There are moments, terrible moments, in our nation’s history that become part of our collective memory. Pearl Harbor. JFK. 9/11. And it becomes each generation’s responsibility to ensure the next generation never forgets. But it is also a personal responsibility, from parent to child, to share the memories and the pain and explain its relevance to today.
I was in Lower Manhattan that day. My then-girlfriend (now wife) worked across the street from the World Trade Center but chose to call in sick that day so we could spend the day together. I remember the call, remember the towers collapsing, remember people streaming along South Street covered in dust, and remember the outpouring of grief, charity, and determination across our great country.
However, the parts I remember the most were the pictures - a plane steering into the South Tower and people holding hands as they jumped from a hundred floors high to escape the flames. And knowing our nation would never be the same again.
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The aftermath of such a horrific event can never be forgotten. Sadly our slanted and liberally pervasive educational system fails to teach much of what has made America the greatest country on earth.
Students know little of the founding fathers, the struggles of the birth of our nation and too much more to list in this posting is not taught to our children as we were. We seem to be doing well but our educational system much like our governmental system is troubling to say the least. Many years ago a radio personality said that we are giving our country away.
We are all immigrants to this nation unless you were here when the pilgrims landed. Ellis Island and the millions who struggled to survive and learn the language to assimilate themselves to our America has now been replaced with ESL courses and a welfare and governmental giveaway system that puts Americans in the back row in our own country.
It is that day that we all knew would come. President George Bush for better or worse took the steps necessary to ensure America was safe and billions upon billions of dollars has been spent and will be spent to keep us all safe. I say all because the term all now includes people who want to kill everyone of us merely because we are free. Osama Bin Laden is dead but there are millions to take his place.
My father used to say that he did not care what our government had to do to keep us safe. Now unfortunately the terror inflicted on us now has the techniques used to get the information our government needs to keep us safe is barbaric.
Here is what is barbaric for all the liberals who did not like torture, water-boarding and worse. THESE PEOPLE WANT TO KILL YOU. Once you accept that you may think like me that our government should do ANYTHING to protect us. I will worry about some guy being strung upside down when the liberals visit a veterans hospital and see the real cost of war.
I know where I was on that day and I know as the tenth anniversary arrives I care little for those who want to kill me just for being free.
Freedom has a price and on Sept. 11th 2001 our country paid a price and our liberal government leadership does not want to get the information we need to be safe. Think about it when you vote next year.
GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
God bless all those who lost their lives on that day. God Bless the politicians who failed to protect us. They have spent billions to keep us safe since 9-11 and the mere fact that one person says something might happen causes widespread traffic jams and panic. All that as well as millions sent everyday that may not have needed to have been spent if Bill Clinton had taken Osama Bin Laden on the two occasions when offered to him and should have tried him for the 93 bombings. NEVER trust the leadership that fails us time and time again and on every level. The economy is just the latest war that we are losing because of our failed political leadership. Do not criticize my contempt for a government that too long ago forgot who they serve. They like our Norman Kauff are merely self serving scum.
Wow it was vast and hit several subjects all in one but the two posts above speak the truth. They don't teach history like they should in schools and most of our educators seem all right with that. Why I ask would we not teach children of that day and not just in passing. The mention of Bin Laden and Clinton is also very true and perhaps could have stopped the towers attack. No one knows for sure. Why did Clinton not take Bin Laden when offered by countries who captured and maybe feared him. Many questions still need to be answered.
For all those we lost that day who merely went to work.
For all those who answered the call to save others.
For all those who serve before, since and always serve.
For all those who serve to keep America safe and free.
For all of those we should NEVER FORGET.
Freedom has a cost that we all pay for to live free.
Must even this occasion be turned into an opportunity to score conservative/liberal political points? We are ONE people, united. Please, you all must resist this urge to work so hard to divide us.
Please. The terrorist couldn't do it, why should we do it to ourselves?
