Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 7:19 PM
To: DAVE
Subject: Mail from PDN Site 

I sit here sobbing as though I had just seen and heard this horror, for the first time, to our beloved America! Our innocent men women and children murdered horribly! I've lost loved ones and dear friends but somehow this tragedy was beyond comprehension!  

I joined 3,000 other blood donors that day. Arriving at 5:10PM and leaving at exactly 11:10 PM. Three thousand people of all ethnicities, languages, religions, and cultures. As always, we were everyday Americans, loving our country and rising to its' need to save its' people with our blood and prayers. It reminded me so much of WWII!! I recall so vividly how Americans were then; strong, scared, and determined to win a war we didn't start... again! 

Today we still honor December 7, 1941, "a day that will live in infamy", when a similar attack on America took place in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. My sister in law was there as a child and recalls the terror. I also recall the terror though I lived safely in America.  

I pray always that America will never forget the images of 911 nor that evil walks among us daily. Therefore, we do not have the privilege of ignoring it because it makes us uncomfortable. Instead we must recognize our need to always be aware, vigilant and prepared to stand up and fight with everything we have in us, to see this never happens again to the American people and our beloved country! 

We are, and have always been, the hope of the world. We are the ones the world turns to when their hour is dark! We must never forget that we are a nation "under God" and He will be with us always to keep us safe, by giving wisdom to us and our conscionable leaders. God gave us senses, and we must use them in a strong, discerning way, to love and protect what He gave us, this nation.  

How very sad that those in Washington who were there the day that also will always live in infamy, 911, seem to have lost their memory of this nightmare! I recall them standing on the steps of the Capital singing God Bless America. It was a little comforting that our representatives seemed to be just frightened Americans like the rest of us. Maybe we need to remind them that they are as vulnerable as the rest of us and they need to use their skills, power and tools of good common sense to protect all of us. 

It isn't a matter of 'if' we're going to be attacked again, it's only a matter of 'when'. That is, if we don't continue to use every means possible to find and destroy our enemies, who enter legally and illegally every day. We can be grateful to President Bush for his strong leadership and use of tools necessary to keep America safe for seven years! The enemy is still there and still hates us! 

This isn't politics as usual, this is survival amidst the dark hearts of evil who are dedicated to destroying this country and all our people! 

Let's be strong and be vigilant daily! God Bless this great nation! 

Lynn Wharton, Fellow American.