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9/11
ecthompsonmd September 11, 2024

(Never forget. I posted this over a decade ago!) I had my moment of silence.  I hope that you had yours. From NYT: On a gray rainy day in the nation’s capital — so unlike the bright sunny morning eight years ago when terrorists slammed planes into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon — President Obama called upon Americans to “renew our common purpose” with a day of service and remembrance of the Sept. 11 attacks. “Through their own lives and through you, the loved ones they left behind, the men and women who lost their lives eight years ago today

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9/11 – The Sweet Deception
ecthompsonmd September 5, 2011

When the twin towers fell, the Pentagon was on fire as the fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania and the Bush administration had a huge problem on their hands. On one hand, they had to convince the American public that they weren’t asleep at the wheel. On the other hand, they had to convince America that they were on the job in keeping us safe. It is somewhat like that old Richard Pryor routine where he asks, “Are you going to believe me or your lying eyes?” America could clearly see that the Bush administration failed to keep us safe. We could

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“The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden”
ecthompsonmd May 2, 2011

This is a transcript of Barack Obama’s speech. The video of the President’s speech is here. East Room 11:35 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children. It was nearly 10 years ago that a bright September day was darkened by the worst attack on the American people in our history. The images of 9/11 are seared

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