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October 21, 2006
Looking Back ~ Have They Forgotten?
Dan Rather on Letterman 9/17/01
Wild Thing's comment......
Five days after 9-11 Dan Rather was on David Letterman, he was speaking of what happened, how he was for our Military going after the terrorists. A few years later Dan Rather intensely went after Bush as much as he could. How soon a person forgets that rage of being attacked, how soon we saw many Americans want a war to end with the speed of DSL on our computers.
Dan Rather speaks that the war would be long (4 to 8 years he said) and dangerous. Did he forget what he said? Did he forget how he felt when our Nation was attacked on our land?
I know that none of us that come to this blog have forgotten. We have also learned about our enemy. We know them well, and one thing for sure…. our enemy will never know us well. They will never know how stubborn we can be, how our freedom means more to us anything. How important that Freedom is to be able to leave it to the children of the future of our country. And how not a day goes by that we are not aware of why we are free and what the cost has been that allows us to live in the land of the free and that it truly is the home of the brave.
I saw this video over at Billy's blog......Billy O'Blog. He has an excellent post about it. I am going to put his words here and you might also want to check his blog out. He has some other posts there that are also excellent.
Billy's words........
" It is well known that Dan Rather has never been a fan of George Bush. In fact, the story about Bush's alleged 'marginal' service was the downfall of Rather when he adamantly defended the story as fact. It is for this reason that I feel this video is important. For when a man as politically biased as Rather, outlines the path FROM 911, the way he did just 5 days after the attack, it serves as a reminder of just how much we've forgotten, how much we as a country have lost our will.With elections upcoming that will determine how we prosecute the war started on 911, it's important to reflect how clear our thinking was then and how clouded it has become through partisanship. It is as though we've forgotten the path TO 911 and are continuing down that road again. God help us all if we forget.
The video is long, but I feel important, because in it you will hear Rather PROMOTE the policies this administration is fighting to persue. You will hear Rather advocate going after Iran and Syria and Iraq. He hadn't had the time to learn just how ingrained Islam has been in this war, but many of the comments are chilling.
Take a few minutes to watch this, remember, your feelings then, and ask yourself if we , as a Nation, really want to throw in the towel as many in the media today are trying to brainwash us to do."
Posted by Wild Thing at October 21, 2006 12:55 AM
Comments
Wow Chrissie,...... thank you for the compliment. I hope your readers find the Blog as entertaining as you do. It had started out being 100% funny but I'm beginning to rethink the wisdom of that, to see if I may be able to find more of a balance between humor and reality.
When I came across THIS video, I was amazed by the vision Rather showed. This long time liberal loudmouth was actually MAKING SENSE!!!! I had to watch it again because I wasn't sure I was hearing him properly, but, sure enough, there he was, whether he knew it or not back then, writing a republican re-election commercial.
This needs to be re-circulated. Thank you Chrissie for the help......luvya meanit.....Billy
Posted by: Billy at October 21, 2006 07:46 AM
Billy there is tremendous humor in politics. We must never stop laughing at some of the things that are so beyond the edge in stupid.
I laughed so hard at Howard Dean and even when I think of him I laugh he just does that to me. They are dangerous people to America but they do create their own form of humor too.
Thanks again Billy for all you do. ((hug))
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 21, 2006 10:44 AM
Sometime in the 70s Dan Rather stated that if he was a journalist covering a guerilla group he would do nothing to interfere with their planned attack on unsuspecting Americans. It was in regard to a camera crew covering an ambush by communist guerillas on a Phillipine Army patrol.
Dan Rather stated that his journalist's ethics were more important than his American patriotism.
Posted by: TomR at October 21, 2006 12:35 PM
I'm just a heathen but I remember being taught a few things.
The first commandment, to honor God
The fifth commandment , to honor the parents
The ninth commandment, not to bear false witness
To honor and protect my country
These seem to be a minimal task for most of us regardless of our religious preference.
Seems that even the Democrats and the journalists have lost all that.
Posted by: Jack at October 21, 2006 02:45 PM
Tom, OMG how horrible!!!
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 21, 2006 06:29 PM
Jack they sure have!!
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 21, 2006 06:30 PM
