Can You Really Still Believe That None of These People Would Have Done a Better Job???
Happy 9/11 Remembrance – Mosque on FLT 93 burial grounds?
Glenn’s emotional 9/11 anniversary monologue
Family and relatives of the six victims killed in the 1993 bomb attack on the World Trade Center lay white roses at the ceremony marking the 19th Anniversary.
No Politicians At This Year’s 9/11 Anniversary Ceremony
Crescent of Betrayal: Dishonoring the Heroes of Flight 93
Did you know that a Crescent shaped Islamic symbol is being erected on the site of FLT 93? This symbol has been vehemently opposed by many of the survivor families of 9/11, but where is the coverage and outrage? Crickets…… Tune in.
Tuesday September 11, 2012 on The Inside Education Show a special show about the building of the world's largest mosque at the crash site of Flight 93 in Shanksville, PA. Yes you read correctly a mosque! The memorial planned for the Flight 93 crash site is really the world's largest mosque.
Special Guest is Tom Burnett, Sr. whose son Tom Burnett, Jr. planned the take over of the plan and sacrificed his life to take down Flight 93. Tom will tell you why the mosque must not be built!
See and hear for yourself the actual design for the memorial and hear for yourself what happened to bring about the building of the mosque at the crash site.
The Inside Education show
Mon-Fri 7-10 PM
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On 9/11 anniversary, organizations plan to protest radical Islam
As you know David Beamer, father of Todd "Let's Roll" Beamer who was also killed on United FLT 93, is a good friend of mine. The crescent moon symbolism is true and has been opposed by the parents just as stated. It is a travesty.
Regarding a Mosque... this is the first I have heard of any such thing and doubt an actual mosque is scheduled on the site itself...but may be in the vicinity. David and Peggy are enjoying a trip abroad and I will check with him on this upon his return in a couple weeks.
God Bless and thanks for your vigilance.
P.S. Just got down to Tampa...here is the press on our event tomorrow... pretty decent for change, but we will see what the rest of the media does tomorrow. I will be glad to get some rest (yeah Right..Lol) .... past month plus has been a blur putting this together. Read more Here
Atlas Shrugs: Originally posted on 08.29.12
The Other Ground Zero Mosque: Flight 93 Islamic Crescent Memorial
The other Ground Zero mosque is not in New York. The other Ground Zero mosque is in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at the site where a group of American heroes, upon hearing from their loved ones that their plane was not being hijacked but being used as a missile by Muslim terrorists to take out the Capitol or the White House, seized control of the aircraft in a life and death struggle. They saved the nation's capital, but not themselves.
How is their courage and sacrifice being rewarded? With a huge crescent ...... "of embrace." It is an outrage.
I have been blogging on the Flight 93 Islamic Crescent Memorial for well over four years, but the media blackout was overwhelming. Perhaps with a nation roused from its slumber by the Ground Zero mega mosque, the Islamic Crescent memorial will get the attention and rebuke it so richly deserves.
With the heightened attention on the proposed mosque at Ground Zero, it’s time equal scrutiny, exposure, and awareness be brought to the giant outdoor mosque being built in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Videos exposing the travesty taking place, almost silently, at the memorial site are below. It’s time for Americans to get educated, speak up, contact your elected officials, and stand up for America and those murdered by Muslims in the name of Islam!
Video: It Points to Mecca
Video: 44 inscribed translucent memorial blocks on the flight path
Video: 1 in 131 billion: Repeated Mecca orientations in the Flight 93 memorial prove intent
Video: Shameless cover-up: The Flight 93 mosque, Part 4
Also read the letter Tom Burnett, Sr. wrote to the American people and was published at Atlas Shrugs, that included this:
We too need your help; we need to stop the National Park Service building another mosque in Shanksville. PA.
I served on the 2005 2nd jury that was commissioned to select a design honoring the passengers and crew on Flight 93. The public submitted over 1100 designs. The first jury went through those 1100 designs and selected 5 designs that were presented to the 2nd jury.
When I saw Crescent of Embrace, I immediately saw the Islamic symbols. I spoke out against the design and explained my reasons to the other members of the jury. The vote was taken, 9 for the Crescent of Embrace and 6 against that design. That vote was not unanimous.
There were 4 excellent designs left; there was absolutely no reason to select a design that even suggested Islamic symbols.
I knew that the public would agree with me when they saw the Crescent of Embrace design. They did, but our government would not listen or investigate our claims. All of our letters ended up in the same hands, the National Park Service. We can’t give up; we must stop this mosque being built in Shanksville, as well as the one in New York.
