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SWSamurai (About me.)
As I stated several years ago… I will continue to post my own feelings about Sept 11th, each year on this site.
I watch the images of the attacks played back on TV and I am split. Part of me wants them to stop showing the scenes. We have pictures from almost every angle, both ground and air, of the tragedy unfolding. We see the stills of the people… the firemen, the police officers… the people who are just dazed trying to figure out what they are becoming part of… and those dying. The people who, while trapped in the buildings took the only option they felt they had left and died on their own terms, having made piece with whatever belief they follow.
Even now, seven years later, there is a hollow place that forms in the pit of my stomach when I think of all those lost and all those left behind to mourn and when I think of the sheer scope of what happened to us then.
I watch the pictures, the videos and hear the recordings of the people making their last calls and the recordings of the radio traffic between the firemen and policemen… and I wonder, should they keep playing this over and over again. How is this helping us?
Unfortunately… yes, I think they should and on every channel. If for no other reason than to help us understand and remind us that this is something that happened that we must never forget. We must understand that this tragedy, while it happened in New York, happened to all of us and for that one moment in time, that one part of history, we all were united in the pain of loss.
I will continue to watch the coverage each year. I will cry and I will say my silent petitions for those lost, those mourning and those who will never know and I hope that you too, will join me.
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I would like to take this moment to honor of those who have fallen in the line of duty for our country. It is important for me to stress that I not only include military men and women, but there were many civilian men and women that died for our country as well, and their loss should be no less important.
Unfortunately this holiday has turned into more of and excuse to have a three-day weekend than a memorial to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the rest of us.
Remember, this day, that without those that have fought for our freedom and those who serve to protect us, we would not have all that we have today.
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Posted by: SWSamurai (About me.)
Say what you want about country and western music, and the “Bakersfield Sound” in general, but there is no denying that Buck Owens was an icon of both.
As most of you now know, unless you have been living in a cave (hello there Osama!) Buck Owens, the patriarchal figurehead of the Bakersfield Sound, permanently left the stage of life this last Saturday morning (25 March 2006).
To say he will be missed is almost not enough. His inspiration and support has helped many an aspiring singer get their start, and his legacy encompasses several decades of musical history.
I never actually got to see the man perform live, but I listened to the live broadcast from the Crystal Palace every Friday night, and I had the honor of meeting him once. Though it was a brief handshake and a “How’re you doin’”, then he was gone. Even in that short meeting, you could feel that he carried a presence about him. There was something in his walk, his talk and his overall personality that just made you like him. I am not sure how else to describe it, but he was the kind of person that you had to like.
His loss will be felt by many.
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Posted by: SWSamurai (About me.)
The name Tina Carroll may not mean much to you, but to many it does.
A lot can be said about a person who puts others above themselves, even when they are ill.
I did not know Tina, but understanding what I have read about her, I wish I had. she was truiely a person of unique spirit and courage, and I feel that her loss is a loss to all of us.
After asking for permission to post the article here, I was turned down. I was, however, told that I can post this link so that the author, Shellie Branco, would still get her due credit.
I ask that you take a moment to read this article. I envy this girl’s ability to put others above herself. Her dedication to herself through her continued education and her dedication to others through her work as a volunteer.
While her life was short, and she was in pain, she did not dwell on this, and lived a productive, active and worthy life.
I cannot say much more than Shellie was able to in her article, and I think that she said it well. I can only say that I hope that I can live a life as full as she had in her short stay on this plane.
Thank you Tina for being one of the bright points in the lives of others. You will be missed by those that loved you, those that you touched and those that only knew of you through stories of others. Your parents have much to be proud of.
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