posted on September 26, 2001 09:36:20 PM new
My feelings about things keep changing. One minute I'm scared, the next I'm optomistic. What things make you feel scared about this 'new war', and what things make you feel optomistic?
posted on September 26, 2001 09:59:50 PM new
What makes me scared? Jesse Jackson is now considering meeting with the Taliban, at the Taliban's invitation. I don't want to begin to think about the potential entanglements he could cause.
His interference with national affairs has been tolerated for quite awhile but it should stop here. These are evil men who are harboring a murderer of more than 6,000 people. Jackson has no place there. If he meets with them, is that not a form of collaboration? What is wrong with the guy that he has to think about it? Why can't he immediately say no, I stand with my country and refuse to entertain the whims of terrorists?
posted on September 27, 2001 06:45:44 AM new
Several hours after the reports of the grounded crop dusters, i came down with some kind of virlent flu bug...
As i lay there in agony several times it crossed my mind that perhaps i'd been "anthraxed", but i did not hear on the radio anyone else had been anthraxed. So it must just be the flu..
Psycological warfare is a real and effective thing!
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posted on September 27, 2001 07:00:47 AM new
I had a horrible dream last night...
The hijackers had biologicals on the plane.
Everyone who had helped or been in NY were infected, as were the people they came in contact with.
Virtually everyone.
Very Scary.
So...
that's not possible, right?
I try to stay hopeful, but I waver.
Today is Yom Kippur.
The day of atonement for Jews, and the Highesy HolyDay of the Year.
Does that mean something to the Taliban?
I'm frightened.
posted on September 27, 2001 07:25:52 AM newso, that's not possible, right? I wish I could believe that, but when I read the news reports I have to accept that we are facing a very unsecure future.
"In regard to targets in general ... we were speaking about America," Ahmed Ressam testified in July. Ressam said terrorist trainers discussed dispensing poison through the air intake vents of buildings to ensure the maximum amount of casualties.
Ressam testified in the trial of a man accused of conspiring with him to bomb the Los Angeles airport as part of a millennium terror plot. He was convicted and became a cooperating witness in hopes of receiving a shorter sentence. Those at the camp with him in 1998 learned how to place cyanide near a building's air intake to kill as many people as they could without endangering themselves, he testified.
We've long ignored that this could/can ever happen on our soil. The possibility of this type of war has long been discussed, but (at least for me) it was easier to put the possibility out of my mind. This is what is hard for me to accept, it is here now. This is not a dream, it is a nightmare. And one we will need to confront head on.
posted on September 27, 2001 07:29:08 AM new
I give myself a small portion of each day to worry about everything. Being fairly neurotic, I used to be a constant worrier until someone taught me this.
Once my time is up, I have to go about my life and be optimistic. This keeps me productive, etc., during times of stress.
posted on September 27, 2001 08:40:35 AM newspaz:
Maybe we could send Jesse over to zap out the Taliban for us?
He is an American, afterall.
Think he'd go for one of those suicide missions ~ American style?
posted on September 27, 2001 09:12:16 AM new
With each passing day and no further aggressions/attacks my fear fades, a naive perspective?, you betcha ya!....But life goes on, I have bills to be paid, I have children with homework assignments & dinners & lunches to be made, heck I even have a massive garage sale to run this weekend, so I have no choice but to push fear to a little corner of my brain, where it still lives, but cannot overshadow my responsiblities.
Years & years ago I watched the movie "All Dogs go to Heaven" in which your lifespan is defined by a clock that is started at the minute of your birth. It is at the last tick of that clock that you life is done. It's a simplistic view, but it remains true (at least to me) that my time has been predetermined, and my worrying about it instead of functioning, is a waste of this gift I have been given called LIFE!
posted on September 27, 2001 09:28:02 AM new
We have a do nothing president, the econonmy is in a free fall, and Bin Laden is planning his next attack. Everything's normal.
posted on September 27, 2001 09:43:37 AM new
He wants to talk to them clergy to clergy.
Rarely do the clergy make clear how close they can be to their friends in other faiths no matter how much blood they have on their hands.
The black people who support Jesse should ask if they want a fellow ministering to them that will cozy up to anyone that treats their flock like the Taliban do. If they wipe out the area while he is huddled with these sewer rats it will be no big loss. I suppose he should see if there are any of the Black Muslims that have the stomach to go with him.
He may have a hard time finding associates.
posted on September 27, 2001 09:59:41 AM new
Hubby has been very concerned about finances as we are full time ebayers and he feels that such spending "extras" will be the first to go. So far, after that intial run to the tv, our sales are holding. We also put our house on the market (as planned) the day after the attacks. Real estate is slow.