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Other mosque features:
Mosque design is based on a dozen typical mosque features, every one of which is realized in the Crescent/Circle design, all on the same epic scale as the half mile wide crescent-mihrab. Note, for instance, that the 93 foot tall minaret-like Tower of Voices is topped with another Islamic-shaped crescent, akin to the crescent-topped minarets seen in many Islamic countries:
An Islamic shaped crescent, soaring in the sky above the symbolic lives of the 40 heroes, which literally dangle down below. In Islam, there is only heaven and hell. Symbolic damnation?
The Flight 93 mosque needs to be stopped, along with the Islamic victory mosque at ground zero in Manhattan. May the fight against these two desecrations strengthen each other.
Sincerely,
Tom Burnett Senior
Loving father of Flight 93 hero Tom Burnett JuniorContact information for the Flight 93 Memorial Project here.
If you would like to help stop the crescent mosque, please email Alec Rawls (alec@rawls.org) who is helping to coordinate opposition.
Comment:
This information just came across my monitor today.
There is a way to protest this and it is very simple. Gather up a dozen pigs, and perhaps a dead one or two and deliver them to the Crescent site and the area where the mosque is to be built.
Let's see just how real the Americans are who are living in that area and would be able to do the pig dumping.
Fact is, it was Islam that did the killing on 9/11, and we do not have to tolerate any Muslim regardless of who objects to our dislike.
Victoria B.
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Ernest Finch
Holocaust Revelations
Mom kept over sixty years of her private war locked up inside her.
Mom is a survivor.
It was during one of my annual visits to New York when she decided to open up to me. That week in January was so cold: with record breaking minus fifteen-degree temperatures, we decided to stay inside. Besides, being in California for the past two decades left me with thin skin and tolerance, leaving me inadequate to brave the winds.
Mom and I decided to go through her bedroom closet and organize it. Being the taller of the two, I started to take things down from the top shelf. There was a shallow cardboard box wedged in the back corner. The package had a dusty, plastic sheet over it. It seemed clear to me the box may have been there since the move-in from the early 70s'. The carton and I made our way to her bed, where inside was a brown, worn leather portfolio containing photographs. Perhaps Mom forgot it was there but I was intrigued.
I motioned to Mom, "Come over and sit down with me for a minute." She was in the back of her closet admiring a pair of shoes. At eighty-four years old, Mom wouldn't be able to navigate in a heel that tall. We shared a laugh about the impossibility that either one of us could walk in those shoes. Mom joined me at the bed, and that minute turned into four hours. Inside the binder were photos she carried with her from a Deportation Camp in Germany in the year 1945 to Ellis Island, New York in 1949.
Those few hours, sitting on her bed was when I decided to write Mom's memoirs. Her memories are the basis of another story currently in the works. The story I'd like to tell you now is about my journey. How I came about finding the information to go forward to write about Mom's journey and the kindness of many strangers.
One particular black and white photograph I found in the binder piqued my interest-a man seated, wearing a uniform with a Royal crest on his sleeves. On the back, he wrote,
"Mein Lieber Rozi,
Als Erieuchtung.
Ernst Finch
Eutin, Marz 1946"
I asked Mom who Ernst Finch was, and she replied, "He's the soldier who saved my life." There was an awkward silence for what seemed like minutes but was only seconds.
"Ernst Finch," she said again without even turning the photo over to read the inscription. I asked her what he wrote and the translation was something like, "My dear Rozi, with inspiration, his name and Eutin, the name of the city and the year."
"Please tell me what you remember about him," I asked.
"The Germans put us on a train. I don't know where they took us but it was a relief from the marching we did for days. Above us, I heard the roar of plane engines, I think. Suddenly, a loud noise, lights of many colors flashing. Our train was bombed. My cousins and I ran toward the woods. I felt the warm, sticky feel of blood on my neck when I touched it, but I really don't think I felt anything at that point. I was not in pain. I just wanted to run to safety. I ran as far as we could, until I couldn't run anymore. Weak and barely able to breathe, I fell to the ground. I don't know how long I'd been there, but I saw a tank come to me. I remember thinking, 'they'll kill us for sure'. I must have passed out because the next thing I remember was waking up in a hospital bed. At that point, I don't know how much time had passed. In the corner, sitting in a chair, much like in the picture, I see him. Ernst Finch." She pointed to the photo.
She continued with her story, the details pouring out of her like water.
"He told me the story of how his Company saw me, and my two cousins bleeding in the woods. That day was May 3, 1945. He got us Red Cross and placed us in hospitals. He sent soldiers to stand guard for our safety and a few years later, he arranged for my relatives in New York to meet your Dad and I at Ellis Island, in America."
My head was spinning as I absorbed all this new information. 'I must write her story down,' I promised myself. Living three thousand miles away, I knew this wasn't going to be an easy task. So much dialogue would be by telephone. I didn't want it to sound like an interrogation. I'm confident she had a lot of that all those years ago. In the past, the Spielberg Foundation approached Mom for her testimony. She declined them many times. I'm sure she had been questioned extensively, and would not welcome more no matter how many years passed by.
