President Obama: Thanks 'our extraordinary 9/11 generation'

[cal04]

Source: The Hill

President Obama used his weekly radio address to mark the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks and sought to reinforce the successful efforts to fight terrorism under his administration.

"We’re remembering the lives we lost — nearly 3,000 innocent men, women and children — we’re reaffirming our commitment to always keep faith with their families," the president said. "We’re honoring the heroism of first responders who risked their lives — and gave their lives — to save others. And we’re giving thanks to all who serve on our behalf, especially our troops and military families — our extraordinary 9/11 generation."

While pointing out that America must stay "strong and confident in the face of any threat," Obama said U.S. forces al Qaeda are winning the fight against al Qaeda.

"Thanks to the tireless efforts of our military personnel and our intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security professionals—there should be no doubt: Today, America is stronger and al Qaeda is on the path to defeat," he said.

Read more: http://thehill.com/video/administration/180719-obama-honors-our-extraordinary-911-generation

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WEEKLY ADDRESS: Remembering September 11th
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/09/10/weekly-address-remembering-september-11th

[ixion]

1. "Today, America is stronger and al Qaeda is on the path to defeat"

Well, that's just a big 'ol neocon-sized lie, Mr. Obama. :puke:

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[bluedigger]

3. Nobody ever thanks the contractors.

[htuttle]

6. The Unsung Billionaires

If it weren't for their tireless efforts, both in the field and on Capitol Hill, all of these wars would have probably been over long ago.

:patriot:

[dipsydoodle]

4. Did he forget to thank

the innocents who've lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan as well ?

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[KoKo]

12. Shhhhhh...... those are conspiracy theories...dontcha' know?

Only whispered in places like the "9/11 Dungeon." Meanwhile...hoist that flag and march and remember that everyone is now the "9/11 Generation" and don't ever forget it. Every year we will remember the HooRAY! and not what caused it and what it unleashed.

[rug]

7. Is he trying to channel Tom Brokaw?

[Zoeisright]

8. Well, what the fuck else is he supposed to say, people???

This place is getting ridiculous.

[nevergiveup]

9. Thank you for some sanity..

[KoKo]

10. The "9/11 Generation" is branding people. As if there's nothing else...

Remember the "Cold War Generation?" Once people are branded they can be sold or bought or deceived.

[EFerrari]

15. If militaristic bs is all you can imangine him saying

then we have a problem. And I think that's right. Because he bought into all of it.

[Lorien]

39. how about a little truth and reality for a change

instead of spewing Right Wing bullshit?

[ronnie624]

41. We know what to expect.

But many of us simply refuse to embrace the fantasy world perpetuated by politicians and the corporate owned media establishment. If we ALL become 'sheeple', what little remains of our democracy will vanish into thin air.

[Astrad]

11. He could`ve said what Cameron did "We forfeited moral high ground in war on terror.``

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Cameron-We-forfeited-moral-high.6833792.jp

[Scottybeamer70]

13. Can you imagine what

the 11th anniversary of the 11th will be?
I'm sure "al qaeda" will be on the path to defeat for the next 75 years or so, or however long the
people will believe.

[tomg]

14. "Today, America is stronger "

That simply isn't true on any concievable level. We are more deeply divided against each other than at any time in my life, and I am about to turn 62. Our economy is shot to hell in a handcart and the Republicans are - with collusion and cowardice of a number of dems - blithely making it worse. If the United States were a person, I would say it is in a serious psychological depression to match it's economic one.

But more, our civil rights at home are eroding in ways too numerous to mention as we continue to violate international human rights. What we have seen over the last 10 years is a uniqely American variant of Shock Doctrine ennacted at home.

"Efforts to fight terrorism"? For me, The only way to honor those who died and to honor the community-oriented effort and sacrifice of the first responders and ethical and moral impulse underlying why so many initially served in Iraq and Afghanistan ( a conscientious objector, I can still support and respect the impulse underlying the choice I oppose), is to work for peace and justice at home and abroad.

You want to honor the first responders. Okay, start by backing their Unions. Funny how the "heroes of 9/11" are "the greedy union bastards" today.

You want to honor our men and women in the military. Okay, start by bringing them all home, providing real medical coverage, instituting a real 21st century GI Bill. You want to remember those who died on 9/11, look at and change the corporatist foreign policies - going way back to, let's arbitrarily say 1953 and the destabilization of Guatemala and then Iran - that created 9/11.

You won't get it, but until you at least try, the rest is just blowing smoke up our ass.

[plumbob]

24. Thank you. I'm 60, and I've had a mural of Big Brother's eyes painted

on the walls of my classroom to remind ME that we no longer live in even a pretense of a free country, and that all that Orwell warned about has happened.


Perspective: nearly 3,000 people died that day.

Every week, week in, week out, 1,000 people in this country are killed by drunk drivers. 52,000 a year - that means more than HALF A MILLION since 9/11. Meh, who cares? Break out the flags and ignore the sickness of the first responders who are being swept under the rug.

And yes, American exceptionalism continues to create blowback globally. But hey, as long as KBR et al get rich, who cares??

[madrchsod]

26. what about the thousands who die because we...

are not civilized enough to provide health care for everyone in need?

i`m 64 and i could give a shit less about myself but when i feed my 6 week old granddaughter..i think what kind of world have we left her?

[plumbob]

33. Absolutely right. I favor universal single payer coverage as the only thing

that makes sense. My congressman no longer takes my calls or answers my emails or letters, because he's tired of me, and he's Bush's old accountant in Arbusto Petroleum.

