I was not going to blog today. After 32 straight days of blogging about 9/11, I thought that I was “blogged out.” I am not. Today, September 12, 2011, with the appropriate noting of the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001 now past, do we pack away the various stages, paraphernalia, turn out the lights , and “move on”? Hell no! The terrorists are never going to rest on their laurels. Why should we stop our pursuit of them?

As this Larry O'Connor article reminds us “9/11 was Declaration of War.” It is true that a diplomatic cable was not sent informing the US that war had been declared. The “intent to wage war on the US, in pursuant of…” and all of the other legalism, was sent via 19 men whose spoils of war, should they successfully carry out their missions, would be eternal carousing with 1368 virgins (72 per man). They had a 75% rate in carrying out their mission, total success ruined only through the efforts of the heroes on United Flight 93.

Mr. O’Connor is of the opinion, that:

On this 10th Anniversary of the September 11th attack on America we’ll hear politicians and pundits wringing their hands over the “tragic events” of that morning. They’ll wonder aloud whether we’ve “learned anything” in these past ten years and whether we’ve achieved the correct level of “tolerance” and “understanding” that is so desperately needed to solve our worlds problems.

I did not watch any of the official ceremonies.  I am tired with “officialdom,” with the back slapping, the golfing, and all of the trappings of power that keep being flaunted in our faces. Don’t get me wrong.  I welcome my membership in “serfdom.” However, hanging out in the lowland, where we serfs hang out, does not mean that I have to worship at the altar of the aristocracy. For now I am still free to choose the object of my worship. I will never worship anyone but the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Who, by the way, will demand answers from those He allowed to ascend to power. He will not accept any scripts written by aides, or any Teleprompters.

I am already tolerant and understanding. My tolerance however, does not extend to tolerating murders committed against my fellow human beings. I will never tolerate my fellow citizens and other citizens, traveling on aircraft, in offices doing their work, and being reduced to debris. If my “intolerance” to cold-blooded murder, excludes me from the “Club of Tolerance,” so be it. I have full understanding of what happened on that September morning. I will not take part in any attempts to indoctrinate the nation into thinking that if the citizens of civilization, just become a little more understanding of those who kill for sport, that the killers will begin to like us. 

They will never like us, except in the same manner a wolf likes its prey. We will become their poultry if we act like chickens, complete with yellow streaks down our backs, and do not fight these killers.  If all of those calling for “tolerance” and “understanding” think that they or their families will be spared, when the killers gear up and strike, they are sadly mistaken. These are equal opportunity killers. Ask the Muslims who have been killed. Sorry – they will not be able to answer – they are dead, along with all of the members of other religions, cultures, and socio-economic status.  

Mr. O’Connor also stated:

What we won’t hear enough of this momentous day is the truth about 9/11. The truth about what happened that day. The truth about why it happened.

He was right. As Dennis Prager today stated on his radio show, there was not much mentioned about the cause of 9/11. It was as if 9/11 was caused by a natural disaster.

I am happy to offer my service in putting in plain English what 9/11 was. 9/11 was the massive destruction of buildings of commerce, the attempted destruction of the symbol of the main American Military structure, and the attempted destruction of a building of one or more structures of American political power. Even more importantly, 9/11 was a slaughter of innocent human beings, including some children, families, from more than half of the nations of this world. It included people of various religions, including the religion of the murderers. This was all intentional, intended to wreak as much destruction of life and property, as possible. If there are any folks out there who are deluded enough to believe otherwise, good luck in your delusion. You will be killed right along side everyone else, the next time.

Mr. O’Connor continued to advise us what was to come:

And as President Obama implores Americans to heed the call of 9/11 and volunteer at a soup kitchen, our enemies are plotting their next devastating attack on us.

From our president we will hear a call to community service and a plea to find volunteer opportunities in our neighborhoods, because, you know… the real message behind 9/11 is to plant a garden at the local welfare office.

 I have decided that in the interests of plants everywhere, I will not be planting any gardens. As I have previously confessed, I have been known to kill a cactus. I will not be spending just that day in “service.” Service is not a one day palliative to make myself feel good. I am committed to serving on a daily basis. I spent the day, after attending church, where I did perform service, still continuing to pore over the biographies of those slaughtered on 9/11. I will not refer to their murders as a “tragic event.”  “Tragic” is what is happening in Texas, with the drought conditions and the ensuring fires, with the federal government reportedly not sending any assistance, but sending assistance to Mexico, which is not part of the Union. Maybe Mexico is.

9/11 was a declaration of war.  We answered.  Then we turned our back.  What will happen next?

What will happen next? Good question, Mr. O”Connor.  What I will continue to do is to keep up to speed with the activities of those who have clearly spelled out for us, that they mean to kill us all. Or – if we are not literally killed, we will be forced to “submit.” My submission dance card has already been filled, and I am not a cheater. My God will not take it lightly if I submit to lesser beings. 

