Archive for February, 2008
15 YEARS AGO TODAY REMEMBER THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Robert Kirkpatrick, Steven Knapp, William Macko and Monica Rodriguez Smith and her unborn child, John DiGiovanni, and Wilfredo Mercado.
Names you may not be familiar with but 15 years ago today they were killed in the first bombing of the World Trade Center. Take a moment and remember them in your prayers as they were hardly mentioned in any of today’s papers.
Letter to Mayor’s office Re: New Article on Remains
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Ellen, Nazli and Sharon,
Our last report indicated 1864 Remains recovered so I do not know where this number came from. Our repeated requests for a reconciliation have gone unanswered as have our questions regarding the closing of the sifting operation.
785 - Deutsche Bank
209 - Manholes
410- Haul road (including 3 from 39th Street Facility)
303 - Liberty Street
3 - West Street
14 - Rooftop 130 Cedar
13 - DEP Subterranean Structure under the Haul Road
31 - Subterranean outside WTC site
82 - World Financial Center
14 - DEP Sewer Line We are once again kept in the dark and have to piece things together from media reports
Dennis
9/11 victims identified from new DNA finds
The excavated material was mechanically sorted to separate out fine-grained particles, and then 75 anthropologists sorted the rest by hand. In all, they discovered 1,796 pieces of human remains. The sorting operation was wound up in December and DNA work is just beginning.
“We’ve made numerous links to previously identified victims,” said Adams. “We also have new IDs that have come out of this project. Once the DNA testing really comes full circle it will be fascinating to see how many new IDs we get.”
9/11 victims should not be left in the Fresh Kills dump, families say
Sunday, February 24th, 20089/11 victims should not be left in the Fresh Kills dump, families say
“Got a Minute?” A Proper Burial for Terror Victims
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Families Argue For Proper Burial Of 9/11 Remains 2/22
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Before They Go
Thursday, February 21st, 2008IT APPEARS TO BE ALL ABOUT NOTHING
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Am I the only one following this campaign who feels like I am watching reruns of Seinfeld?
We have a primary cast that could easily be replaced with Jerry, Elaine and George.
For the past year , we have heard all the great speeches about change and about what is wrong with America.
Not one of the candidates has set forth solid plans as to how this will be accomplished.
Seems that they all have clones of Kramer as their campaign managers.
With crazy schemes to get us where America needs to be, but no real plans as to how to get us there.
We have Elaine who seems to be more concerned about herself and always seems to rub people the wrong way.
We have Jerry who by trying to please everyone always winds up getting caught up in these schemes.
And we have George who is not a very good people person and changes day by day to be part of the “in crowd “.
I will leave it to you to connect the dots.
Seinfeld ran for nine seasons; and, it looks like one of these three will run our country for the next eight.
The problem is running the country should be a little more important than a sitcom.
We are not going to be able to change the channel for at least 4 years; so we really should know a little more about what we are putting on.
Candidates should be required to make public their solutions for the country and not make vague promises that differ as they go from state by state.
Candidates should ask the people what they want, and not tell us what we need, or we are all going to wind up with nothing in the end.
At least with Seinfeld, you had something to talk about at the water cooler.
Was I the only one who got really nothing out of the debates?
I don’t think so.
I would bet that 9 out of 10 registered voters would not be able to tell you how their candidate proposes to fix the economy, health care, the immigration problem or national security.
It is a very sad commentary on our political system.
But we go merrily along just like we used to every Thursday night.
And we only have ourselves to blame.
Do you realize that the money that Jerry, Elaine and George have spent on their campaigns could have provided health care for everyone in need.
If everyone would contribute to a local not for profit that is trying to address people’s needs, we might actually be able to make a difference.
Now that would be change.
But that appears to be wishful thinking and unfortunately will never happen.
Every four years, we will just get a new sitcom that catches the nation’s eye and we will get another four years of nothing.
Unless we we start asking real questions and demanding real answers, we are going to wind up with one of these characters as our commander in chief with Kramer as the Vice President and a Cabinet made up of Neuman, Uncle Leo and the Soup Nazi.
Not funny but true.
WHERE TO TURN NEWS 2/20
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008BLOOD FOR OUR FUTURE
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008To All,
Kevin Collins is a very good friend of mine and along with Major General Paul Vallely, USA retired, he has co-authored an exciting new book that tells the story of how grave circumstances bring America and Israel together to plan a stunning preemptive strike that will draw our Islamist terrorist enemies into “all-in” and winner take all conventional war. The plan is perfectly executed and the Islamists are forced to give up their guerrilla and fight on our terms not their’s. Up to this point America has been largely reactive in our military prosecution of the War on Terror, but in this novel that all ends.
In the pages of Blood for Our Future, America unleashes the full awesome power of our military strength and pushes the terrorists back into their hiding holes and off America’s streets. The story brings readers into the most secret and high level conferences on both sides of the world as Israel and America join together to make gut wrenching decisions to save the world.
It is a desperate race to stop the mad leader of Iran before he can cause a nuclear conflagration he believes will bring about the end of the world and a Judgment Day that will send Islamists to heaven and the rest of us to hell. BLOOD FOR OUR FUTURE is a stirring unashamed tribute to America’s greatness and ability to win out in the coming all-in winner take all war against those who would enslave or murder because they hate America and everything we love.
In BLOOD FOR OUR FUTURE, America does everything those of us who love America and love freedom know we should be doing to defeat the Islamist terrorists and we do it with an attitude!
BLOOD FOR OUR FUTURE is available now at Standupamericausa.com
Kevin is in discussion with several organizations including the New York State Fraternal Order of Police, who wish to use BLOOD FOR OUR FUTURE as a fund raising premium. If your group would like to participate please contact him to work out the details. Group profits start at 5 dollars and can go as high as you wish on each book sold!
If you are interested you can contact him at Wilsonmilhaus@aol.com
Dennis