Went to Mass-it was good-new yoga class for seniors-also wonderful-I hurt today but I stretched my upper body-yoga teacher mentioned I might have a tear in my ribs-after a year and a half I wonder if I should go to the orthpedic guy-my shoulder never healed without surgery-Anyways-of course tis dissertation seems self-centered in light of everything going on. So I will stop and eat my breakfast-Stay peaceful everyone and Pray. Mima
Good Morning.. Ally It is amazing how our minds can work. ..Now we are all hoping for the finding of as many survivors as possible. We know there will be few.
Mima- Hope you feel better. I think the anxiety of the past few days has caused a lot of people to show a symtom. My stomach has been acting up. I have had ulcer problems for years. They heal and return. Looks like we may get a lot of rain soon.
Hello Candice- Memetoo. Happy.. Thank You for the nice words. It is not just America that is effected with the past few days,but the world. It brings us all together on a common ground. For once the two parties in Washington are not fighting.
Bye you all....Joanne
I'm here but depressed...went to Nashville to the Rheumatologist Monday and he put me on yet another new med. ON TOP OF the ones I'm already taking!!! Plaquenil. It has a LOT of adverse side-effects! I have to have my eyes examined every 3 months because it causes loss of eye sight. I'm not a happy camper. Still have the pain and now the med. side effects to boot!!! He also took me off of flexeril and put me on robaxin instead. I've had that before a long time ago and it stopped working for me. I have to go back in 10 weeks and he said if I'm still not any better he is putting me on something called embrial??? Said it was something like remicade. So I am now taking 10 pills every day except Friday when I take the methotrexate, then I take EIGHTEEN - PLUS gold shots! I am now on Folic Acid, Premerin, Inderal, Buspar, Robaxin, Plaquenil, Neurontin, Zyrtec and gold shots - plus I have Darvocet for pain when I need it and pills for swelling, Caffergot for migraines and I give myself a B12 shot every week!!! I just keep telling myself that I have it so much better than those poor people who had their skin burned off. I've been down really low all week! I got this in my e-mail today...you may have already seen it but I think out of all the diaster related mail I've got it was the best so thought I'd share it with you all.
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Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a
remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a
Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of
his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:
"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as
the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the
earth.
Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were
lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in
billions of
dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries
is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the
United States.
When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans
who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled
on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.
When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that
hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were
flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped.
The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars
into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are
writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans.
I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over
the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does
any
other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo
Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they
fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly
American
Planes?
Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman
on the moon?
You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios.
You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles.
You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon -
not once, but several times - and safely home again.
You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the
store window for everybody to look at.
Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here
on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian
laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend
here.
When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking Down
through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the
Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody
loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke.
I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of
other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone
else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was
outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.
Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is
damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of
this
thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to
thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present
troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those."
Meme, to bad about having yet another pill and no relief. I would be so worried about taking a med that would perhaps have me lose my eyesight, but when you are in pain you must do something. I know you are depressed. The USA was the world stage for a crime against all free countries. It is unfortunate that all those people were used as weapons and lost their lives. It is just to big to wrap your mind around and comprehend the why of it. People who do these kinds of things, don't understand freedom at all - they think it is a word when in fact, it is a very strong feeling.
Here is a letter that describes it beautifully.