How many of you are fulltime ebayers? What's your take on that from a financial point of view?
I am not gloomy, even with the worst in mind financially, so long as we have a house to come home to. I wish we could sell (as planned), move, and be mortage free. If we have that...we will eat something.
T
posted on September 27, 2001 11:56:59 AM new
The other day I was too distracted to do anything productive, so I started playing with a photo of my son Sam - I don't think I would have thought of composing this if he had another name.
I've used it as my wallpaper, and whenever I see it I feel instantly hopeful. I guess it's the smile and the innocence. This initial uplifting then takes a nosedive and I become afraid. So very, very afraid.
posted on September 27, 2001 01:02:04 PM new
Too cute for words, Rosie!!
Thank you for making me smile!
What an absolutely adorable little RugRat you've got!
posted on September 27, 2001 02:24:38 PM new
That's a pretty sweet little guy RoseBids! And I love what you've done with his picture. That would make me smile each day too.
I haven't watched CNN all week. I was getting depressed and my thinking was all geared towards bummerhood but I really laughed at your post spazmodeus! I hadn't heard about Jesse going to visit the Taliban. That's funny.
I'm trying to think like rancher and sadie. I'm trying to come to terms with the words "bombs, nuclear bombs, chemical and biological warfare", etc. All it leads to is thinking if it happens, I just want it to be fast. Like I said, I turned of CNN last Saturday and only read the posts here for info. I was getting overwhelmed with it all and needed the break. That's REALLY helped.
jt, even though it's still just under 3 weeks ago, and people might be financially in limbo, if the buying prices on antiques (or whatever) drop, so will the selling prices so it's all relative. I've found that even during a recession, good stuff always sells. P.S. jt - I'm a loner too....hate crowds!
posted on September 27, 2001 04:13:34 PM new
LOVE that picture Rosie! You should turn it into CA$H.
Kraft, don't put words in my mouth. I never said I had "good stuff"....I've got "stuff", mostly $4.99 stuff...and sometimes that's a stretch. None of it is anything I want.
T
posted on September 27, 2001 04:14:58 PM new
Rosie - What a wonderful picture. Sam's such a cutie. Thanks for sharing him with us. And...
Hang in there... {{{Rosie}}}.
posted on September 27, 2001 07:13:51 PM new
If someone had told me a month ago that an event would occur that was so cataclysmic that it would make Rudy Guiliani the world's best-loved politician, and revive Lee Greenwood's career, I would've said they were crazy. I've always hated Guiliani, and just a couple of months ago Lee Greenwood was booked in Biloxi Miss. at $9.99 a ticket (same price as Shirley Jones), and being able to scrounge half-drunk cocktails left lying around the casinos was probably part of his deal. And yet, here we are.
I've become deathly afraid that I'll wake up one morning to find that something so horrible has happened that Carrot Top is our greatest comedian and Kathy Lee Gifford is America's sweetheart. And who'll be on the obligatory telethon? David Hasslehoff? Those Rockapella guys who did the coffee commercials? When I see them standing in front of a bank of candles, I'm outta here, one way or another.
posted on September 28, 2001 10:12:21 AM newdonny – I love the way you express yourself and almost always enjoy your posts immensely. Thank you for the smiles.
And thank you to all that complimented my Sam. He’s a product of the Murphy Brown School of Thought and is the absolute best thing that ever happened to my life. It just terrifies me to think that his childhood won’t be as carefree as mine was. But then again, I was blissfully unaware of the Viet Nam conflict and I suppose I can hold out hope that he will be as unaffected by whatever is to come.
And jt, although it never occurred to me to somehow turn this to CA$H, I have been toying with the idea of having postcards made to send to family/friends. Do any of you have a reasonable/reliable online source for doing such? Thanks in advance
Rosie
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posted on September 29, 2001 04:17:11 AM new
Rosie, you've got serious problems-the little girls will be after that doll by the time he's in kindergarten! Gotta love those curls!
I need to call my DIL and tell her to get started on my grandkids to be! Puppies are great, but baby boys are WONDERFUL!!!!
posted on September 29, 2001 10:01:18 PM new
well hey now, texaseagle... I would be most proud!! The only thing I ask is that you let me know if you get any positive feedback, as I do so enjoy that puffed-up proud mommy feeling.
Rosie
*There is no conclusive evidence that life is serious*
posted on September 29, 2001 10:38:50 PM new
Thanks Rose, I appreciate it very much; and I will let you know on any feedback that I receive as a result.
