1/20/09
TODAY IS PRESIDENT BUSHS LAST DAY IN OFFICE. AT 12 NOON HE WILL STEP ASIDE
AND TURN OVER THE OFFICE TO HIS SUCCESSOR. I HAVE ENJOYED THE LAST 8 YRS
UNDER THIS PRESIDENT. HE AND I HAVE SOME THINGS IN COMMON. MY BIRTHDAY IS
JULY 4TH, HIS IS JULY 10TH. WE BOTH STRUGGLED WITH ALCOHOL ADDICTION. WE
BOTH SOUGHT GOD TO OVERCOME OUR WEAKNESSES. HE HAS BEEN A GREAT PRESIDENT. HE HAS BEEN A MAN OF INTEGRITY, HONOR AND DIGNITY. IN 2000,
I DID NOT VOTE FOR HIM. THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE ELECTION GAVE
EXCUSE FOR THE DEMOCRATS AND THE MEDIA TO CAST DOUBT ON HIS LEGITIMACY
AS PRESIDENT. BUT GOD CHOSE HIM TO BE OUR LEADER AT THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY. ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, TERRORISTS HIJACKED AND CRASHED A JUMBO JET INTO THE
NORTH TOWER OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AT 8:45 AM. AT 9:05, ANOTHER JET CRASHED INTO THE SOUTH TOWER. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER JET CRASHED
INTO THE PENTAGON. IN 90 MINUTES THE TOWERS WERE GONE. THE PENTAGON WAS
SEVERELY DAMAGED. A 4TH PLANE WAS BROUGHT DOWN BY THE PASSENGERS IN A
FIELD IN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS PLANE WAS INTENDED TO HIT THE WHITE HOUSE. THAT DAY ALMOST 3,000 AMERICANS DIED. A FEW DAYS LATER, PRESIDENT BUSH STOOD ON
A PILE OF RUBBLE AT THE WTC SITE AND SAID THROUGH A BULLHORN "WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE TERRORISTS; BUT PRETTY SOON THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM US"
( AND THEY DID! ) THAT DAY HE BECAME MY PRESIDENT............
CONTINUED
RONALD J LAMB
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