September 11th 2001 remains to be a date that still
resonates strong emotions today 9 years later. The events that
happened on that day still has a deep impact on the foreign policy
of the United States and its western allies. It was the event
that launched the “War on Terrorism” in that the United
States government is committed to hunting down and killing any
and all extremist, and more importantly to denied any and all
sanctuaries that they may be hiding.
Just after the attacks most Americans were stern fast in their
resolve to accomplish what ever it took to end the threat of any
more terrorist attacks. Even to go as far as invading Iraq and
setting up a liberal, democratic government in the middle of the
Middle East. It was hoped that democracy would flourish like it
did in Japan and Germany after world war two.
However after nine long years of war the Barbarians are still
at the gate. Even when we finish the fighting in Afghanistan there
are still other places in the world for Terrorist to hide, and
there are still other governments who are willing to accommodate
them. The war on terrorism seems to be becoming a perpetual war.
But at the same time it is a war that we cannot afford to lose.
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5 year old in spider man pajamas takes a joy ride
The real play made by the famed Notre Dame
football player Rudy
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. – Clad in Spiderman pajamas,
a 5-year-old southern Illinois boy on a scooter had someplace
to be. And he apparently wasn't going to let busy highways stand
in his way. Authorities said Jackson County sheriff's deputies
picked up the boy and his Razor-type scooter about 2 a.m. Wednesday
along Old Illinois 13 in Murphysboro after fielding two 911 calls
about the child's trek.
Investigators said the boy reportedly left home without his parents'
knowledge to visit a friend in Carbondale, about seven miles away.
Deputies got to him about two miles into his journey, which involved
traveling on two major highways.
The boy was unharmed and returned to his grateful parents.
For those of you who watched the 1993 hit sports
movie called “Rudy” you might remember the inspirational
feel good ending were Rudy made a sack in the last minuets of
the game and was carried off by his team mates at the end.
How ever the reality of the real life situation was much less
dramatic, and many former players and coaches say the movie was
so unrecognizably stretched beyond the existence of an undersized
Notre Dame player who registered an improbable sack against Georgia
Tech in 1975 that former Irish coach Dan Devine called certain
scenes – notably the climactic moment when Rudy's teammates
confront Devine's villainous character by handing in their jerseys
to get Rudy on the dress list, and later his reluctance to actually
put Rudy in the game – "unforgivable" and "a
lie."
Hall of Famer Joe Montana, then a lowly freshman
lingering somewhere on the depth chart, doesn't remember it quite
as harshly. But as he told radio host Dan Patrick on Wednesday,
he certainly doesn’t remember any uplifting strings swelling
in the rafters, either.
DP: Were you there when
Rudy was there?
JM: Yeah. It's a movie,
remember. Not all of that is true.
DP: What wasn't true?
JM: Well, the crowd wasn't
chanting. No one threw in their jerseys. He did get in the game.
He got carried off [at the end of] the game. [...] Back then they
tried to play someone at the end of [the season] that all the
seniors could get in the last home game. The schedule was kind
of set that way.
So he got in. He did get
a sack. And then the guys carried him off, just playing around.
I won't say it was a joke, but it was playing around. He worked
his butt off to get where he was and to do the things he did.
But not any harder than anyone else.
And so reality continues its long unbeaten streak
against trumped-up sentiment – not that Rudy Ruettiger minds,
now that he's parlayed his 15 minutes into a steady career as
motivational speaker and "corporate trainer." I suppose
anyone who's able to inspire and sell a bogus feel-good movie
about himself being a run-of-the-mill scrub is destined for success.