I am also going to continue to keep up with the activities of those who have been entrusted to lead this nation. "Ms. Eternal Vigilance" will be on the case! Some of them have turned their backs, on what made us win the Afghan operations in the early days of rousting the Taliban from governing Afghanistan.  Let loose our troops to fight a real war, instead of imprisoning them when they do what they are supposed to do – kill the enemy. What else can we do? We can stop bowing down to potentates who wish us ill.

The brilliant Mark Steyn  in his book, "After America," provides a guidepost of “whither now, America.” This article, which gives an excerpt from his book, sums up where we were, what happened, and what is a possible future, in sentences, such as the following:

Or at least they were until a Tuesday morning one September when a guy in a cave remade the Manhattan skyline.

The hole in the ground a decade later is something we did to ourselves.

When the going gets tough, the tough boot the can another decade down the road.

That last is the one to watch: A great power can survive a lot of things, but not “a mediocrity of spirit”.

So, America, it looks like this. Ten years ago, yesterday, after much plotting, the “guy in a cave” saw his strategizing bear fruit, in the form of thousands of dead bodies, and crumbled buildings. America declared war on “terrorism.” About a third of the way, after winning the war in Afghanistan, American leaders got sidetracked from killing terrorists, to “winning hearts and minds” – more American troops died.

A decade later the “hole in the ground,” remains, with the current mayor of NYC firmly committed to getting this hole filled no later than two decades after the hole was created. “Mediocrity of spirit” and may I add, “mediocrity in achievement,” be it financial, social or cultural, is threatening to finish the job began by the terrorists on September 11, 2011.

The “hole in the ground” in Manhattan could spread nationwide as more Americans find themselves without a means of supporting themselves (called a job), losing their homes to foreclosure (by banks who got stimulated via taxpayer dollars), these homes being snapped up by foreign individuals and entities.  Old Glory is in danger. The US Constitution is slowly becoming an optional document. The White House is in danger of being foreclosed (by China), metaphorically speaking, of course.  The US dollar is in danger of being worth less than the ZWD or Z$ (Zimbabwe dollar), and perhaps on course to follow the Zimbabwe national structure, from relative prosperity to?

Maybe with this new “Jobs Bill” which is not available to be read, the entire economy, what is left of it could be the Solyndra model – friends in very  extremely high  places – dollars galore to spend – bankruptcy – no jobs – no money left, out of the over half a billion of federal money. That is progress and green (jobs) we can all believe in – Not!  The only belief that those involved, at all of those levels, appear to have, is belief in the green color that the American dollar used to be.

My fellow Americans, no this is not the phony greeting that politicians use, just as they are about to politically, financially, culturally or socially screw you – this greeting is genuine and coming from the heart. My fellow Americans, stop being that sleeping, slumbering giant.  You are being screwed and not even being given a cigarette to enjoy afterwards. Stop electing people who despise you and your country, whose only raison d'être (reason for being) – in politics, is to enrich themselves, their families, and their sycophants. Maybe it is going to take term limits, including as my friend Fred suggested, a five year term for president, and perhaps even a part time job for all legislators (let them earn their keep by working a real job), for things to improve.

With the current set up, they keep themselves, or I should say their aides, busy, by concocting all kinds of onerous legislation, from which they are exempt. For this you broke away from England? At least King George III did not pretend not to be a monarch. He had the title. He was a king. These “kings” currently in charge, in the US, do not have the title, but they have the trappings and bearings of King George III. He must be laughing from the grave! 

A year from now, September 2012, as you look back on the eleventh anniversary of 9/11, you, we had better keep in mind, and act accordingly for the good of the country, come November 2012. If we make any bad decisions, a “hole in the ground” will be the least of our worries. This entire nation could be a “nation in a hole,” figuratively and literally. I pray to God that things turn around, not only for the US, but for the rest of the world. I have someplace else to which I can escape – should I choose to. You, my fellow Americans, many of you do not have that choice.

However, for what it is worth, I intend to remain for either the rainbow, with the pot of gold at the end, or the “hole in the ground.”  I am an American – through the “good, the bad and the ugly.” The “ugly” is in ascendency, but deep in my being, I still believe that if enough of us recognize “ugly,” no matter the disguise it is wearing, and do something about it, the US can be preserved.

Something just occurred to me. I had better clarify what I mean by “do something about it.” I mean take legal and/or moral action. I do not advocate violence of any kind. I serve the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He, unlike some other religions and their gods, does not send me out to murder for sex in the afterlife. As a matter of fact, His Son exhorts all of His followers, of which I proudly claim to be one, to “love one another.” I will even love murderers of children and other innocents, right up to the administration of the lethal injection that puts an end to their inclination to kill.

Alan Jackson penned the poignant song Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning , after the devastation of 9/11. Please don’t let him or someone else have to come up with “Where Were You When the US Ceased Functioning.” I remain fiercely optimistic that this latter song will not have to be written or sung! Rouse yourselves, America!

May God bless and preserve America.