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Title: Remembering 9-11... Post by StegRock on Sep 10th, 2002, 11:07pm Guys, In accordance with our developing a close-knit group here, let's come together briefly, AS AMERICANS, over an event which has affected (and effected, I suppose) all of our lives immensely over the last year. I know it is a huge, unfortunate reason why I am even back in the ROK right now. It is important for us to stick together and not be hostile to one another during this time. This thread was started in that vein. Respond however you like, but make sure you indicate that your hand is extended to your fellow Americans, by writing... ..."I extend my hand out to you, my brother." (or something of the like) Thank you for participating! You will at least make this fella, who is from Jersey, i.e. fairly close to New York, but is currently displaced (misplaced) in South Korea, but wearing his Stars & Stripes, feel good. It has been "September 11th" for over a half day now! I extend my hand out to you, my brothers... |
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Title: Re: 9-11-01... Extend your hand... Post by paulinstl on Sep 10th, 2002, 11:15pm At the risk of sounding trite, I hope everyone takes the oppurtunity tomorrow to reflect on what really matters in your life, be it family or friends, and make the most of it by telling them or showing them how you feel. http://www.fulton-armory.com/freedom-400_50.jpg |
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Title: Re: 9-11-01... Extend your hand... Post by Chili D. on Sep 11th, 2002, 1:01am Hey Steg, guys, I could just blame my lack of posting on my being so busy here teaching in Korea, and taking care of my boys while Mom's back in the U.S. for a few weeks, but truth is I am a straight up beginner here. I often do come over and check out all your posts and I should offer some thanks because I am learning a lot here, slowly but surely. But, I couldn't pass up posting something something today. It was just a year ago that I was here in Korea watching the 9/11 events unfold live on television after just having completed Tom Clancy's "Debt of Honor", a fictional piece that had just become non-fiction/tragic reality for so many back in my homeland. Yet, maybe even more unbelievable now is that already a year has passed since those horrific acts. I've had occasion to remember it and pay some sort of a tribute, if only holding the American flag at the World Cup games in Korea. Though those small acts of remembrance may have meant nothing to anyone else around me... I hope my post here today and my hand out in salute to those who were lost or lost will mean something to some or all of you here. Take care guys! Peace! |
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Title: Re: 9-11-01... Extend your hand... Post by bgsgfan on Sep 11th, 2002, 4:23am I feel like anything I say on this subject will appear trite, but my thoughts and prayers (at least as close to prayers as an agnostic can get) are still with the victims and survivors of this tragedy. |
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Title: 9-11-01... Extend your hand... Post by Jay on Sep 11th, 2002, 6:24am I'll take the opportunity to say that I am very proud to be an American. Watching an entire country come together like we did in the midst of a tragedy really does send shivers down the back of my spine. It's so easy to forget what a wonderful luxury it is to grow up in the greatest country in the world, and it's easy to get caught up in our own lives and forget the people that need our help the most. I remember. God Bless those who were hurt by this vicious attack, and God bless those who continue to work for freedom throughout the world. |
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Title: Re: 9-11-01... Extend your hand... Post by someone on Sep 11th, 2002, 9:23am Peace to all. Not just today, but everyday. |
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Title: Re: 9-11-01... Extend your hand... Post by ColaSteeler on Sep 11th, 2002, 9:59am As a foreigner living in the US, I just wanted to say that my thoughts are with the victims and families of those affected by what happened a year ago. Peace to all. |
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Title: Re: 9-11-01... Extend your hand... Post by Skcus_Redef_2 on Sep 11th, 2002, 3:50pm My prayers and thoughts to all on this somber anniversary day. Our lives have been changed forever. A few lines from a song will always ring true for me every time I reflect on September 11, 2001. They are simple words but they have come to have great meaning for me. Find the cost of freedom Buried in the ground. Mother Earth will swallow you Lay your body down. - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
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Title: Re: 9-11-01... Extend your hand... Post by PhantasyPhilly on Sep 11th, 2002, 8:36pm Like Steg, I'm also a Jerseyan, though a bit more southern than him. But I'm also close enough to have been touched personally by the events a year ago. On 9-11-01, I was actually on a biz trip in Minneapolis. I felt much safer there than I would have at home. I saw the flight path one of the jets that hit the towers and it did its u-turn almost right over my office in Princeton, NJ. As it was, I got stuck in Minneapolis for a few extra days and ended up having to drive home with a colleague of mine (20+ hours). It was awful being stuck in a hotel room all alone, not knowing if friends back home were OK. It really made me realize that I was taking many things - friends, family, work, life - for granted. Many things have changed for the better since that tragic day and that is what I choose to focus on. Thanks for reading this and peace be with you all. |