We should discuss this for one and only one reason
A C C O U N T A B I L I T Y
NEVER FORGET
ASK YOURSELF ONE QUESTION
DO YOU FLY A FLAG EVERYDAY
THINK ABOUT IT FOR ONE MOMENT
WHY DON'T YOU FLY A FLAG
THINK ABOUT IT
BUY A FLAG AND POLE FOR $20.00
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Think about this. Osama Bin Laden is dead at long last. His executioner looked him in the eye, then shot a hole right through it.
MONIES AS POSTED ABOVE IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IF NOT IN THE TRILLIONS AS POSTED ABOVE HAVE BEEN SPENT IN THE LAST TEN YEARS TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY. THAT IS TRUE. COULD OUR GOVERNMENT IF IT ACTED BACK THEN POSSIBLY STOPPED BIN LADEN ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001? IF PRESIDENT CLINTON HAD STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND TRIED BIN LADEN FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY FOR THE SIX DEATHS AND MORE THAT HAPPENED IN 1993 COULD SEPTEMBER 11TH NOT BEEN AVOIDED? IT IS NOT A POINT TO BE CHASTISED. TOO OFTEN OUR GOVERNMENT DOES IN FACT FAIL TO PROTECT ITS CITIZENRY. HISTORY DOES IN FACT REPEAT ITSELF. JUST LOOK AT OUR HISTORY THE PROOF IS THEIR FOR ALL TO SEE.
"I will worry about some guy being strung upside down when the liberals visit a veterans hospital and see the real cost of war." Just like you do every week or so, right Joey?
We missed you at the "Aberdeen" memorial ceremony this morning. Oh, that's right you live in New York.
Once again the ignorant show themselves in post above this one. Don't want to use your name anonymous FD member. Or as I refer to you as the FD a-hole. Better hurry up and shine Lou's shoes so you can keep your do nothing job. After you get done with the shoes you can write the dems a check to continue the Kauff fleecing of Aberdeen. The smoking light is on.
Dear 9:45
You sir are the ignorant one. Right away you assume the remarks are from an FD member. I find you so stupid I can't believe you survive. By the way, does the PD have a weight requirement?
Weight requirement for the PD? There is only one answer if the spelling is wrong. It is wait requirement. Wait to get paid for doing very little that is if the truth be told that is.
Looks like they are finally using the fire house computers for something more than playing games of solitaire. Now if they could only get rid of Lou and his connected commissioners that house would not be the laughing stock that it is. But then who would we laugh at. They're is always Kauff and his assorted scumbags. They are always around to ridicule.
9:45 failed the test. That's why he is so testy. So he knocks down police, fire, and anything else associated with public service. Last I heard they wouldn't even let him pick up the trash.
Keep lying to yourself that the boys in blue are truly the best. You keep telling yourself that you are the guardians of honor and are so honest and forthright. You lie, cheat, drive drunk, illegally take care of your friends and families and get paid way too much for what you know you don't do to deserve such pay. 100k+ for what? Arrogance?
Yup, I'm the joke. That's why you're so jealous, right?
You stupid sumbitch, lol.
Well said is all that needs to be said about that.
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Yup, they wouldn't even let him pick up trash - he's under qualified.
Just back from a business trip and lo and behold I read that the Aberdeen leadership is going out for proposals for their big dollar engineering fees from their road paving program. Of course such proposals are usually timed for the best political campaign advantage as the road paving is really the only thing the present party in control has eve really done I do not count the seawall by my house as it is not yet completed in my opinion . This road program of course is singularly done to fund and finance their corrupt campaigns going back years through unchecked engineering charges routed to their corrupt campaign coffers. Don't get me wrong they get money from many other corrupt proposals and engineering charges that never go anywhere. Just look at the developmental promises that sit idle after years of political campaign literature of lies and failed promises. Don't get me wrong the corrupt town leadership do in fact get roads paved while assuredly feeding their buddies who are the hired gun engineers much discussed on here. I hope a leadership change comes soon before more of my friends and family are forced to leave this town due to the very high taxes that seem to do very little.