One thought kept plaguing me. I needed to thank this man, Ernst Finch and his family. Mom told me she didn't remember thanking him after the war ended. He at least deserved that much.
And so, when I got back to the comfort of my home computer, my research began. I posted a note to BAOR-British Army Of The Rhine, and included Finch's photo. I posted the same notes and photos to all the British War Museum links I could find. I posted notes to Holocaust websites, and the DP Camp websites. Months went by and I didn't hear back from anyone. I was getting discouraged.
Finally, that September, I received e-mail from a lady in London, England named Lynne Finch. She told me Ernest Finch was her father. My heart raced when I finally thought all these months of research paid off. The pieces fit until she mailed me copies of photographs. Clearly, he was not the same soldier. My photo revealed a short man, with dark hair and eyes. Her father was tall and blond. Defeated but not down, we bonded a lasting friendship to this day. Lynne Finch is still searching for any information on her dad. I do what I can to help.
After many more months of research and "googling," I found a book written about the slave labor camp Muna Lubberstedt Mom was in after Auschwitz. I contacted the author and he kindly sent me the book no charge. It is entirely written in German. Rudy Kahrs has been invaluable to me with research. He sent me copies of letters and pictures and some interpretation of the book he wrote. My next mission is to find someone to read the book to me or take up the German language.
After a few months, I got a response from BAOR's website administrator whose name is Phil.
Phil wrote me, "The uniform Ernst Finch is wearing in the photo shows he was a Warrant Officer. He's someone very important in his Company. He will do more research and get back to me." I heard nothing for a while after.
A few days later, Alan Yates emails me with more information and book recommendations. Alan confirmed what Phil wrote. Ernest Finch was a Warrant Officer, Second Class in the Royal Regiment of Artillery. I'm elated because things are starting to piece together. Alan's months of hard work eventually led to information that Ernst Finch was once Ernst Fink, who fled Germany to go to England to fight with the Kings Army. Several books on the subject list these men and women as "Enemy Aliens."
Alan has been invaluable to me, and my research. If not for him, I don't know that I would have come this far. We have become very good friends but limited only to computer bytes. One day I would very much like to meet Alan Yates in person. I thank Alan every day for his research and persistence. Without him, I doubt I would have been able to connect the dots.
Through more research, we come to find Ernst Fink was a "Dunera Boy." This was a ship by the same name that sailed from England to Australia early on in the war. Great Britain was not all convinced these 'Enemy Aliens' could be trusted, so they sent thousands there. Later on, Britain sent these men and women back to England. Many were sent back to Germany toward war's end to serve as translators in POW camps.
Ernst Fink went back to England, and then sent to France and Germany to defend Great Britain. There he stayed until 1948, serving his Army as an interpreter in Germany and governed over the Deportation Camp my mother was placed in.
For a while this was as far as Alan and I got with information. I fretted, having come so far. How was I going to find where he went? I desperately wanted to thank him for saving my Mom. I tried "Googling" his name but came up short with every spelling variation. Alan was helping but coming up short too. Information slowed down for both of us.
Finally, through Alan Yates's diligence, we found Queen Mary ship registries showing Ernst Finch left England for the USA in 1948. The ship registry showed Ernst's wife name. I decided to "Google" it, and the first thing that Google brought up was an obituary. Ilsa Finch died in 2007. I got Goosebumps all over my body. I felt I was this close to thanking this family.
The obituary listed the names of two nieces living in San Diego. I used LinkedIn and Facebook to send messages. Two days later, I got a response back from one of the nieces. Her mother was Ilsa's great-niece. She offered me her mother's phone number. Indeed, Ernst Finch was her Great Uncle. He had lived in San Diego till 1972, where he died. We spoke at length and I offered my condolences and thanked her for his great deeds.
To think; Ernst Finch, the Officer who saved my mothers life lived only an hour from me. Imagine, if Ernst Finch lived and I found him after 1989, which was when I moved out here? Mom used to come to California every year and stay for six weeks at a time. Imagine if Ernst Finch and Mom reunited? I wonder to this day if it would have been utterly wonderful, awkward or uneventful given the fact that Mom buried her secrets so deep within her.
My research led me to other places with the help of Alan Yates, but I will save them for another time.
* * * * *
Alan Yates, thank you for all your hard work and kindness, and to Lynne, Phil and Rudy and Ilsa's nieces. You have helped me through the kindness of your hearts, expecting nothing in return, I thank you all~ one day I will pay if forward.
Mom, I love you and I know how difficult this is. Thank you.
The genesis of this story is based on a book I'm writing.
That book's working title is Because of Sergeant Finch.