I have three grown children, five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild, and I never dreamed about the shit we're neck-deep in for the sake of corporate profits.

[Lorien]

36. Obama just decided to allow 112,000 Americans die EVERY YEAR to save the Koch Brothers a

few billion; that's just one of the costs to America that will come from not implementing the new EPA smog rules.

[plumbob]

38. Yep, another one for the corporations.

Nor the last, I fear.

[KG]

35. +infinity

[trud]

16. What a bunch of crap from Obama

The Bush/Obama Iraq war has killed more US people and countless more Iraqi civilians (who no doubt "hate our freedom"...) than bin Laden's people did on 9/11.

[izquierdista]

17. Extraordinarily stupid

That they haven't figured out that they CAUSE terrorism the more they "fight" it.

[Odin2005]

18. What a bunch of Neo-Con horseshit.

[madrchsod]

23. would`t that be neo- liberal?

[Odin2005]

29. Same thing.

[jaxx]

19. Even in remembering the day the angry left must act up.

Not the OP, but the thread. Hate seems to rule this place. What a shame.

[plumbob]

25. Because those remembering the day are forgetting the living responders

who are dying without coverage, without care, without dignity.

But yes, break out a 99 cent flag made in China and wave it like crazy! Because if not this year, some year, someone is going to start keeping track of those who don't.

Memorial services are cheap and easy, hence popular. Solving problems is difficult and costs money, hence unpopular, and especially in a country like the US, which never been noted for introspection, but rather for force and lots of it.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon-stewart-is-justifiably-very-angry-that-911-first-responders-are-still-being-ignored/

[jaxx]

28. That is outrageous and over the top.

Cheap and easy is refusing to acknowledge what happened. I'm sure those responders who are ill and needing care won't be acting like jerks about those who died.

[plumbob]

34. Not very old, are you? Wait. Really pay attention.

The responders who are dying have been purposely excluded from any and all events. They'll all be dead soon, so they won't be anything much for much longer. Their inconvenient presence can be safely ignored.

Don't need them bringing a down to all the testosterone on display, do we?

The Patriot Act was our surrender document and the end of this country.

So wave, wave, wave like crazy! See? You're already itching to report me to somebody.

[jaxx]

43. You might want to read this while eating your crow.

<..> In remembrance in NYC
In New York City, hundreds of families, friends and strangers ringing lower Manhattan clasped hands as a bell clanged at 8:46 a.m. to signify the time the first hijacked plane crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower. It was one of several public and private events scheduled around the city, including a free performance by the New York Philharmonic and a memorial by Fire Department of New York for its 343 members who died on 9/11 and those who have died from illness after working at ground zero.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44466410/ns/us_news-9_11_ten_years_later#.TmvAfOx5p7k


This was today.

[plumbob]

44. That's the fire department itself. Find the big celebration with all the politicos.

Responders are sitting at the kids' table.

[jaxx]

45. You were wrong and can't admit it.

Instead you move the goal post. This is my last post to you on this subject, I don't play games and I don't waste my time on those who do.

[plumbob]

48. I moved nothing. Here is the mayor excluding them:

The first responders are not invited to this year's September 11 memorial ceremony at ground zero, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office confirmed Monday.

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-08-16/us/new.york.911.memorial_1_john-feal-responders-ground-zero?_s=PM:US
First responders decry exclusion from 9/11 ceremony


NOW you can admit that you feel that the first responders are crybabies and I'm a bad person, and get out there and wave that flag!!!

[whatchamacallit]

32. Utter crap

What's more hateful than our murderous bullshit wars?

[Lorien]

37. +1,000

[plumbob]

40. Too too accurate.

+ all I've got.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

20. Ahem. "We've always been at war with Eastasia..."

Enjoy your increased rations :-(

[bengalherder]

21. 9/11 Generation?

I thought I was in the Pepsi Generation...


Joke aside, I refuse to be defined by an event that merely transpired during my life. The problem then was the 99% of the population who accepted the narrative and the authority of the state to 'do something about it'. I originally 'discovered' DU during that time. I was feeling very lonely watching everyone else on that bandwagon. It was good to find others who were in the same boat.

The only good thing to come out of 2000-2001 were some awesome websites formed to protest the election and provide a safe harbor for those not blinded by the games played after 9/11. Glad to see so many are still going strong.

[madrchsod]

27. ya there`s a few left from the old days....

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

46. I think I'm an outcast from the Woodstock Generation

... being one of the three people in my age group who DID NOT go to Woodstock.

If generations are defined by disaster, then maybe I'm in the JFK Assassination generation.

:hi:

[ibegurpard]

here here!

[ibegurpard]

47. double post..doh

[madrchsod]

22. yuck........

first responders and others are dieing and no one wants to pay for their care.

we invade iraq to kill saddam after he double crossed cheney and his friends.

you can not win a war against an idea.

"...paranoia runs deep...into you life it will creep..."

what is horrific is that over 3000 citizens of the world had to die that day because of oil and religion.

[Gregorian]

30. You know what I'd respect in a president? Finding out whart really happened.

Not the boiler plate syrup sounding blather.

Why does everyone feel obligated to assuage the Republican ego?

[Solly Mack]

31. ...

whatever

[agincourt]

42. I guess I 'm from the....

Heard about 9/11 once too flipping often generation. There were three lessons from it. One, don't ally with a demon to kill a bear. Two, protect you civilians dummies. Three, the republican party is not as good on national security as you sheeple think. Now move on dammit.

[krabigirl]

49. Ugh....

:puke:

[Bonobo]

50. Ummm, please don't call us the "9/11 generation". Thanks. nt