Friday, September 11, 2009

Remembering 911

I remember I was driving to work when I heard on the radio that a plane flew into one of the Twin Towers. It was unbelievable! My first thought was this had to be an accident, but it didn't make sense. I got to work and went to the fitness center to watch the TV coverage, when the other plane hit. I remember watching TV all day, not working hardly at all waiting for the next plane to hit. Wow, what a scary day.

Take a minute today to remember all the people that died that day, and also the brave people on that flight 93 that took down the plane that was intended for the White House or Congress. I can't imagine the fear they must have been feeling.

Be proud to be Americans, I realize our Government thinks we need to apologize for everything, but we (America) has done more for the world than any other country in the world. We may be arrogant and hurt the feelings of other countries, but our goals are good.

10 things we should be proud of.
1. We won WWII, and after winning we rebuilt Japan and Germany into economic powers. Name any other country that after winning a war, rebuilt the defeated country.
2. We are the most innovative country in the world - some of the products first developed in the USA are: Automobiles, computers, Coke, iPods, Potato Chips, etc.
3. We have the best sports - Football, Basketball, and Baseball all started in the USA. The only good sport that didn't start in the USA is Golf.
4. The best athletes are from the USA. Micheal Jordan, Tiger Woods, Johnny Unitas, Babe Ruth - you name them the are Americans. Even if they were not born here, they migrate. Why? Because the USA is the best place in the world to live. You may think Beckham is great, but he only plays soccer (not really a sport).
5. The USA provides more humanitarian aid in dollars than any other country in the world. Yet the rest of the world criticizes us for not giving more.
6. We have the best movies.
7. We are the food supplier to the world
8. We have the most advanced medicine
9. We have the best form of Government
10. We have rights that the rest of the world are jealous of.

Bottom line - We don't have anything to apologize for. BE PROUD.

2 comments:

  1. oh dad, it's nice to see you be patriotic :) i like your list!

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  2. Great post dad! I admire you a ton :) I'm proud to be your daughter.

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