Fondly,
Es Goodman
~~~~~~~
By Es Goodman from the December 2011 Edition of the Jewish Magazine
*There are many stories like this still out there but they are dwindling as survivors from the Holocaust and WWII are passing away daily. If you know of someone who has saved their story deep inside talk to them now, listen, write it down. One of our greatest failings is that we don’t share and pass down our past and that the young people today are no longer interested. History repeats itself if we do not share it and then learn from it. Let us all make sure that this never happens again!!
I have stories from the other side of this coin. My parents and their families were young Germans and Austrians swept up in the times, without many choices. Es Goodman has offered to help me find some background information and photos that I don’t have. Share just one more survivor’s, victim’s, or hero's story. We will all be better for it! Marion Groetzmeier Algier~
Pearl Harbor veteran recalls bewilderment of attack
HONOLULU — Seventy years ago this week, Navy veteran Lou Gore was startled by the muffled thuds of explosions and a burst of commotion while cleaning up from breakfast below deck on the USS Phoenix, a cruiser docked at Pearl Harbor.
Hurrying topside, the 18-year-old seaman second-class was confronted by pandemonium he was unable to immediately comprehend -- flames shooting skyward, roiling clouds of dark, acrid smoke, swarms of fighter-bombers buzzing low overhead.
Within moments that Sunday morning, it became clear that the U.S. Pacific fleet was under attack. As reflexes from training took over, Gore and others aboard the Phoenix jumped into action and began firing back with anti-aircraft guns.
"We didn't know (at first) those were Japanese planes," Gore, now 88 and visiting the islands with nine members of his family, recalled in a recent interview. "We didn't know what was happening. I just did my job."
Gore is one of 100 aging Pearl Harbor Survivors who will attend ceremonies on Wednesday on Oahu marking the 70th anniversary of the Japanese air and naval assault that claimed 2,390 American lives and drew the United States into World War Two.
Nearly half of those who perished were sailors aboard the battleship USS Arizona, which Japanese torpedo bombers sank early in the attack, sending 1,177 of its 1,400-member crew to their deaths.
The USS Arizona Memorial, built over the remains of the ship, now forms a centerpiece of the World War Two Valor in the Pacific National Monument, an historic site administered by the National Park Service.
'BODIES EVERYWHERE'
Gore's vessel, the Phoenix, was anchored a short distance from the stretch of harbor known as Battleship Row, where the Arizona was moored when it was hit.
"I'll never forget watching the ... USS Arizona battleship jumping up out of the water, landing and rolling on its side," Gore said. "There were bodies everywhere. Brooms floating in the water, canisters."
Long after the two-hour surprise attack had ended, the base remained on edge, he recounted. "Everyone was keyed up. After the attack, at night, it wasn't safe to be out. People were shooting at shadows."
The Phoenix, among a handful of light cruisers and other vessels that got out of the harbor during or just after the attack, emerged unscathed.
Besides the nearly 2,400 who were killed, the attack left 1,178 people wounded, sank or heavily damaged a dozen U.S. warships and destroyed 323 aircraft, badly crippling the Pacific fleet.
As has been the practice of past anniversary ceremonies, visiting veterans, relatives and dignitaries will bow their heads for a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m. on Wednesday, the time when the attack began, as military jets soar overhead in a "missing-man" formation.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon will render a salute to the fallen crew of the Arizona, and the morning service will end with a "walk of honor" by more than 100 Pearl Harbor Survivors and other World War Two veterans, many of them in their late 80s. The gathering is expected to include seven of the last known 18 survivors from Arizona's crew.
The turnout by Pearl Harbor veterans on Wednesday is expected to be only about half of what it was last year, when about 200 attended.
Mal Middlesworth, former president of the National Pearl Harbor Survivors Association and current publisher of the Pearl Gram, a quarterly newsletter, estimates there are about 2,700 Pearl Harbor veterans still alive.
For Gore, a resident of Seattle, this week marks his first visit to Hawaii since the 1960s, and his first opportunity to personally show his two sons, his daughter and a granddaughter where he was on the morning of the attack.
Gore went on to serve in Okinawa and New Guinea during World War Two and remained in the Navy for 30 years, including a brief stint in Korea and two tours of duty during the Vietnam War. He retired as a petty officer first-class.
Despite the tributes he is receiving this year as a Pearl Harbor veteran, Gore insists he is no hero.
"I'm grateful to still be alive. So many lost their lives for no reason. ... I wish I had been able to save more" (lives), he said.
(This story corrects Gore's rank in paragraph 2 to seaman second-class.)
How much news did you see on this today? How many of our kids learn about this school? How many of us even remembered it was the 70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day??
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In Germany... When the Nazis came for
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I did not protest;
I was not a trade unionist.Then they came for the Catholics,
I did not protest;
I was a Protestant.Then they came for the Jews,
I did not speak out;
I was not a Jew.When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.
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