9-11 and the 2008 Democratic Convention

Last year I did a post during the Democratic Convention related to 9-11-01, out of respect for the day I didn't post it yesterday because it was a post sharing some negative feelings I was having at the time.

To his credit, may I say that it was a positive thing that President Obama did yesterday when he declared that from now on, 9/11 will be a "Day of Service", coming together with the same sense of unity we felt as a Nation and using our energy to help others. I posted a bit more about this on my blog, "Dream, America, Dream".

I have yet to post the Democratic Convention posts and thoughts, we were dealing with some family health matters so got behind. The date of the following post was August 28th, 2008:

"Each time I listen to the speeches made at the Democratic Convention, especially the past couple of nights when speakers list the economic and other problems we face in our Nation, I never, ever to my memory have heard mention of the attack on our Nation on 9/11/2001. We're only weeks away from the 7th anniversary of this assault on the USA and nothing has been said about it, unless I've missed it.

'No one seems to consider the fact that economy and EVERYTHING is affected by war. Some are even foolish enough to think that it is an "un-necessary war". It seems that some want to forget about what has happened, and just get our nation back to the "comfy" years of the '80's...comfy for some, that is. It was during those comfy and complacent years that our enemies were planning their attack, it is while we sit in our homes and wish for days gone by that they continue to plan and prepare to attack. I don't mean to post 'gloom and doom', it's just a reality, and we need a leader that is willing to face this fact and face it head on."