Hit the buildings, Missed America . . . . Posted By: Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida Date: 9/11/2001 9:07p.m. An open letter toa terrorist: Well, you hit the World Trade Center, but you missed America. You hit the Pentagon, but you missed America. You used helpless American bodies, to take out other American bodies, but like a poor marksman, you STILL missed America. Why? Because of something you guys will never understand. America isn't about a building or two, not about financial centers, not about military centers, America isn't about a place, America isn't even about a bunch of bodies. America is about an IDEA. An idea, that you can go someplace where you can earn as much as you can figure out how to, live for the most part, like you envisioned living, and pursue Happiness. (No guarantees that you'll reach it, but you can sure try!) Go ahead and whine your terrorist whine, and chant your terrorist litany: "If you can not see my point, then feel my pain." This concept is alien to Americans. We live in a country where we don't have to see your point. But you're free to have one. We don't have to listen to your speech. But you're free to say one. Don't know where you got the strange idea that everyone has to agree with you. We don't agree with each other in this country, almost as a matter of pride. We're a collection of guys that don't agree, called States. We united our individual states to protect ourselves from tyranny in the world. Another idea, we made up on the spot. You CAN make it up as you go, when it's your country. If you're free enough. Yeah, we're fat, sloppy, easy-going goofs most of the time. That's an unfortunate image to project to the world, but it comes of feeling free and easy about the world you live in. It's unfortunate too, because people start to forget that when you attack Americans, they tend to fight like a cornered badger. The first we knew of the War of 1812, was when England burned Washington D.C. to the ground. Didn't turn out like England thought it was going to, and it's not going to turn out like you think, either. Sorry, but you're not the first bully on our shores, just the most recent. No Marquis of Queensbury rules for Americans, either. We were the FIRST and so far, only country in the world to use nuclear weapons in anger. Horrific idea, nowadays? News for you bucko, it was back then too, but we used it anyway. Only had two of them in the whole world and we used 'em both. Grandpa Jones worked on the Manhattan Project. Told me once, that right up until they threw the switch, the physicists were still arguing over whether the Uranium alone would fission, or whether it would start a fissioning chain reaction that would eat everything. But they threw the switch anyway, because we had a War to win. Does that tell you something about American Resolve? So who just declared War on us? It would be nice to point to some real estate, like the good old days. Unfortunately, we're probably at war with random camps, in far-flung places. Who think they're safe. Just like the Barbary Pirates did, IIRC. Better start sleeping with one eye open. There's a spirit that tends to take over people who come to this country, looking for opportunity, looking for liberty, looking for freedom. Even if they misuse it. The Marielistas that Castro emptied out of his prisons, were overjoyed to find out how much freedom there was. First thing they did when they hit our shores, was run out and buy guns. The ones that didn't end up dead, ended up in prisons. It was a big PITA then (especially in south Florida), but you're only the newest PITA, not the first. You guys seem to be incapable of understanding that we don't live in America, America lives in US! American Spirit is what it's called. And killing a few thousand of us, or a few million of us, won't change it. Most of the time, it's a pretty happy-go-lucky kind of Spirit. Until we're crossed in a cowardly manner, then it becomes an entirely different kind of Spirit. Wait until you see what we do with that Spirit, this time. Sleep tight, if you can. We're coming. Charles Brennan
To show everyone that we Americans stick together, FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 14 is "Flags Across America."
All Americans are asked to display the American flag either in their
Homes or cars. Let's keep the meaning of UNITED in "United States".
Pass this onto as many people as you know. THANK YOU
This was on another site I go to. Just wanted to pass it along.
Oh You Guys....I can't seem to keep from bursting into tears.
I was driving to the store when they played the Beatles, In My Life and I just had to pull over to the side of the road.
Meme....sorry for your pain and your new meds. Not a good time to be playing with meds again.
Where's Candice?
Hi Joanne, Happy and Mima. I have to go get a flag and there are none to be found as they are sold out. That is a good thing....
Just been glued to the TV set and just can't believe this has happened in the US... seems like a bad movie! Hugs and prayers to all out there! This is just unreal
My arm is still bad and with therapy I'm just too tired to turn this thing on and DH turned 50 today and we are celebrating it Saturday ( just the boys) and I have been trying to get stuff ready for that too!
Here is a picture form a friend of mine that lives in NY and her brother took this from his Brooklyn office.
I also cry unexpectedly at songs, stories, etc. Didn't sleep well last night in spite of a lot of walking yesterday and a massage. I'll go to mass at 8 am.I don't have a flag and will try to get one but they are all out.Joanne-that rain is supposed to be really bad where my son lives. I asked him if he was building an ark. It's going to get cold here.But nice.Meme-I took plaquenil for a while but got stomache pains. Everything gives me stomache pains.Only thing I can take is prednisone and I have a problem with yeast and the acidolphilus pills give me g--.I'm alergic to yogurt but have been eating it anyways.Minor problem compared to......One of the men that got killed is the son of someone I used to work for. Wonderful family. The aunt goes to my church.Lots of New England ties because of Boston departure. Pray today everyone!!!!I do not like Bush that much but I am fully behind him and am so glad he is a spiritual person.Mima
Oh Mima. last nite I cried when I sat down in front of the TV with a salad and at the Changing of the Guard at Kensington Palace, they played the Star Spangled Bannor and thousands of Londoners stood at the fences with their hands over their hearts crying and I had to go dump out my food.
Not a great way to diet.
I may have to stop watching the tube for a while. There are more tearful stories than I have tears.
Peace.
I feel like yesterday was draining-went to Mass at 8 and watched the service at 12. Amazing to see all our leaders together.And the way our country is coming together. I did go to the Mall yesterday-less crowded-I needed new chinos because my other ones are too large-bought size 8. Need to stay this size. Good news from my middle son-he quit smoking 2 weeks ago-wearing a patch- funny thing is that I put him on my healing list for no particular reason-had no conversation with him about the smoking.We are all in God's Hands.Can't sleep past 4 am.I will do my stress tape tonight.Mima
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