TO: OSAMA & THE BOYS FROM AN AMERICAN WIFE & MOTHER

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="images/20143e63.gif"> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <B>       </B></div> <div> <B>   <IMG SRC="images/1e6599e0.gif" border=0 width="89" height="158" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>           </B></div> <div> <B>Yo, Osama!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Well, the government finally named </B></div> <div> <B>you as a suspect, so I guess it's fair </B></div> <div> <B>to talk about you now. Thought you </B></div> <div> <B>had us,didn't you? What a laugh! </B></div> <div> <B>You did more to unify this country </B></div> <div> <B>than George Washington.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="images/2021e240.gif" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>See, we Americans had gotten sort </B></div> <div> <B>of distracted. We worried about </B></div> <div> <B>things like lockboxes, taxes, and </B></div> <div> <B>who was committing hanky panky </B></div> <div> <B>with whom. We were too stressed </B></div> <div> <B>to reach out to one another, to sit </B></div> <div> <B>down and talk with our kids, to </B></div> <div> <B>call our spouses at work and tell </B></div> <div> <B>them we loved them. We were </B></div> <div> <B>MUCH too busy to even think </B></div> <div> <B>about giving blood or going to </B></div> <div> <B>the hardware store to buy and </B></div> <div> <B>hang an American flag.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="images/2031e240.gif" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>You changed all that, Osama, you </B></div> <div> <B>and your gang of creeps. I met </B></div> <div> <B>my neighbors in the park across </B></div> <div> <B>the street tonight. We talked </B></div> <div> <B>quietly while everybody gathered. </B></div> <div> <B>Then we lit our candles, and just </B></div> <div> <B>stood there silently, holding them. </B></div> <div> <B>Without anybody saying anything, </B></div> <div> <B>we walked back to our </B></div> <div> <B>neighborhood, and set them on </B></div> <div> <B>our doorsteps. They are still </B></div> <div> <B>burning. You will never be able to </B></div> <div> <B>put them out.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="images/2041e240.gif" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>See, Osama? You think you get </B></div> <div> <B>ticked off when someone messes </B></div> <div> <B>with your culture, your beliefs, </B></div> <div> <B>your country? Just wait a minute, </B></div> <div> <B>you flea bitten, miserable excuse </B></div> <div> <B>for human DNA! You haven't seen </B></div> <div> <B>anything like the anger of a </B></div> <div> <B>MOTHER whose son has to go off </B></div> <div> <B>to defend their homeland against </B></div> <div> <B>your cowardice and hatred. You </B></div> <div> <B>haven't seen anything like the </B></div> <div> <B>WIFE of a fireman, policeman, or </B></div> <div> <B>EMT who clings to hope </B></div> <div> <B>wondering if he'll ever return from </B></div> <div> <B>trying to help his fellow man in </B></div> <div> <B>your moment of destruction.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="images/2051e240.gif" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>You haven't seen anything like the </B></div> <div> <B>WOMAN who will keep her family, </B></div> <div> <B>and her neighbor's family, and her </B></div> <div> <B>best friend's family, and country's </B></div> <div> <B>family going when hope and </B></div> <div> <B>energy falls low. You haven't seen </B></div> <div> <B>anything like the good OLE GIRL </B></div> <div> <B>who weeps tears of agony for </B></div> <div> <B>families she's never known or </B></div> <div> <B>never will meet, just because she </B></div> <div> <B>cares.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="images/2061e240.gif" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>You think the American MEN are </B></div> <div> <B>bad? You just better thank your </B></div> <div> <B>lucky stars that you aren't dealing </B></div> <div> <B>with one of us American WOMEN </B></div> <div> <B>right now. Trust me, the men are </B></div> <div> <B>the ones showing restraint. I have </B></div> <div> <B>heard the best ideas of just how </B></div> <div> <B>graphically you need to be </B></div> <div> <B>disposed of lately in the beauty </B></div> <div> <B>shop, nail salon, and the grocery </B></div> <div> <B>store lines.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="images/2031e240.gif" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>I've had more meaningful </B></div> <div> <B>conversations with my teenager </B></div> <div> <B>this week than in the last couple </B></div> <div> <B>of years combined. Tonight I </B></div> <div> <B>was driving her to a friend's </B></div> <div> <B>house when the voice of Lee </B></div> <div> <B>Greenwood came over the radio </B></div> <div> <B>singing, "I'm Proud to Be an </B></div> <div> <B>American". We were stuck in </B></div> <div> <B>traffic, and normally we would </B></div> <div> <B>have been snapping at one </B></div> <div> <B>another. She started singing </B></div> <div> <B>along softly with the radio. I </B></div> <div> <B>joined in. By the second verse, </B></div> <div> <B>we were singing at the top of our </B></div> <div> <B>voices, with the windows rolled </B></div> <div> <B>down. People stuck in traffic on </B></div> <div> <B>either side of us joined in. By the </B></div> <div> <B>time we were finally able to move </B></div> <div> <B>a little, perfect strangers were </B></div> <div> <B>wiping their eyes, blowing their </B></div> <div> <B>horns, and shouting good wishes </B></div> <div> <B>to one another.