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Title: Re: 9-11-01... Extend your hand... Post by StegRock on Sep 12th, 2002, 3:50am Yo, Chili! What up? I'll be talkin' to you in a bit... about some crazy-ass shit, but... As for what you wrote, [smiley=smileythumbsup.gif] great "sentiment." That is weird about the Clancy novel. As for our trials and tribulations over here in the ROK during the World Cup, well, the guys in here that also frequent FFToday should recall my threads during that time and the frustration and dose of reality [smiley=doseofreality.gif] I gave them about the situation. How 'bout that 9-11-01 sign at the U.S.-Mexico game? That was sweeeeeet! Go U.S.A.! I also want to thank each and every one of you that participated in this thread! A special THANKS from me to... paulinstl [smiley=spstan.gif] , Chili D. [smiley=pimpin.gif] , bgsgfan [smiley=spkyle.gif] , Jay [smiley=beatnik.gif] , someone [smiley=spkenny.gif] , ColaSteeler [smiley=hippy.gif] , Sckus Redef 2 [smiley=spcartman.gif] and PhantasyPhilly [smiley=rasta.gif] . You guys are an "alright" bunch in my book. |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by StegRock on Sep 11th, 2003, 12:34am Lest we NOT let get lost what happened just two years ago on this very day amidst all the "politics as usual" that is going on once again. On all the sites @FantasyFootballer.com, "the Gridiron" forum here, the GBRFL and GBRFL2 sites, and the CBFL site, there are remembrances of that day and the American brand of courage, heroism and perseverance that we displayed then and since then. In particular, if you have the time, visit the CBFL front page. It has a particularly striking patriotic theme that harkens back to 9-11: http://www.fantasyfootballer.com/cbfl/. Keep your chin up, my fellow Americans, and do remember that we are NOT the ultimate bad guys that many want to make us out to be! |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by komments on Sep 12th, 2003, 1:11pm I'd like to add a prayer request for those of you that pray. Pray for the victims and their families. Pray for our troops and their families. And say a special prayer for those that made this happen. Pray that God open their eyes and hearts to the pain they have wrought and bend them to his will so that they no longer use these methods against innocents. Pray that they receive enlightenment from the only one that can give it to them. I don't believe we will ever change their hearts. But I do believe the He can. |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by StegRock on Sep 11th, 2004, 11:55am [smiley=silence.gif] A moment of silence. Feel free to add your moment of silence or break the silence with a "thoughtful" and, moreover, "thought-filled" comment. |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by Philly on Sep 11th, 2004, 11:24pm Tonight after dinner, my wife and I (and our son) got in the car and went up to Hoboken where we spent some time along the river looking over into NY and the twin lights. While Hoboken on a Saturday night (with tremendous weather) is always hopping, things seemed a bit more subdued. |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by StegRock on Sep 11th, 2005, 3:33pm Guys, amidst our joy today for kickoff Sunday, a privilege we as Americans have, let's remember not to forget, lest we take our privileges as Americans for granted... [smiley=fireman.gif] [smiley=policeman.gif] [smiley=soldier.gif] If you've never checked out the CBFL site, check out it's home page. It is a tribute and memoriam to that time: http://www.fantasyfootballer.com/cbfl/. |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by StegRock on Sep 12th, 2006, 12:44am Never forget!!! |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by StegRock on Sep 11th, 2008, 2:21am Continued unrest calls for no rest in our search for the rest... |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by MordecaiCourage on Sep 11th, 2008, 8:43am 343 [smiley=fireman.gif] I'll not forget you my brothers!! |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by DirkDiggler on Sep 11th, 2008, 9:04am It was very sad driving to work this morning listening to all the events going on today. It really makes you think. My sister and brother in law are attending the dedication of the memorial today at the Pentagon. My brother in laws brother has a bench dedicated to him since he was a victim of the attacks. Gary F. Smith...... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/interactives/pentagonmemorial/victims/?hpid=artslot |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by StegRock on Sep 11th, 2009, 3:02pm A date that should remain seared in the memories of those who lived through it. Eight years later, and to think of what was lost on that day still staggers me... as does its fairly evidently largely passing from our (social) consciousness. They knocked down the 2nd tallest buildings in our nation in the largest city in our nation... with our own commercial planes. Are you kidding me? And, just weeks (days???) later the "sensitivity training" had begun... ONLY in America! [smiley=no.gif] |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by StegRock on Sep 11th, 2010, 1:37am Divide and conquer! Not a philosophy that is born within, even when emotions run high along party lines. We cannot turn a blind eye lest we will end up with another black eye... Don't rationalize away with legalese what's staring you in the face! Don't be a sucker... twice! Don't let yourself forget the day there was no rest because of the unrest! Remember 9/11 today! Remember its lessons everyday! |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by StegRock on Sep 11th, 2010, 1:51pm on 09/11/10 at 01:37:37, StegRock wrote:
