Never Forget
One
by Cheryl Sawyer
As the soot and dirt and ash rained down,
We became one color.
As we carried each other down the stairs of the burning building
We became one class.
As we lit candles of waiting and hope
We became one generation.
As the firefighters and police officers fought their way into the inferno
We became one gender.
As we fell to our knees in prayer for strength,
We became one faith.
As we whispered or shouted words of encouragement,
We spoke one language.
As we gave our blood in lines a mile long,
We became one body.
As we mourned together the great loss
We became one family.
As we cried tears of grief and loss
We became one soul.
As we retell with pride of the sacrifice of heros
We become one people.
We are
One color
One class
One generation
One gender
One faith
One language
One body
One family
One soul
One people
We are The Power of One.
We are United.
We are America.
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Cheryl Sawyer is a professor at UH Clear Lake in the counseling department.
Exploring Ground Zero, Ten Years Later
Tags: John Galt
An American panel of retired three and four-star generals is calling for a 30% reduction in U.S. oil consumption to mitigate the “significant national security threat” posed by “our reliance on this single commodity.”
http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/23107
Reduce consumption…………reduce consumption………….now who said that. But you are wrong Sirs, the solution is MORE consumption and Drill, Baby, Drill, stick with the program guys…………you know NOTHING about national security.
Interesting that Fox missed this…………………………………..
And before I get the leftwing site calls………………………
Unless the United States curtails its consumption of petroleum, these military greybeards caution, any future crisis that disrupts oil supplies could hamstring the nation’s economy and cause global instability.
“We have seen oil shocks before … But at today’s level of U.S. consumption, a sustained disruption would be devastating – crippling our very freedom of movement,” said retired Army Gen. Paul Kern, chairman of the military advisory board of CNA Corp., a government-funded think thank.
In a report released Nov. 1, a group of 13 generals and admirals are calling for “immediate, swift and aggressive action” over the next decade to reduce U.S. oil consumption by 30 percent.
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=577
Again, please note…….NOT Drill Baby Drill, BUT ” swift and aggressive action” over the next decade to reduce U.S. oil consumption by 30 percent”
In the process of doing my laundry. As usual read back on CG13. See the little tee-hee giggle -giggle game is still going on. Sorry to spoil your little game but many are easy to spot according to their style of posting. They give themselves away, some on purpose, some a little more difficult. Never was ashamed of my idenity,ashamed of some things I’ve done in life but tried to correct the best I could. Deceit,something I don’t believe in and try not to do intentionally. If you can’t be honest with yourself than your not honest with others.
Looks like I’m not the only one that doesn’t care for this game of hidden idenity. May have had a legitiment reason for it but it isn’t quit working. Reverting back to the same BS already.
Sorry ,just saying what I think as usual.