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The War Prayer

“O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle — be Thou near them! With them — in spirit — we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved fire sides to smite the foe.

O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells;
help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead
help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain;
help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire;
help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief;
help us to turn them out roofless with little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames of summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring Thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it —

for our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimage, make heavy their steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet! We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts. Amen.”

— Mark Twain

Bloggers Brace for Armagedon

Various levels of disbelief in the official account of 9/11, overt lies about Iraq, continued warmongering toward Iran, and the impotence and complicity of the mainstream media have spawned a community of bloggers and independent media. There is palpable fear in parts of the community that a terrorist attack will either occur, be allowed to occur, or be made to occur, and turned into an excuse for a much broader war in the Middle East. (see USS Maine, Gulf of Tonkin, Zimmerman Telegram, Lusitania, and possibly Pearl Harbor)

It’s hard to know what to believe, but I love the task of trying to understand the world — and honestly, I feel better knowing that so many Americans are watching closely and blogging their concerns. Vigilance and criticism makes democracies stronger.

There’s a lot of buzz about an apparent $4.5 billion investment betting on a stock market crash before September 21st.

Here is an article relating the investigation of these trades to the recent fatal fall taken by Congressman Paul Gillmore. It speculates he was murdered for finding out too much, and also relates the nukes which recently went temporarily missing from the Air Force’s arsenal.

Several blogs point to tomorrow, September 14th, because of Air Combat Command’s safety stand-down. They see this as an echo of the Air Force’s peculiar behavior on 9/11.

And here is an interesting article, chiding others for being irresponsible in their criticism, and providing easy fodder for those seeking to discredit the 9/11 truth movement.

My advice: Read as broadly as you can. Be skeptical. Use your brain. Read original sources. Reach your own conclusions. Do not be afraid. And make yourself heard.