Thank you, for the personal response to the horrors of that day. And especially for recounting the failures of leadership that followed. That day awakened regular folks to the real threats that we face. I read the New York Times daily, delivered to my door in Indianapolis. The best journalism I have ever read followed. The accounts of lives lost, lives forever impacted. Personal, with pictures as family sought loved ones. We grieved alongside the firefighters, the police, the first responders of that day. We participated in the funerals from afar. We prayed. I prayed this morning in my church. For the souls lost that day and for their loved ones. We united as a nation and we watched as heroes took down that pile- and then we rebuilt.
What did our leaders do? I am not sure but I know they failed the moment. Spectacularly- and with little to no personal consequence. I am a woman of a certain age who was invested in Hilary’s success. I watched in dismay as events unfolded- another role model lost. I lived in Florida for a few years, Senator Graham was my Governor. I trusted him and I trusted his judgment. He was one of a very few legislators with the duty to vote on a war who bothered to go to the skifft and examine the highly classified intelligence on WMD. He was not impressed and voted against the Iraq War. I knew from that moment it was wrong.
And the same leaders that got us into that war and the many disasters that followed remain in charge of foreign policy today. Chasing one bad policy after another.
Can they change course and avert the looming disaster in Europe this winter? Energy crisis leading to who knows what comes next?
Another moment of civil awakening is upon us- thanks be to God for new avenues of reporting- and joining together
I made a comment the other day about a great American couple. I said they were everything that was right about America. After further research and reflection, I am coming to understand just how right I was...
Thank you, for the personal response to the horrors of that day. And especially for recounting the failures of leadership that followed. That day awakened regular folks to the real threats that we face. I read the New York Times daily, delivered to my door in Indianapolis. The best journalism I have ever read followed. The accounts of lives lost, lives forever impacted. Personal, with pictures as family sought loved ones. We grieved alongside the firefighters, the police, the first responders of that day. We participated in the funerals from afar. We prayed. I prayed this morning in my church. For the souls lost that day and for their loved ones. We united as a nation and we watched as heroes took down that pile- and then we rebuilt.
What did our leaders do? I am not sure but I know they failed the moment. Spectacularly- and with little to no personal consequence. I am a woman of a certain age who was invested in Hilary’s success. I watched in dismay as events unfolded- another role model lost. I lived in Florida for a few years, Senator Graham was my Governor. I trusted him and I trusted his judgment. He was one of a very few legislators with the duty to vote on a war who bothered to go to the skifft and examine the highly classified intelligence on WMD. He was not impressed and voted against the Iraq War. I knew from that moment it was wrong.
And the same leaders that got us into that war and the many disasters that followed remain in charge of foreign policy today. Chasing one bad policy after another.
Can they change course and avert the looming disaster in Europe this winter? Energy crisis leading to who knows what comes next?
Another moment of civil awakening is upon us- thanks be to God for new avenues of reporting- and joining together
I made a comment the other day about a great American couple. I said they were everything that was right about America. After further research and reflection, I am coming to understand just how right I was...