tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post6740410264685316893..comments2024-03-25T05:17:05.202-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: TRAGEDY HAS A LONG SHELF-LIFE_GHOST OF SAMUEL CLEMENS HERE_ ON 9 - 11Roland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-80362126633955746502012-09-12T14:17:32.419-05:002012-09-12T14:17:32.419-05:00Very well said. We all are in so much of a hurry ...Very well said. We all are in so much of a hurry that we don't stop and pause long enough to see endless tragedy in all directionsHeather Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847855601653718033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-26488541134016459582012-09-11T19:31:26.183-05:002012-09-11T19:31:26.183-05:00LD:
No words can do justice to this day.
The Dese...LD:<br />No words can do justice to this day.<br /><br />The Desert Rocks:<br />A sad fact: the TODAY show instead of covering NY's memorial for 9-11 replaced it with an interview with Mrs. Kardashian about her breast implants.<br /><br />The ghost of Mark Twain muttered, "Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: <br /><br />some observers hold that there isn't any. <br /><br />But this wrongs the jackass.<br /><br />Alex:<br />I remember watching it "live" myself. Sad.<br /><br />Lydia:<br />I couldn't be light on this day.<br /><br />Leigh:<br />Some remember the day Kennedy was shot. We will remember the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. Sigh.<br /><br />Heather:<br />Such thunder-struck pain should be remembered and be reflected upon. You are a gem.<br /><br />Candy:<br />I hope I did not give your darker half dominion over your heart today. Life is precious. Today is a gift to be cherished and its beauty focused upon with graditude.<br /><br />Victor wants to share his prayer with you:<br /><br />“May those who love us love us,<br /><br />And those who do not love us,<br /><br />May God turn their hearts,<br /><br />And if He cannot turn their hearts,<br /><br />May He turn their ankles<br /><br />That we may know them by their limping.”<br /><br />Victor blows a kiss your way to cheer your day -- humble he isn't! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-24123817998038294682012-09-11T15:07:47.736-05:002012-09-11T15:07:47.736-05:00Quite a haunting, yet beautiful post. I couldn'...Quite a haunting, yet beautiful post. I couldn't bring myself to watch the video, nor have I turned on the TV today. My dark half is visiting today, and I'm hoping she gets the hell out of here soon. She's ruining my day. I think any amount of sadness would do me in. It's just one of those days.<br /><br />I appreciate your willingness to share with us your thoughts about that tragic day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691497935668743387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-21254888974534788032012-09-11T14:19:05.496-05:002012-09-11T14:19:05.496-05:00Beautifully said my friend. As long as those such ...Beautifully said my friend. As long as those such as you and I live, they will not be forgotten.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130733681254163610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-21720276282276059862012-09-11T13:24:29.031-05:002012-09-11T13:24:29.031-05:00It's a tough day, and one we'll never forg...It's a tough day, and one we'll never forget. What's always strange to me is when I talk to my oldest daughter and realize she wasn't alive when it happened. It's our Pearl Harbor. :o| <3LTMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239077455322030275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-77962691830117215562012-09-11T13:03:35.158-05:002012-09-11T13:03:35.158-05:00Thank you Roland, for your thoughts on this day. Thank you Roland, for your thoughts on this day. Lydia Kanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484415427764822386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-35875823018162535162012-09-11T10:52:17.155-05:002012-09-11T10:52:17.155-05:00I won't be turning on the TV today. I remember...I won't be turning on the TV today. I remember watching it live after the first plane struck and that's all I need.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-26763331803694622272012-09-11T10:45:18.504-05:002012-09-11T10:45:18.504-05:00I hope I don't have to turn on the TV to see i...I hope I don't have to turn on the TV to see it again. It's like a knife to us but to others it was the grave.:( Intangible Heartshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05047040538015079182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-50879634825408167562012-09-11T10:19:30.867-05:002012-09-11T10:19:30.867-05:00And the rest is silence.And the rest is silence.LD Mastersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01202135756299574972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-61277699387787136942012-09-11T10:14:55.780-05:002012-09-11T10:14:55.780-05:00Thanks, Shelly:
I'm just heading out the door...Thanks, Shelly:<br /><br />I'm just heading out the door or I would go to your blog right now. Thank you for mentioning me. You are a gem, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-25090090563651195082012-09-11T10:13:51.586-05:002012-09-11T10:13:51.586-05:00D.G.:
My fingers zigged when they should have zagg...D.G.:<br />My fingers zigged when they should have zagged in my earlier comment.<br /><br />Yes, I was working for the blood center when it happened. It was a shocking blow. The only reason that we did not retaliate immediately I feel was that there was no clear target.<br /><br />Ooof!<br /><br />Samuel Clemens, here, ah his ghost actually. I had to shove the boy away from his laptop.<br /><br />I wanted to agree with you about the sadness of killing your fellow man for some benighted reason or other.<br /><br />Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities,<br /><br /> War. <br /><br />He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood...<br /><br />to exterminate his kind. <br /><br />He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out...<br /><br />and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel...<br /><br />And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for "the universal brotherhood of man"<br /><br />--with his mouth.<br /><br />(Nudging Sam's ghost aside)<br /><br />Thanks, D.G. for commenting and revealing a depth of heart so few have these days, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-71169432762181257722012-09-11T10:08:31.838-05:002012-09-11T10:08:31.838-05:00I couldn't bear to turn on the T.V. this morni...I couldn't bear to turn on the T.V. this morning knowing what I'd be bombarded with.<br /><br />Great post!<br />Tweeted and FB'd.<br /><br />Mentioned you on my post today.<br /><br />Hugs and chocolate,<br /><br />Shelly<br /><br />http://www.shellysnovicewritings.blogspot.com/shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09596621767297173021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-3476052007147422102012-09-11T10:06:21.989-05:002012-09-11T10:06:21.989-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-13271093830572793972012-09-11T10:06:03.900-05:002012-09-11T10:06:03.900-05:00Watching that video bring tears to my eyes. I had...Watching that video bring tears to my eyes. I had just walked into work (and in our lobby we had a large screen TV) and I saw the replay of the 1st plane hitting the buildings. <br /><br />It was too direct for it to be a mistake. I was scared, thinking, surely we will retaliate. Thankfully we didn't.<br /><br />Anytime many perish without warning through the machinations of war is a sad day for humanity. No matter who causes it. D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.com