Yes. I remember. Yes, even now, crying uncontrollably reading this beautiful heroic story again. Praying for those affected and remembering… Never forget. Determine to exhort, encourage, console, and help. God Bless America. Amen.
yes, as SMP says, Never Forget. God Bless America.
Our book club choice one time was 'The Day the World Came to Town'. Great book. Wish it could be as the intro says: "A Newfoundlander likes to put his arm around a person & say, 'It's going to be all right. I'm here. It's going to be okay. We're your friend. We're your buddy. We've got you.' That's the way it's always been. That's the way it always will be. And that's the way it was on September eleventh."
And people in the US came together for a brief time... didn't last long. Now I've heard too many, read too many times online, from liberals who have ended so-called friendships, have quit having family members to dinner because of their opposing political views. In the area I live, a man was selling a perfectly good trailer, to hitch to a car, at a very good price. A woman came to look at it, the election was over, she saw his Trump sign in the garage & yelled at him she wouldn't buy anything from a Hitler lover. I have never heard any stories of the reverse happening, a Republican, not even a MAGA supporter, ending a friendship or refusing to have a meal w/ a family member because of opposing political opinions. Of course, liberals will now be thinking 'that's 'cause ALL those MAGA rednecks are too stupid to know they're being made fun of hahahaha'... All the assumptions about Republicans... libs thinking all R's are racists, hate gays, etc., are opposed to protecting the environment.... Libs thinking that are, well, wrong. That's like a conservative thinking ALL liberals support ALL abortions up to the 8th month of pregnancy...
I've said soooo many times, I volunteer many hours a week, play games several days a month, w/ a variety of people, dance w/ a variety of people, have dinner/lunch w/ a variety of people - some of those I know we have different political views, many we have no idea what political views we have, & in both situations, WE DON'T CARE.
Oh, but get online like Murphy's site, where the links are almost always left-leaning & the most outspoken commenters, & the most generalizing outspoken commenters, are far left-leaning, there's most likely no room for agreement. No sense of: God Bless America. It's going to be all right.
I repeat my favorite mantra, "There's nothing worse than a conservative bigot... unless it's a liberal hypocrite." Trump is one man. He won't last forever. I look forward to a sane, strong Republican.
“Bari Weiss has spent the past few years leading The Free Press, a scrappy online media start-up that was founded as a rebuke to traditional news organizations. Now, she is closing in on a leadership role at CBS News, the country’s quintessential traditional TV news organization.”
— NYT
Perfect timing, heading to a “traditional news organization” right after CBS capitulated to trump. Now we understand her true colors.
Bari Weiss a gay woman who was a liberal (she & her partner are raising a family) and tells her story about her time with the NYT - she is extremely smart & has now been offered $200,000,000 she & others who write for The Free Press are exceptional journalists & cover all subjects. They have someone in Canada. Joining is very reasonable!!! I’ve been a member for several years.
I mention the fact that she is gay for other readers at this site, letting them know she has experienced a lot in her life. She is married to Nellie Bowles who also worked for the NYT & co-founded The Free Press w/ Bari.
this is free access to her letter of resignation - not a sell-out by any stretch of the imagination:
The 2021 Daniel Pearl Award from the Los Angeles Press Club was presented to Bari Weiss for Courage and Integrity in Journalism. The award recognized Weiss for her work, particularly a column about antisemitic assaults that was not published by The New York Times. Judea Pearl, Daniel Pearl's father, presented the award to Weiss in October 2021
Bari has had numerous, wonderful interviews w/ a variety of well-known, or not so well-known, guests. One was w/ an investigative reporter about investigating the Gender Identity Development Service at Tavistock. The most recent that I'm aware of was w/ Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court Justice.
nothing at all "scrappy" about what Bari Weiss, & the crew she has built, has done, & continues to do.
plus, she is sooooooooo witty!!!! So fun to read!!! As is Nellie!!!!!!!
We’ve all been through a lot in our lives, one way or another. You clearly have a thing for Bari.
