Weekend Roundup...
It's the end of our "abbreviated" week, and there's lots of ground to cover.
So let's jump right into the deep end of the pool, and get our feet wet, shall we?
*** When it comes to all this tolerance we're seeing these days, it's enough to make me wanna upchuck in my shorts...how about you?
America has ALWAYS been a tolerant nation...to a point.
We've turned enough "other cheeks" whenever we were slighted throughout our history, it's no longer amusing.
But there DOES come a point where we say ENOUGH...
To borrow a line from Captain Picard (Star Trek: First Contact):
"The line MUST be drawn here...THIS far, no farther"
Actually, that line is taken from antiquity...the BIBLE to be exact.
Look up the Book of JOB - 38:11
There comes a time when we, as a people...as a nation can take no more from those who are bothered by our mere existence, and are always in our faces reminding us of that.
Perhaps that time is now.
We've been bullied by nations with no interest in us except to see our extinction. We've been called to task for pursuing causes such as FREEDOM and LIBERTY for the oppressed around the globe.
And maybe it's time to "run out of cheeks to turn".
This NYC mosque and Koran burning situation is becoming more flammable by the day.
We cave into an Imam, because we "might" be the recipients of terrorist activities should we NOT allow it to be built near the site of the WTC.
Granted, this pastor wanting to burn copies of the Koran isn't helping matters any, but I can plainly see where he's coming from.
How many times have our BIBLES been banned...or burned, hmm?
How many times has our FLAG been burned (both there AND abroad)?
I'm sort of feeling like ISRAEL these days...being picked on for existing.
You feeling that way as well?
This is STILL...AMERICA.
And the PRIMARY aspect TO America...is the AMERICAN WAY.
American CULTURE...American LANGUAGE...American VALUES.
And if that's all rooted in Judeo-Christian beliefs...FINE BY ME!
If anyone else has a problem with it...they can live somewhere else...simple as that.
This is AMERICA FIRST...everyone else and THEIR beliefs can be TIED FOR SECOND, kapeesh?
That's just MY story, and I'm sticking to it...
In other happenings...
*** A woman went into the Kraft Food plant in NE Philly and killed two people yesterday.
Here's a link to the story:


http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20100910_Shooter_kills_2_Kraft_workers_at_Northeast_Philadelphia_plant.html
This place USED to be a NABISCO factory, and I used to live right down the road from the plant (off of Roosevelt Blvd).
You could smell the Oreos and Nilla wafers being baked EVERY day.
Dad used to fly his model airplanes in an empty parking lot almost adjacent to the facility every weekend.
Lotsa good memories of Nabisco...can't say the same today.
I know I've been let go from jobs in the past, and NOT ONCE did I figure the best way to "voice my opinion" would be at the business end of a firearm.
And I've had my share of bosses that deserved it.
Conversely, there were ALSO bosses I would jump through flaming hoops and trudge through hell for.
Like I say...you take people ONE at a time...good, bad, or indifferent.
Everything (and everyone) has to be placed into it's PROPER perspective.
But, we've also got nasty stuff going on in Fort Wayne:
*** A man is in critical condition after a fight near downtown.
(( Man critically hurt after altercation - Man bleeding from head in Subway parking lot
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- -
Officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department found a man on the ground at the Subway parking lot on Clinton Street at 7:13 p.m. Thursday.
The man was bleeding from his head. Crews transported him to the hospital in serious condition and was later downgraded to critical condition.
A witness told officers that the man and another man had been involved in a verbal altercation. Police found the other man at the library and detained him. The incident remains under investigation by the Fort Wayne Police Department and the Allen County Prosecutor's Office. ))
*** And then there's THIS little gem...
(( Police investigate overnight shooting - Victim in serious condition
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne police are investigating a shooting early Friday morning.
Investigators said just after midnight, a person was shot near the intersection of East Lewis and Division Streets.
Medics said the victim was hit in the leg and the bullet severed an artery causing massive bleeding.
The victim was taken to a local hospital in serious condition.
Right now police aren’t releasing any information about any possible suspects or if they have made any arrests. ))
This location is in the near SE quadrant south of Jefferson, so it's safe to assume it's in the ghettohood.
*** Lastly, tomorrow will mark the NINTH anniversary of "9/11"; the attacks on the WTC, the Pentagon, and the crash of Flight 93 in PA.
Every night this week on either Nat Geo, Discovery or History channel, they've been showing various related programs about that day.
"Giuliani's 9/11" was the best show so far, and he was physically very close to the twin towers when they were struck by those aircraft.
"9/11 - Minute By Minute" was another multi-part show that was riveting.
And I couldn't help but think where are those people who were UNITED on 9/12?
Did our collective ADHD kick in, and we forgot about what occurred on that day?
Have we decided to relegate this horrific event to a footnote in our history?
I say we should never do so.
We owe it to those that perished, and to our children, that they remember what happened that day.
There IS progress being made on the WTC Memorial Park, and the conceptual video is spectacular.
Here's a link to the skinny on what's planned for the area:
http://www.national911memorial.org/site/PageServer?pagename=New_Home
This is a FANTASTIC website, showing a poignant reminder to everyone that will visit that America IS a strong nation...a strong people, and that our resolve has NEVER been in question...or in doubt.
But more about that tomorrow, as we remember those we lost...along with what we lost, but also gained as a nation.
The post will be short on words, but long on pictures...just so you know.
In the meantime...
Have yourselves a great weekend.
Be well, make a difference to someone, and...
Stay safe out there, America.