Yo, Osama!
(Email
from the “net”)
Well, the
government finally named you as a suspect, so I guess it’s fair to talk about
you now. Thought you had us, didn't you? What a laugh! You did more to unify
this country than George Washington.
See, we
Americans had gotten sort of distracted. Wed worried about things like
lockboxes, taxes, and who was committing hanky panky with whom. we were too stressed to reach out to one another, to sit
down and talk with our kids, to call our spouses at work and tell them we loved
them. We were MUCH too busy to even think about giving blood or going to the
hardware store to buy and hang an American flag.
You
changed all that, Osama, you and your gang of creeps.
I met my neighbors in the park across the street tonight. We talked quietly
while everybody gathered. Then we lit our candles and just stood there
silently, holding them. Without anybody saying anything, we walked back to our
neighborhood and set them on our doorsteps. They are still burning. You will
never be able to put them out.
I've had
more meaningful conversations with my teenager this week than in the last
couple of years combined. Tonight I was driving her to a friend's house when
the voice of Lee Greenwood came over the radio singing "I'm Proud to Be an
American." We were stuck in traffic, and normally we would have been
snapping at one another. She started singing along softly with the radio. I
joined in. By the second verse we were singing at the top of our voices with
the windows rolled down. People stuck in traffic on either side of us joined
in. by the time we were finally able to move a little, perfect strangers were
wiping their eyes, blowing their horns and shouting good wishes to one another.
I hung an
American flag on my house yesterday for the first time in my life. I'd like to
get another one, but there are no flags or anything else red, white, or blue
left in any store in this town. My daughter and I did find some white and blue
ribbon in the sewing box. Tomorrow we're going to make a huge blue-and-white
bow and fasten it to the front grille of the car. The car's bright red; we
think it will look nice.
I called
my husband at work today just to tell him I loved him. I hadn't done that for
awhile--too busy, I guess. It felt wonderful.
We are
going to send some money to a fund to help the victims. tonight
at the dinner table we talked about the various charities and tried to decide
which one was best. Normally we just eat and run. It was the best dinner table
conversation we've had in a long time. We finally decided on fund that's been
set up for the children of the rescue workers who were killed in
My
husband and I are on a waiting list to give blood. It'll be awhile before our
names come up: there are over 500 people ahead of us. there's
been a shortage of blood in this area. I wouldn't be surprised if the blood
donated all across this country eventually saves more people than you killed.
That would be a fitting memorial to those who died.
We're
sticking together. Our politicians are rising to the occasion. Rudy Giuliani
and George W. bush never looked half as statesmanlike as they have this week.
Partisan bickering ? What's that? Half of congress
stood on the steps of the Capitol the other night and sang "God Bless
See, Osama, you underestimated us. And maybe for too long we've
been underestimating ourselves. This is the greatest, strongest, richest, most
beautiful country in the world. Our firefighters, policemen, EMTs, and people like the ones on the plane that crashed in
You can't
destroy us, and you can't stop us. Because we're coming, Osama. We're gonna find
you and the rest of your murderous thugs, and when we do, we're gonna kick your butts all over the face of the earth. you are gonna REGRET the day you
messed with
Just
thought you oughta know.