Mary V. Cliffwood Beach
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Well said Mary I agree. Mary don't you just on these phones? I hate the small keypads that miss periods and such. Keep it up sister when you can feel free to come over to Cliffwood and watch the town *projects* get built. More money for the wicked.
Who cares? Cliffwood is a dump anyway. Why wouldn't they put all the "projects" on that side of town? It makes perfect sense.
Projects they're not projects according to the Kauff allegiant and thoroughly corrupt. Norman Kauff would never negotiate oops sorry I mean shakedown a developer (unless it is in a dimly lit parking lot after a meeting Kauff illegally controlled for $25,000.00 in illegal legal fees) to put slum type projects anywhere in Aberdeen. Oops my bad I forgot Kauff doesn't consider Cliffwood or Cliffwood Beach parts of Aberdeen. Right Norm?
STRATHMORE RULES IS 100% RIGHT ON THE
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
RIGHT CORRUPT MAYOR
RIGHT CORRUPT COUNCIL
RIGHT CORRUPT LAWYERS
RIGHT CORRUPT ENGINEERING FIRM
RIGHT CORRUPT ZONING AND PLANNING BOARD
RIGHT CORRUPT ABERDEEN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
RIGHT CORRUPT KAUFFKINS
NO ? NEEDED
ALL OF THE ABOVE KNOW THEY ARE CORRUPT
Hey Strathmore rules you don't know the big Normie payoff waiting in the wings that will make all of the Normie corruption up until now seem like childs play. Wait until Normie gets his corrupt boards to approve the way too many townhouses for such an area approved on the American Can property. All of those years my Mom worked there she would spin in her grave if she knew what Normie has planned. Normie has a not so secret now deal worked out for a per unit legal cost that is unheard of unless your Normie and can think of every creative corrupt and illegal way to line your greedy politically connected and thoroughly corrupt pockets. Right Normie? New Jersey politics gets better every single day. Right Normie?
What happened to where is my Kauff? I miss it.
Oh what a tangled web Kauff weaves
when all he does is be deceitful and deceive
Oops my bad Kauff is a snake
Never mind
One ringy dingy
Two ringy dingy
Investigators are calling
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Kauff is not a spider that spawns a web. Kauff is really a snake who slithers on the floor completely out of sight until he strikes with his corrupt political fangs and bleeds the taxpayers dry with his democratic party lies and political venom. Isn't that right Coach Fred? After all Coach Fred he bit you a few years ago and you're rotting from the inside out as you do his corrupt bidding?
If republicans can take the 9th congressional district in ny can they take Aberdeen?
They sure can! Now, if we only knew who they are.
The Republicans will win in Aberdeen when they beat Charlie Rangel in Joey's home town. Right Joey?
As stated before. The republicans could't get laid in a whore house with a hundred dollar bill pinned to their shorts.
That is true seeing how Kauff and the Kauffkins are the real whores in Aberdeen. Right Freddy boy?
Whores all over the world would rather be called whores, sluts, skanks, trolups or anything else but just don't call Kauffkins. Calling them Kauffkins would cause them to fight you to the death as being called a Kauffkin in the whore world is the lowest name a whore can be called. That is how bad the Kauffkin name really is. Forget calling out Freddy boy since Vinci is the real whore in our clutches. Vinci and that do nothing but take and take and take Drapkin are the bloodsucking leeches in Aberdeen. I hear that they are soon to be inging the Kauffkin swan song. Good riddance don't let the door hit your corrupt asses on the way out. They for sure have stolen all they can. Hey Maggie whers our f'n sewers.
