The column was to the point...no pussy footin around!! Besides, this speaks for some of us Americans--no matter what your nationality is--if not all of us

Dear Osama Bin Laden, Yasser Arafat, & Sadam Hussein, et al.,

We are pleased to announce that we unequivocally accept your challenge to an
old- fashioned game of Whoop-Ass. Now that we understand the rules, that
there are no rules, we look forward to playing by them for the first time.

Since this game is Winner-Take-All, we unfortunately are unable to invite you
to join us at the victory celebration. But rest assured that we will toast
you - - LITERALLY.

While we admit that you are off to an impressive lead, it is however, now our
turn at the plate.

By the way, we will be playing on your court,now.

Batter Up!

Sincerely,

The 270,000,000 citizens of the
UNITED STATES of AMERICA.

....
 

Yassir Arafat and Sadam Hussein have pledged to support the USA and have condemned the actions of the terrorists in the US on 11th September.

Terrorist
 

I heard ;on the radio(WRKO) this morning; that they
are now investigating;the possiblity;that Saddam may have
monitarily(sp)backed the terrorists! Irish

TRUST?
 

Trust this guy Sadam Hussein ?
I don't think so!

Terrorist
 

m45---Did you ever notice that Saddam and all of these other guys;that have US backing and weapons;are "Freedom Fighters"
when they are on our side but they are Torrorists when the
weapons are used against us!When will this Govt. learn?I know
that I;for one;didn't crawl around in the jungle,get wounded,and
have many; of my buddies;mentally screwed up so that this could
happen.Oh,the ignorance of youth! Irish

..
 

Irish - I'm with you on that one. People seem to be forgetting that the US govt. helped to install the Taliban in Afghanastan because they thought that they would keep the area settled regardless of how the Taliban have treated the ordinary citizens of the country.

FROM AN AMERICAN COUSIN
 

The following text was sent to me by one of my American cousins. I thought it would be appropriate to post it here.

THE GREAT WALL --An American Dream !!!!!

Three guys, a Canadian, Osama Bin Ladin and Uncle Sam are out walking together one day. They come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it.
"I will give each of you each one wish, that's three wishes total," says the Genie.
The Canadian says, "I am a farmer, my dad was a farmer, and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in Canada."
With a blink of the Genie's eye, 'POOF' the land in Canada was forever made fertile for farming.
Osama Bin Ladin was amazed, so he said, "I want a wall around Afganistan, so that no infidels, Jews or Americans can come into our precious state."
Again, with a blink of the Genie's eye, 'POOF' there was a huge wall around Afganistan.
"Uncle Sam" (A former civil engineer), asks, "I'm very curious. Please tell me more about this wall."
The Genie explains, "Well, it's about 15,000 feet high, 500 feet thick and completely surrounds the country; nothing can get in or out---virtually
impenetrable."
"UncleSam" says, "Fill it with water."

GOOD ONE!!!
 

funny!! too bad we can't do it for real!! LOL
btw--borrowed to send to a few of my friends

FW:Open L T A Terrorist
 

David---I thought that was great!I just e-mailed it to my wife at
work. Irish

A POEM WRITTEN BY A CANADIAN
 

This poem was originally posted on Sept. 20th, however I understand that some have had difficulty accessing it. So I am posting it here in its full text.

September 11th, 2001. Manhattan, New York State, U.S.A.
"An Evil Deed"


To seek within our mind, within the depth of knowledge.
Through many years of experiences, over and over again.
Explanation for this dastardly act, that totally disregarded life.
We find ourselves searching for the proper words of expression.

A deed as cowardly as this, with total disregard for humanity,
can only be described as an act so evil in thought, so evil in
mind, so disturbing, that one does not even want to go there.
Yet go there we must, finding the words needed to express
ourselves we must, look into the very depths of horror we must.

We have seen the remnants of war, the bodies of the dead buried.
The limbless bodies of those who survived, the sightless eyes,
within a human body waiting to die, among these living dead,
are no heroes, just destroyed lives.We have walked among these
living dead. Felt the sorrow of wasted lives, yet even from their
battered selves, We have been given a light of hope, because of
their contribution to life.

There was reason there, they made us see, that life was worth
their sacrifice, from them, We found the strengths to go forward
into life again.

Those who perpetrated this horrific deed, even in the giving of
their lives, can only be looked upon as being from the very
depths of humanity. Let us not become like them. Let them carry
into eternity, the deed that is theirs. For they were dead, long
before their execution of this horrific deeed.

All of the innocent lives that were taken on this day, should
symbolize our freedom of choice, liberty, self determination,
for all human beings. Thus washing away the evil perpetrated
upon them, upon humanity this day.
GST;September 16th, 2001

With the recent events, there have been many rumors/pranks related to WTC that is posted on the net. A lot of these are by now familiar to many of us. I thought I would share the following sight that dispels the rumors and set the record straight on a number of events:

http://www.csicop.org/hoaxwatch/

Sept. 11th, 2001 - A Poem
 

Two thousand one, nine eleven

by Paul Spreadbury

Two thousand one, nine eleven
Five thousand plus arrive in heaven
As they pass through the gate,
Thousands more appear in wait
A bearded man with stovepipe hat
Steps forward saying,
"Let's sit; Let's chat"
They settle down in seats of clouds
A man named Martin shouts out proud
"I have a dream!" and once he did
The Newcomer said, "your dream still lives."
Groups of soldiers in blue and gray
Others in khaki and green then say
"We're from Bull Run, Yorktown, the Maine"
The Newcomer said "You died not in vain."
From a man on sticks one could hear
"The only thing we have to fear..."
The Newcomer said, "We know the rest,
trust us sir, we've passed that test."
"Courage doesn't hide in caves,
You can't bury freedom in a grave."
The Newcomers had heard this voice before
A distinct Yankee twang from Hyannisport shores
A silence fell within the mist
Somehow the Newcomer knew that this
Meant time had come for her to say
What was in the hearts of the five thousand plus that day
"Back on Earth, we wrote reports,
Watched our children play in sports
Worked our gardens, sang our songs
Went to church and clipped coupons
We smiled, we laughed, we cried, we fought
Unlike you, great we're not"

The tall man in the stovepipe hat
Stood and said,"Don't talk like that"
"Look at your country, look and see
You died for freedom, just like me."
Then, before them all appeared a scene
Of rubbled streets and twisted beams
Death, destruction, smoke and dust
And people working just 'cause they must
Hauling ash, lifting stones,
Knee deep in hell
But not alone
"Look! Blackman, whiteman, brownman, yellowman
Side by side helping their fellow man!"
So said Martin, as he watched the scene
"Even from nightmares, can be born a dream."
Down below three firemen raised
The colors high into ashen haze
The soldiers above had seen it before
On Iwo Jima back in '44
The man on sticks studied everything closely
Then shared his perceptions on what he saw mostly
"I see pain, I see tears,
I see sorrow -- but I don't see fear."
"You left behind husbands and wives
Daughters and sons and so many lives
are suffering now because of this wrong
But look very closely. You're not really gone
All of those people, even those who've never met you
All of their lives, they'll never forget you
Don't you see what has happened?
Don't you see what you've done
You've brought them together, together as one."
With that the man in the stovepipe had said
"Take my hand," and from there he led
five thousand plus heroes, Newcomers to heaven
On this day, two thousand one, nine eleven

G-d please everyone.
David

No Words Needed
 

Heartbreaking...even after 3 weeks..my heart still aches.....

Agreed. Thank god for the real heroes, eh!