Could anyone have been able to predict on Sept. 10 that this is the climate in which we would celebrate Christmas? Everything has changed. Don Henley was right, and that minute happened at 8:46 a.m. on 9/11. So, as we frantically try to squeeze finals into our present buying schedule, we must remember to give America a gift this holiday season.
It doesn’t require spending money. It doesn’t require much time and effort. All it requires is a little common sense.
This holiday season, give the nation the gift of your respect.
Respect the President. Get off John Aschcroft’s back. Support our troops. Listen to the Pentagon’s reports of casualties, not the Taliban’s.
I’ve heard a lot of silly things since Sept. 11. We deserved this. Our imperialist past created this. We funded Osama bin Laden. George W. is a dictator.
No country deserves a terrorist act. If imperialism was the cause, then it’s odd that Britain was not attacked. Osama bin Laden was rich before the U.S., and I don’t hear the Soviet Union calling that a bad move. If George W. is a dictator then what does that say for FDR and his choice to round up a couple thousand Japanese Americans?
There is a root cause for Sept. 11. Hate.
Now, during Christmas we must celebrate joy, happiness and the hope for peace on earth. Let’s celebrate the anti-hate. Let’s celebrate being Americans.
Let’s be happy for what we have. We should not focus on the mistakes of the past or our own problems with the president, attorney general or the government at large.
Celebrate the Department of Justice. Be thankful terrorism is being hunted down. Before griping about the death of our civil liberties, ask yourself if someone in China would be able to do the same.
Instead of looking under the tree for a pick me up wrapped in a shiny box, be thankful we have a wonderful Commander-in-Chief. Thank Santa for giving us such a respectable, admirable man to pull this country together immediately after it was torn apart.
Respect the opinion of The New York Times and their right to publish whatever they want, but then turn to FoxNews on Christmas morning and cheer at their blatant love of the red, white and blue.
Hug your parents. Thank them for everything they have done.
Celebrate the joys of the Christmas season, but also celebrate the great nation in which they thrive.
Instead of complaining about the death of American freedom, remember that the government’s actions are being done with the sole intention of preserving those liberties.
We are fighting for the future. Terrorism must be stopped. Shakespeare said it best: “For nothing can seem foul to those that win.”
Or maybe my grandmother said it best. She lives in Southberry, is 90 years old and is healthier than I can ever hope to be. While watching President Bush speak to some troops over Thanksgiving she remarked, “A lot of people don’t like him, but I do. It’ll all work out in the end, this country is too great.” And this woman lived through the depression.
The bard understood. My grandmother knows. We must support America and hope for the best.
After all, it’s not the present that matters; it’s the thought that counts.
‘Tis the season. Let’s give America our love and support. Our nation deserves it.
You don’t have to be 90 years old to figure that one out.
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