No sewers unless Normie gets $$$$$$$ big $$$$$$
The Aberdeen Republicans are the equivilant of David Duke running for mayor of Camden. Louis Farrakhan has a better chance of being named Prime Minister of Israel than the Aberdeen Republicans do of wining an election. Hate Norm all you want, the guy knows how to win an election.
Just dig a hole and shit in it already. Stop bitching about sewers.You aren't getting one. If sewers were really that important to you, then why the hell did you buy a house with septic?
Normie look out your window and wave to the sedan down the street. You and Mrs. Kauff need to stop walking around the house naked all of the time.
You're out of your mind. Norm is smoking hot. Just ask your wife, she knows what he looks like naked. Oh yeah, she also knows whether or not Vinny's curtains match his drapes.
Normie is so pissed off right now. You see word got back to him that information is leaking out on the Aberdeener about the corrupt, unethical and illegal deal he made for Normie only legal fees on the Anchor Glass site. Seems his big mouth council people are leaving just in time. They cannot keep their mouths closed much less Normies secrets secret. Right Normie?
I wish I stayed in Camden.
Camden? How many underworked and overpaid cops are they losing because the politicians who counted on them for money and support for years got laid off because of the too sweet deals cops get too often cannot be afforded by the too often oppressed taxpayers.
What secret legal deal just for Kauff? Explain please.
Code Man needs to get on putting in more parking spots. More spots means more old ladies to ticket. All the spots are gone. What is up with that Code Man.
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One person drones on and on about this code person, Give it up and go after the true problem in town not the guy who does a job. The real problem is the schools and the puppet master Norman Kauff. Priorities people.
The parking lot guy got me. I parked in the dark Monday morning and parked over the line. BANG he got me for taking up two spots. Must have been a slow day or the democrats campaign needs more money.
No Kauff needed for a just advertised special meeting in Aberdeen. Reading the paper just now on the train and I am looking for my neighbors long overdue legal post for an addition he wants to do. Then all of a sudden I see it a Meeting Notice advising residents that a ?joint? meeting of the Kauff controlled town council will be held with the Kauff controlled planning board in regards to a senior housing presentation on Sept 27 at 7:00 pm. It says that no official action will be taken. Of course no official action will be taken since Kauff has told all of them what questions to ask, what to tell any taxpayers, what to tell any newspaper reporters and more about how this time a development will $really$ happen despite all the other long promised development that has never happened under Kauff and his Dems. I doubt it as all this means is that more legal fees and bogus charges from Kauff's engineers at taxpayers expense just to fund the latest corrupt Kauff power grab. Now this latest meeting or no real substance to lie and pretend to show the voters that the Kauff controlled Aberdeen leadership are doing something for the old folks. That will be the immediate press release of course that is only being done and not so surprisingly just in time for much needed campaign contributions from developers and votes from too gullible seniors who would think that this time something will actually get built. Don't hold your breath anyone. Arriving in Penn Station got to go now. Look into it.
Where are my glossies Norm? They are overdue. I need some fairy tale material to read to my kids at night, Norm. Also, make sure there are pictures, my kids love pictures, Norm.
All the Kauff democratic campaign propaganda is a fairy tale. Don't forget though the road paving is all that matters to Kauff. You can't get exorbitant engineering fees from politicians standing by a beach anymore. You can really charge a fortune for proposed development and engineering for asphalt work. Just don't look for anything to ever get built in Aberdeen. I don't count the townhouses on the highway or the slums they are going to put by Old Bridge as that is just being done by those who will pay Kauff what he wants and walk away rich. Right Coach Tags How can you look in the mirror Coach Tags? Such a disappointment you are Coach Tags.
don't worry about the corrupt dem campaign bullshit we will all get it in the mail. we will get it just as soon as normie and cme cash their illegally padded and unchecked for accuracy taxpayer checks for the road work to nowhere. that paving is the backbone of the corrupt dem campaigns. normie is just like the mafia. in fact normie and his crew are just like john gotti and his crew. at least when gotti whacked you out you were just dead. when normie whacks us out it is with illegal corrupt and unethical act after illegal, unethical and corrupt act all at taxpayers expense and it never ends. so when you get your street paved you will know that thousands of your fellow taxpayers were politically overcharged all across this corrupt town to fund the dems campaign funding. aloha from the smelly part of town with our failing sewers for too many years and with of course our smelly councilwoman maggie montone. enjoy your time on council it won't be long now until you get arrested with all the other vermin normie has his strings on.