Bari started a publication as a rebuke to the very legacy media to which she is now selling out and joining, one that is clearly influenced by the 2025 plan. She is all about the money and has lost her journalistic integrity.
Meanwhile, you STILL have not explained your hypocrisy comment directed towards me or why you pick fights with me.
“Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed—in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical—and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental.”
I’m so glad that you found somebody to quote that believes in the supreme being unless you want to declare, you are such a hypocrite and you do not believe in a God
I believe in the ineffable (something many try to define as god) and not in religious dogma of any kind. I do not care what someone believes if what they say is true and will happily quote them if what they say resonates or says it more succinctly than me.
What does that even mean? Are you somehow mocking what I believe? Just because it doesn’t fit the packaged up belief system you measure everyone else by?
I don’t even know who Charlie Kirk is. You make A LOT of assumptions about me from little to no information. And why do you always try to poke and prod and pick a fight?
As a Washington Post commenter said:
“I'm a better CHRISTIAN than any TRUMP supporter & I'm an ATHEIST!”
No one knows you from your comments, only your quotes. Do you have any conservative friends? Do you have any conservative friends who can trust you to take their back? Do you have any groups of people who you have no idea what political side any of you are on? Do you hang out and never ever ever talk politics?
You don’t know who Charlie Kirk is because you probably don’t pay any attention to any conservative news. Do you know about the slashing of throat of the Ukrainian woman in Charleston? I could give you proof that Wikipedia has deleted the fact that the person who slashed her throat was a convicted felon 14 times. He was a black person. Wikipedia deleted the fact that he was a black person. He was let off after each felony. After the last felony, all he had to do was sign his name saying oh I won’t do it again. He walked away after slashing the throat of the blonde Ukrainian woman with blood dripping off of his knife, saying oh I got a white woman. But only liberals read liberal media, so you might not have read any of that. Because you don’t know who Charlie Kirk is he’s a Christian who is conservative who was just killed.
Oh, well…I suppose thoughts and prayers are in order.
You have yet to explain your “hypocrisy I say remark.” I have conservative people I associate with and we do not talk politics.
It is as much a waste of time to talk politics with people like yourself as it is to talk religion with a christian; you are either with them or against them with no gray area. I don’t need the drama.
Must be easy, living without much strain on the old noggin. Now scurry off and pester someone else.
I've read that basically everyone below the impact zone of Floor 78-84 in the South Tower survived. I guess like only 4 people. He must have been one of them coming from 44th floor.
I remember that day well. We were supposed to be training on some new software but spent the morning watching the news. It changed the world and not in a good way.
Will be interesting to see what comes out of the Supreme Court. Do they rule to the letter of the law, or to their political leaning. Doesn’t really matter, Trump has done so much damage to the Us that it will take years to fix, if it can be done.
I almost never comment. Thank you for sharing this story. It reminds me of People who by their actions with conviction..show the world they care about others vs just words..
Tomorrow is rather bittersweet for me. Were I still in the US, I would be taking my best friend out to lunch at our favorite restaurant to celebrate her birthday. We’ve been friends since we were 13 so that’s 66 yrs.
I don’t think I read about Mr Rescorla or if I did, his story joined the many written about the heroes of that horrible time. My husband and I were out of the country at the time and didn’t get back in the US for a couple or three weeks so missed a lot of the immediate reporting. He was quite the hero though. So glad he listened to his gut. Great human interest Bill. You’re so good with these kinds of stories. Thanks.
This Supreme Court is just as likely to use their shadow docket for the tariff decision-rotters all.
Out had my son deal with Google. We both hate it with a passion but he has the patience and the expertise to mess with it. That was his good deed for the day.
Yes. I remember. Yes, even now, crying uncontrollably reading this beautiful heroic story again. Praying for those affected and remembering… Never forget. Determine to exhort, encourage, console, and help. God Bless America. Amen.
yes, as SMP says, Never Forget. God Bless America.