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="images/2031e240.gif" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>I hung an American flag on my </B></div> <div> <B>house yesterday for the first time </B></div> <div> <B>in my life. I'd like to get another </B></div> <div> <B>one, but there are no flags or </B></div> <div> <B>anything else red, white, or blue </B></div> <div> <B>left in any store in this town. My </B></div> <div> <B>daughter and I did find some </B></div> <div> <B>white and blue ribbon in the </B></div> <div> <B>sewing box. Tomorrow we're </B></div> <div> <B>going to make a huge blue-and-</B></div> <div> <B>white bow and fasten it to the </B></div> <div> <B>front grille of the car.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="images/2091e240.gif" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>I called my husband at work </B></div> <div> <B>today just to tell him I loved him. </B></div> <div> <B>I hadn't done that for a while - </B></div> <div> <B>too busy, I guess. It felt </B></div> <div> <B>wonderful. We are going to send </B></div> <div> <B>some money to a fund to help the </B></div> <div> <B>victims. Tonight at the dinner </B></div> <div> <B>table we talked about the various </B></div> <div> <B>charities and tried to decide </B></div> <div> <B>which one was best. Normally we </B></div> <div> <B>just eat and run. It was the best </B></div> <div> <B>dinner table conversation we've </B></div> <div> <B>had in a long time. We finally </B></div> <div> <B>decided on a fund that's been set </B></div> <div> <B>up for the children of the rescue </B></div> <div> <B>workers who were killed in New </B></div> <div> <B>York City. We'd never given much </B></div> <div> <B>thought to appreciating all they </B></div> <div> <B>do for us before now.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="images/20a1e240.gif" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>My husband and I are on a waiting </B></div> <div> <B>list to give blood. It'll be awhile </B></div> <div> <B>before our names come up; there </B></div> <div> <B>are over 500 people ahead of us. </B></div> <div> <B>There's been a shortage of blood </B></div> <div> <B>in this area. I wouldn't be surprised </B></div> <div> <B>if the blood donated all across </B></div> <div> <B>this country eventually saves more </B></div> <div> <B>people than you killed. That would </B></div> <div> <B>be a fitting memorial to those who </B></div> <div> <B>died.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="images/20b1e240.gif" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>We're sticking together. Our </B></div> <div> <B>politicians are rising to the </B></div> <div> <B>occasion. Rudy Giuliani and </B></div> <div> <B>George W. Bush never looked half </B></div> <div> <B>as statesmanlike as they have this </B></div> <div> <B>week. Partisan bickering? What's </B></div> <div> <B>that? Half the Congress stood on </B></div> <div> <B>the steps of the Capitol the other </B></div> <div> <B>night and sang "God Bless </B></div> <div> <B>America".</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="images/2031e240.gif" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>See, Osama, you underestimated </B></div> <div> <B>us. And maybe for too long we've </B></div> <div> <B>been underestimating ourselves. </B></div> <div> <B>This is the greatest, strongest, </B></div> <div> <B>richest, most beautiful country in </B></div> <div> <B>the world. Our firefighters, </B></div> <div> <B>policemen, EMTs, and people like </B></div> <div> <B>the ones on the plane that crashed </B></div> <div> <B>in Pennsylvania have reminded us </B></div> <div> <B>that we're also the bravest and </B></div> <div> <B>most determined.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="images/20d1e240.gif" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>You can't destroy us, and you can't </B></div> <div> <B>stop us. Because we're coming, </B></div> <div> <B>Osama.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="images/2031e240.gif" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Just thought you oughta know.  And, </B></div> <div> <B>just to show you how good hearted </B></div> <div> <B>we Americans are, I will end by </B></div> <div> <B>saying THANK YOU. Not for the lives</B></div> <div> <B>taken, for which we now mourn, nor </B></div> <div> <B>for the destruction, but for instilling </B></div> <div> <B>back into the hearts of every </B></div> <div> <B>American, young and old, black,</B></div> <div> <B>white, red, or yellow, what we </B></div> <div> <B>always knew deep down. We are </B></div> <div> <B>strong. We are brave. We are ONE </B></div> <div> <B>NATION, UNITED UNDER GOD. </B></div> <div> <B>We will overcome this, as we have </B></div> <div> <B>always overcome those moments </B></div> <div> <B>that tested our very being.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="images/2031e240.gif" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>And, Osama, I say this, all the while </B></div> <div> <B>asking God to forgive ME, for I do </B></div> <div> <B>not feel any compassion or have </B></div> <div> <B>any mercy on your soul, but...may </B></div> <div> <B>you and all your cowardly friends </B></div> <div> <B>soon sit happily in those front row </B></div> <div> <B>seats you have reserved in Hell.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>author unknown</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="God_bless.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GOD BLESS AMERICA"><U><B><BACK TO PATRIOTIC</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="gloryL.htm." 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