Kiss my Kauf buddy.
Seems like perfect time of year to have a meeting to discuss the status of the soon to be built senior housing in Aberdeen. You know, the housing that was supposed to start about 10 years ago. The housing that has probably accumulated about $3.0 million in professional fees. I would expect some very nice campaign literature to be coming out afterwards with a complete section devoted to this wonderful project.
Cliffwood? Where is Cliffwood? Can someone give me directions to Cliffwood? I have some walking to do this weekend.
I hope they name it the " Norman Kauff got arrested over this senior housing". F you Norman Kauff and all your corrupt followers too.
Maybe Norm is planning a shakedown reenactment?
You know a reenactment of when Kauff illegally shook down the exact same developer for the exact same senior center that the joint Planning Board and Town Council meeting is scheduled for very soon.
Sadly unlike like the "George Washington crossing the Delaware" reenactment that only happened one time, the illegal, unethical and immoral Kauff shakedown of that senior housing on Church Street developer that night in the dimly lit municipal parking lot a couple of years ago the illegal and corrupt shakedowns by Kauff has been reenacted for too many corrupt taxpayer draining years under Kauff and his corrupt political party. Although the word on Bob Axle(asshole)rod recently being used to smooth things over for the 34 and County Road projects is a new low even for Kauff. Maybe Kauff is turning over the corrupt reigns of the Kauff Democratic party over to Axlerod. Him or one of the child molesters on team Kauff. Give it a little time people and listen towards the southeast part of Aberdeen. You may hear a distinct voice yelling "how do they find these things out?" You know how we find out Norm? Because you cannot hide from the truth.
You can buy a whole lot of corruption unethical behavior lying print with $3,000,000.00 to say nothing of the lies to cover for a do nothing town council. Really they do nothing. Just show me just one thing besides the roads getting paved that they did. I don't count the seawall to nowhere as it is not done yet in my opinion and nobody but out of towners use it. How much did Kauff get for his C.M.E. out of that project alone. Speaking of projects they are moving along with the ones on County Road and looks like they will be building soon when I got rerouted past it during the storms. Better hire some more $100,000.00 a year do nothing cops to keep the low cost housing animals in check. Can't wait for the first lies in the campaign propaganda to keep Kauff illegally in control gets delivered to my house. My birdcage needs to be lined for by birds to crap on. I call it crapping on crap. Politics as usual.
I hear supervisors in the towns police force got an extra 15 days off a year, 4.5 raises and I am losing my house.
WTF? I should have took the test? Look at all the hidden benefits the politicians give them in a really bad economy. Do they work 10 hour days with 4 days off in this town? This is unbelievable if true.
F the code guy. "Oh, he does his job" they always whine. BS. He's a Kauff racketeer like the rest of those council people. I just wish they would come for all of them and get it over with.
It is just sad how a post about remembering 9/11 isn't even respected by people. This was not a post about Kauff or the police department it was a post about remembering the victims of a tragic event. You should all be ashamed for turning the comment section of this post into political banter and nonsense.
It is sad. It is also sad that the Kauff corruption still exists and is killing our community from within. It is also sad that not one elected leader will stand up for us the taxpayers. They fear Kauff for some unknown reason. Kauff needs to go.
I heard it I heard it I heard a hysterical man yelling how do they find these things out. I yelled back because your corrupt scumbag politicians.
Who says you can't yell at the moon and not tell the truth.
Not Normie.
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