Our book club choice one time was 'The Day the World Came to Town'. Great book. Wish it could be as the intro says: "A Newfoundlander likes to put his arm around a person & say, 'It's going to be all right. I'm here. It's going to be okay. We're your friend. We're your buddy. We've got you.' That's the way it's always been. That's the way it always will be. And that's the way it was on September eleventh."
And people in the US came together for a brief time... didn't last long. Now I've heard too many, read too many times online, from liberals who have ended so-called friendships, have quit having family members to dinner because of their opposing political views. In the area I live, a man was selling a perfectly good trailer, to hitch to a car, at a very good price. A woman came to look at it, the election was over, she saw his Trump sign in the garage & yelled at him she wouldn't buy anything from a Hitler lover. I have never heard any stories of the reverse happening, a Republican, not even a MAGA supporter, ending a friendship or refusing to have a meal w/ a family member because of opposing political opinions. Of course, liberals will now be thinking 'that's 'cause ALL those MAGA rednecks are too stupid to know they're being made fun of hahahaha'... All the assumptions about Republicans... libs thinking all R's are racists, hate gays, etc., are opposed to protecting the environment.... Libs thinking that are, well, wrong. That's like a conservative thinking ALL liberals support ALL abortions up to the 8th month of pregnancy...
I've said soooo many times, I volunteer many hours a week, play games several days a month, w/ a variety of people, dance w/ a variety of people, have dinner/lunch w/ a variety of people - some of those I know we have different political views, many we have no idea what political views we have, & in both situations, WE DON'T CARE.
Oh, but get online like Murphy's site, where the links are almost always left-leaning & the most outspoken commenters, & the most generalizing outspoken commenters, are far left-leaning, there's most likely no room for agreement. No sense of: God Bless America. It's going to be all right.
I repeat my favorite mantra, "There's nothing worse than a conservative bigot... unless it's a liberal hypocrite." Trump is one man. He won't last forever. I look forward to a sane, strong Republican.
Great mantra! It has gotten so bad with all the zombie liars on the left.
And you are soooo spot on about Trump and the Pubs!
“Bari Weiss has spent the past few years leading The Free Press, a scrappy online media start-up that was founded as a rebuke to traditional news organizations. Now, she is closing in on a leadership role at CBS News, the country’s quintessential traditional TV news organization.”
— NYT
Perfect timing, heading to a “traditional news organization” right after CBS capitulated to trump. Now we understand her true colors.
Bari Weiss a gay woman who was a liberal (she & her partner are raising a family) and tells her story about her time with the NYT - she is extremely smart & has now been offered $200,000,000 she & others who write for The Free Press are exceptional journalists & cover all subjects. They have someone in Canada. Joining is very reasonable!!! I’ve been a member for several years.
What does it matter to me whether she is gay, straight or something else??? Does it matter to you?
Bari started a publication to compete with the very legacy media to which she is now selling out. That is hypocrisy.
Meanwhile, you have yet to explain your hypocracy comment directed to me.
I mention the fact that she is gay for other readers at this site, letting them know she has experienced a lot in her life. She is married to Nellie Bowles who also worked for the NYT & co-founded The Free Press w/ Bari.
this is free access to her letter of resignation - not a sell-out by any stretch of the imagination:
https://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter
The 2021 Daniel Pearl Award from the Los Angeles Press Club was presented to Bari Weiss for Courage and Integrity in Journalism. The award recognized Weiss for her work, particularly a column about antisemitic assaults that was not published by The New York Times. Judea Pearl, Daniel Pearl's father, presented the award to Weiss in October 2021
Bari has had numerous, wonderful interviews w/ a variety of well-known, or not so well-known, guests. One was w/ an investigative reporter about investigating the Gender Identity Development Service at Tavistock. The most recent that I'm aware of was w/ Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court Justice.
nothing at all "scrappy" about what Bari Weiss, & the crew she has built, has done, & continues to do.
plus, she is sooooooooo witty!!!! So fun to read!!! As is Nellie!!!!!!!
