Today is 9/11. I was in a company plane headed to LA for a convention in 2001. Our plane was told to land, and I ended up spending a week in hot, dry, brown Lake Havasu at a Holiday Inn. The attack on America, by a small group of Saudi terrorists, resulted in two wars which cost over $8 trillion dollars and around 1 million people died. It’s for you to decide if the blood and treasure was worth it. The Commission has proclaimed this day to be I Want to Start My Own Business Day, Make Your Bed Day, National Day of Service and Remembrance, National Emergency Responders Day, National Grandparents Day, Sustainable House Day, National No News Is Good News Day, and National Hot Cross Bun Day. On this day in 1649 the Massacre of Drogheada, Ireland took place. The army led by Oliver Cromwell breached the walls of Drogheada and killed 3,000 of its defenders. I don’t think Mr. Cromwell is any more popular in Ireland today than he was back then. In 1777 at the Battle of Brandywine, PA, the Polish soldier Casmir Pulaski save George Washington’s life. One of Savanah’s squares is named after Casmir Pulaski. On this day in 1857 the Mountain Meadows Massacre took place when Mormons, dressed as Indians murdered 120 colonists in Utah. On this day in 1941 FDR ordered the UA Navy to sink any Axis ship found in American waters. On this day in 1959 Congress passed a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans. I’m going to deviate again and end with some quotes about war. “War does not determine who is right, only who is left” Bertrand Russell. “In peace, sons bury their fathers. In was, fathers bury their sons.” Herodotus. “It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.” Robert E. Lee. I’ll end with Voltaire who said, “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murders are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” Abide.