Look... I am not one who believes that we are at war with all of Islam or, better put, all Muslims. But, I am not a fan of the disconnect. Everything after 9/11/2001 has been tinged with politics. That is doubtless. To have gone as far as to have reduced the enemy to a "rag-tag band", though, is a contradiction in terms. Setting aside ALL the rest, by definition rag-tag bands don't knock down two of the four tallest buildings in the world. But, I digress... Aside from all the political rhetoric subsequent to that day, there is "An Inconvenient Truth"... From media outlets that cross the spectrum, we saw in real-time the virtually univocal response of Muslims in various Muslim countries as the events unfolded that day. That, as politically inconvenient as it to say, was the Muslim "Main Street". |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by StegRock on May 2nd, 2011, 1:06pm Finally, from "The REAL Feed" and everywhere... Peter King: NFL draft takes backseat to bin Laden's death (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/05/01/mmqb/index.html?xid=si_nfl) SI.com: NFL (02.05.2011 09:01) On a day of celebration and reflection for America, Peter King reflects on the past 10 years before sharing his views on the 2011 NFL Draft -- the highs, lows and everything in between. Job well done by all! Obama and his administration for sticking with a mission unpopular to most of his constituents, escalating on that front, and making sure the job got done (and not undone); Bush and his administration for having great resolve under terribly rough circumstances and doing the right thing and sticking with the mission in the face of nasty opposition, and, most of all, those [smiley=commander.gif] unheralded [smiley=soldier.gif] ones [smiley=ready4war.gif] who accomplished the mission! |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by DOLFAN on May 2nd, 2011, 9:10pm I also have no issues with the Islamic world/beliefs... I believe strongly in freedom of religion... I am very happy for the friends/families/co-workers/armed forces that we finally tracked down...AND KILLED!!!!!!.. the worlds most wanted criminal. It is a great day. Thanks to all involved in finding him. God bless America....and all the other countries of his innocently murdered victims. I hope all victims families can find some peace now. They will be in our prayers and thoughts. |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by StegRock on Sep 11th, 2011, 11:42am Kickoff Sunday notwithstanding, this thread must be raised to the top on this, the TEN-year anniversary of 9/11. I hope everybody stays safe and sound. I just hope that the authorities and the NFL do all that is in their power to keep the stadiums across our nation safe today. There have supposedly been threats about attacks in NYC, but I have been thinking that it is actually at NFL games that we are most vulnerable today. If you are going to a game, especially today, this is a day to really remember the contemporary adage, "If you see something, say something." All the best, everyone... |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by StegRock on Sep 11th, 2012, 7:22pm Let us not forget the day that changed all of our lives and those of our children so vastly forevermore... |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by StegRock on Sep 11th, 2015, 2:58pm Have not posted here for a while... Maybe, in a way, that is a good thing. However, this morning when I passed through the GBRFL home page, http://fantasyfootballer.com/gbrfl/, as I do every morning, here was what the hit counter, which I always take a peek at before leaving the page, read: [smiley=jawdroppin.gif] Regarding my comment above, on second thought, maybe it is not a good thing. Indeed, to think otherwise, even for a moment, was selfish of me. We are forgetting, and babies are being butchered, men beheaded and women raped, and through videos we are all becoming desensitized to such atrocities, and all after things had been brought under control and we were in position to, alas, blend in with the people and exert local influence in the region by way of an intelligently crafted S.O.F.A. [smiley=no.gif] |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by Stegfucius on Sep 11th, 2016, 5:13am In the face of anti-police shenanigans by BLM lemmings and their ilk in the NFL, while we enjoy Kickoff Sunday, let us have in mind those who lost and, running toward disaster when most of us would run away, gave up [smiley=policeman.gif] [smiley=fireman.gif] their lives fifteen years ago today. |
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Title: Re: Remembering 9-11... Post by Stegfucius on Sep 11th, 2021, 12:21pm A moment of silence, reflection and redoubling to commemorate 9/11 TWENTY years later is in dire due order... for all who appreciate the United States of America [smiley=avatars/United_States.gif] and understand that any talk of bringing about its "fundamental transformation" is actually code word for espousing its "destruction" and "recreation in their own image of supercilious, self-righteous indignation", not much different, ironically, than what those 9/11 hijackers had in their hearts and minds, at least in terms of ideologically driven, anti-Americana intensity. |
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