We’ve all been through a lot in our lives, one way or another. You clearly have a thing for Bari.
Bari started a publication as a rebuke to the very legacy media to which she is now selling out and joining, one that is clearly influenced by the 2025 plan. She is all about the money and has lost her journalistic integrity.
Meanwhile, you STILL have not explained your hypocrisy comment directed towards me or why you pick fights with me.
“Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed—in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical—and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I’m so glad that you found somebody to quote that believes in the supreme being unless you want to declare, you are such a hypocrite and you do not believe in a God
I believe in the ineffable (something many try to define as god) and not in religious dogma of any kind. I do not care what someone believes if what they say is true and will happily quote them if what they say resonates or says it more succinctly than me.
Hypocrisy I say
You are probably cheering the death of Charlie Kirk
“Hypocrisy I say“
What does that even mean? Are you somehow mocking what I believe? Just because it doesn’t fit the packaged up belief system you measure everyone else by?
I don’t even know who Charlie Kirk is. You make A LOT of assumptions about me from little to no information. And why do you always try to poke and prod and pick a fight?
As a Washington Post commenter said:
“I'm a better CHRISTIAN than any TRUMP supporter & I'm an ATHEIST!”
—RobertC, WaPo commenter
No one knows you from your comments, only your quotes. Do you have any conservative friends? Do you have any conservative friends who can trust you to take their back? Do you have any groups of people who you have no idea what political side any of you are on? Do you hang out and never ever ever talk politics?
You don’t know who Charlie Kirk is because you probably don’t pay any attention to any conservative news. Do you know about the slashing of throat of the Ukrainian woman in Charleston? I could give you proof that Wikipedia has deleted the fact that the person who slashed her throat was a convicted felon 14 times. He was a black person. Wikipedia deleted the fact that he was a black person. He was let off after each felony. After the last felony, all he had to do was sign his name saying oh I won’t do it again. He walked away after slashing the throat of the blonde Ukrainian woman with blood dripping off of his knife, saying oh I got a white woman. But only liberals read liberal media, so you might not have read any of that. Because you don’t know who Charlie Kirk is he’s a Christian who is conservative who was just killed.
Oh, well…I suppose thoughts and prayers are in order.
You have yet to explain your “hypocrisy I say remark.” I have conservative people I associate with and we do not talk politics.
It is as much a waste of time to talk politics with people like yourself as it is to talk religion with a christian; you are either with them or against them with no gray area. I don’t need the drama.
Must be easy, living without much strain on the old noggin. Now scurry off and pester someone else.
I've read that basically everyone below the impact zone of Floor 78-84 in the South Tower survived. I guess like only 4 people. He must have been one of them coming from 44th floor.
I remember that day well. We were supposed to be training on some new software but spent the morning watching the news. It changed the world and not in a good way.
Will be interesting to see what comes out of the Supreme Court. Do they rule to the letter of the law, or to their political leaning. Doesn’t really matter, Trump has done so much damage to the Us that it will take years to fix, if it can be done.
I’m a retired firefighter. Don’t forget the firefighters that went in there knowing that they would never come out..👨🚒😎
I almost never comment. Thank you for sharing this story. It reminds me of People who by their actions with conviction..show the world they care about others vs just words..
Tomorrow is rather bittersweet for me. Were I still in the US, I would be taking my best friend out to lunch at our favorite restaurant to celebrate her birthday. We’ve been friends since we were 13 so that’s 66 yrs.
I don’t think I read about Mr Rescorla or if I did, his story joined the many written about the heroes of that horrible time. My husband and I were out of the country at the time and didn’t get back in the US for a couple or three weeks so missed a lot of the immediate reporting. He was quite the hero though. So glad he listened to his gut. Great human interest Bill. You’re so good with these kinds of stories. Thanks.
This Supreme Court is just as likely to use their shadow docket for the tariff decision-rotters all.
Out had my son deal with Google. We both hate it with a passion but he has the patience and the expertise to mess with it. That was his good deed for the day.