much of the same recollection. To read or listen to a lecture about September 11, 2001 is one thing; to remember experiencing the fear and uncertainty is another.

I believe the video - as graphic as it is - can be a teachable moment for our young people.

And it needs to be shown once a year on this day in America's classrooms. Of course, parents need to be educating their children about the significance of this day as well.

May God bless this country, her defenders and all the innocents who perished on that terrible day.

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I will be attending the Tea Party March and Rally in Washington tomorrow, wearing my Welcome Back Carter T-shirt (photo of Dear One on it). I will file a report about the events as soon as I am able.