Pinetop White Mountain Blog

Good Sunday Afternoon Everyone,

Other than the header on this post, today's writing has absolutely nothing to do with Real Estate.  It is rather a reflection on where I was and what I was doing the morning of September 11, 2001.  I will never forget that day, it is burned in my memory like it was yesterday.

I was sitting in my living room in Sahuarita, Arizona having my morning coffee and watching the Today Show on NBC.  I remember Katie Couric's face when the first plane hit the tower.  Everyone thought it was an accident, a tragic accident but an accident none the less.  The shock and awe on the faces of those on the show is engraved on my mind.  There was horror and confusion, no one knew what to make of it other than something awful had happened. 

A few minutes later when the second plane hit the realization came that it wasn't an accident but a deliberate act designed to kill many many people and send our Country in to a complete tailspin.  Still, no one expected those towers to come down.  We already knew there were many people dead in those upper stories but we never in our wildest dreams expected that the buildings themselves would come down.  Sadly, a few hours later that is exactly what happened as we all know.

Too many lives lost just to serve the selfish means of some extremists who hate our country.  They still hate us today and although they didn't succeed in destroying us in 2002, the fallout from that day is still affecting us and is slowing destroying our country from the inside out.  There is a terrible apathy out in the world today.  We accept what is handed us and expect more! We don't complain we just just go with the flow because it is easier than fighting.  We must fight to keep our Country strong.

I read an outstanding article this week in our local newspaper about what has happened in the ten years since 9-11 and it was truly scary.  I have included the link to the article below.  Read it and weep, for if we do not change our attitudes the extremists of ten years ago will have won despite everything. 

http://www.wmicentral.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/ten-years-after-have-we-become-the-enemy-of-freedom/article_f4d19760-da70-11e0-bc8c-001cc4c03286.html

It is time once again to stand up and defend our rights as Americans and if you will not fight then you will fail.  It is time to change the world again and defend what has made this country great.  Apathy is not accomplishing anything, action will.

Have a wonderful week and remember.....We The People!!!

Sandra J. Paulow