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9.12.07 @ 12:01AM

TRY TO REMEMBER
Re: Quin Hillyer's Renewing the Spirit of 9/11:

America doesn't effectively remember 9/11 because it doesn't want to remember. It is easier to bemoan the costs of taking the war, declared on us as far back as 1979, to the Islamofascist nutburgers rather than continue to engage. After all, it was only a few buildings and a few thousand people in faraway New York City. And it was a long time ago now. Even the New Yorkers are more invested in believing it was America's fault than in thinking about the future with nutcases who remain committed to maximum destruction against the Great Satan and his works.

I knew we were off the tracks when we stopped showing the event on TV. Why wave the bloody flag and inflame the masses? Our media elites, including Fox News in this case, wanted cooler programming about the domestic crisis of the week -- and, of course, cool talking heads that disputed our mission in Iraq and other hellholes of the Middle East where the hatreds of Western civilization grow like cancers. Every newscast on television should lead with video of 9/11. If our media folks were really American patriots (and many would be insulted to be so considered since in their view they are journalists first and foremost!), that is what they would do without even being asked until WW IV is over. But the American spirit of "Remember the Alamo" has been lost in the bloodless sophistications of adult thumbsucking.

We can be sure we will eventually pay a great price for our ostrich behavior, more than the cost of the Iraq War and its aftermath, more than ten such conflicts. I wonder how our elites will justify their sophisticated inattentions combined with the bashing of their own country? Be assured, even then they will eventually find a way.
-- Stephen Zierak
Kansas City, Missouri

Am I the only one who is frankly getting sick of these memorials? All we have on the news is the 9/11 memorials. Some wacko shoots up the Virginia Tech campus. What happens? We have more memorials.

Enough already. When are the American people going to say that's it. No more memorials. From now on we're going to do something about it.

You want to prevent another 9/11? Then go after the Islamic fascists -- and hard. You want to stop another Virginal Tech? Then get rid of these "gun free zones" on campuses.

Don't get me wrong. We should remember the tragedies that have occurred. But we need to stop dwelling on them. We need to learn from them and then take action to make sure they never happen again. Catering to Islamic fascists and creating more gun free zones aren't answers -- they are dangerous feel-good solutions that are going to get more people killed. We need to start holding these politicians, school boards and campus regents accountable and responsible. We need to enact policies that will protect the American citizen.
-- Carol
Hillsboro, Oregon

Today we get two for the price of one. Both articles are among Mr. Hillyer's best.

There is a great deal of self-doubt in America today. Why? Initially we ought to recall the sustained and ongoing attacks on American institutions by Democrats. This assault began in the 1960s and has continued relentlessly against the military, the court system, the Republican Party, and most especially against this President.

There has existed, for the past almost 7 years, an unprecedented clarion cry against President Bush and every single action he has taken. Democrats take their playbook from communist dictators. Dictators must have an enemy against whom to rally the "people." The democrats have demonized the Military, Christianity, morals and education among others. Now the United States is its own enemy.

But more than any single institution they have gone after this President. He is clearly vulnerable. He has spent billions foolishly. Fiscally he is a Democrat. He does not speak well in public. He served only in the National Guard -- which he has in common with most sons of privilege -- Bill Clinton excepted: he didn't serve at all. And his connection with an oil family makes him a great target for lies and baseless accusations when fuel prices rise. Oh yes! He has politicized politics!

Why should doubt surprise us? Doubt and timidity is what democrats need to prevail. They are now reaping the harvest in fields of lies they have been planting and carefully cultivating for more than forty years. You can mark my words. One day a Democrat President will not leave office at the appointed time. It will be because there is a "terrible crisis that will not permit elections at this time." Then, the dream that is America will be gone. Forever.
-- Jay Molyneaux
Quit, Cut & Run, USA

Quin Hillyer should be commended for his excellent column. It is sad that so many have forgotten that tragic day and the terror and pain it inflicted on the people of this country. I certainly hope that everyone will think back to what they were doing that day when they learned of those brutal attacks, pause, and say a prayer for everyone who was impacted by those events and for all our military and civilian personnel who strive on, fighting to defeat this terrible enemy and to protect us, our way of life and our freedoms.

Thanks for reminding us, Quin, and may God bless America!
-- Patrick Spooner, P.E.
Wyndham, New Hampshire

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