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Audacity of Truth
Spinsational:
"We were so busy just getting stuff done and dealing with the immediate crises that were in front of us that I think we lost some of that sense of speaking directly to the American people about what their core values are and why we have to make sure those institutions are matching up with those values."
-Obama, explaining recent Democrat losses, 1/20/10
Velvet Lair- The sexiness of winning the battle of good versus evil January 26, 2010
- Ever wonder why? January 12, 2010
- The decision to bench Peyton Manning: Right or wrong? December 28, 2009
- Is my dad turning into a metrosexual? November 24, 2009
- My “Things To Do For Christmas” list November 23, 2009
“The Flight That Fought Back”
Arthur Chrenkoff has posted a review of the Discovery Channel’s Flight 93 documentary "The Flight That Fought Back" that really, really makes me want to watch it. He writes: The film, part re-enactment, part interview with family members, fleshes out the stories of those ordinary men and women who had found themselves in a situation that was far from ordinary, and who performed, too, in a way that was far from ordinary. Those onboard were a cross-section of America – young and old, all races and walks of life, everymen and everywomen – they were America. The sadness at so many lives interrupted and so much potential destroyed can only be mixed with the admiration for the spirit of the 33 passengers and 7 crew members, and the hope that springs from their sacrifice.
For me, the most poignant moment came with the recollection by Tom Burnett’s wife, Deena, that Tom had been reading about Gettysburg, and had remarked to her upon the courage of soldiers who knew they were going to die, yet they marched forward against the enemy. Knowing they will never see their families again, the soldiers wrote short notes to their loved ones, and pinned them to the trees. Those onboard Flight 93 didn’t write notes; they spoke on cell phones and left messages on answering machines, but then they, too, became citizen soldiers and laid down their lives for the greater good, saving countless others. This is the reason why the Islamofascists cannot win – because ordinary people, our brothers, sisters, parents, children, friends – can and will rise up to the challenge when the circumstances call. The documentary airs Sunday September 11 at 9PM ET on the Discovery Channel. Arthur also points out that on September 24, 2002, Congress passed the Flight 93 Memorial Act, which established a national park to commemorate Flight 93’s heroes. But as Michelle Malkin notes this morning, the memorial design is raising some eyebrows. Click here to view it. It’s called "Crescent of the Embrace." Hmmm. Bryan Preston, for one, doesn’t like it one bit: Not one dime for the "Crescent of Embrace." The heroes of Flight 93 deserve a memorial. That memorial should not be shaped around the most promiment symbol of their murderers. Quite frankly, we don’t need a "Crescent of Embrace". We got enough of an embrace of the Crescent on 9/11. The maple trees and the wind chimes sound beautiful, but the crescent suggests that either the designers had no idea about the event they intended to memorialize, or that they want to turn this memorial into a multicultural scolding for America in the same way that the World Trade Center memorial designers attempted earlier.
Can you imagine the outcry from the multiculturalists and the ACLU had the design incorporated a cross or a Star of David in honor of the victims? Why should we tolerate the Crescent that, inadvertently or deliberately, honors the terrorists? As long as that crescent remains in the design, I’m not donating a red cent to the memorial. I urge you to tell the National Parks Service and the Secretary of the Interior to rethink their plans. Agreed. (Cross-posted at BlogsForBush) Sat. a.m. update: This graphic demonstrates how truly awful this "memorial" actually is. Michelle Malkin has more, including a link to an article where the "memorial" designer is quoted as saying (emphasis added): "This is not about any religion per se," Murdoch said in a telephone interview with the Tribune-Democrat in Johnstown. "It’s a spiritual space, and a sacred place, but it’s open to anyone." Here’s another graphic. Ugh. Contact info to voice your displeasure: Phone: (814) 443-4557 Fax (814) 443-2180
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What today’s “liberals” cannot understand is that everything comes down to individual human beings. They dream of a perfect system, in which government experts will take care of everything…too often, they have so little experience with the “friction” of real life that they really don’t get why this can’t work.
For related thoughts, see my post on
Arming Airline Pilots.
About that crescent … listen, I do understand the point, but (as I commented in my own blog) the Flight 93 memorial design was approved –”overwhelmingly” according to reports — by the survivor family groups, who had a major voice in deciding the finalist out of several design entries. If they had concerns or were offended by the crescent symbolism, wouldn’t they have rejected that design outright or asked for/demanded a revision? Are we getting just a wee bit too touchy here?
Mo:
I simply don’t trust the media to report honestly on this issue. I have really serious doubts about the design being approved “overwhelmingly” by the families…and I wonder how many of them are familiar with the red crescent as a symbol of Islam. Look at how they’re trying to portray opponents of the design as crackpots.
This whole thing smells really bad.
Redefining the symbols of an enemy is part of the total destruction of that enemy.
The designers of the memorial state that the crescent, in part, is a broken circle — a perfection damaged by the plane’s crash. What was a symbol of Islam is being called a symbol of imperfection and destruction.
Of course, the crescent is also called an “embrace”. A positive part of religion (comfort at a time of need) is being stressed — a positive part that, when truly followed, leaves no room for the hateful actions of the hijackers. The more we say Islam is another comforting religion and not a religion of hate, the more the world believes us, and the more those who hate in the name of Islam are isolated and more easily destroyed.
Christianity itself has a long history of adopting the symbols of other religions and redefining those symbols to undermine their origin. These days those other religions are so undermined that most people think all Christian symbols were always Christian. For example, many of the major Christian holidays were originally holidays of other religions, especially pagan. Only Halloween still keeps abit of its pagan flavor, although its name refers to its Christian purpose — All Hallow’s Eve or the night before All Saint’s Day.
Redefining symbols takes time and constant repeating. Join the chorus. In time, the enemy will lose the ability to express themselves, let alone spread.
We share your concern regarding the lack of ‘appropriate’ 9/11 memorials. We’ve put our own 5 minute video memorial online. No burning buildings, no rubble, no explosions, no speeches, no screeches, no Bin Laden, no bodies. Just a remembrance of some people whose lives were cut short through no fault of their own, with poignant candid snapshots from their lives, and music.