Thank God, by ~Mf

Good ridiance:

Modern English, by ~Mf

song: I'll stop the world and melt(meld) with you: Modern English should know, it's MELD not melt.
I call out every lame brained politician that says America is a melting pot.
Like, really!, we take in a diversity of immigrants and reduce them to liquid!
It's meld You bone heads:
meld, verb, to blend; combine.
noun, a thing formed by merging or blending.

"a meld of many contributions"

youtube, Modern English, I'll MELT with you
Now that would be really HOT sex!

September 11th, 2001, by ~Mf

When Air Force Lieutenant Heather "Lucky" Penny was ordered to ram an F-16 in to the fourth plane that was hijacked on September 11th, she knew there was a possibility her father, United Airlines captain John Penny, was piloting that plane.

This is the story of Heather ‘Lucky’ Penney, who was asked to do the unthinkable on 9/11

By: Carl Von Wodtke 

Sixteen years ago on a sunny September day, civil aviation as we knew it changed, forever. So too did the lives of all Americans, as the horrifying spectacle of airliners crashing into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon made it obvious the world would never be the same.

On that day 25-year-old Heather "Lucky" Penney was a new first lieutenant serving as a training officer with the 121st Fighter Squadron of the District of Columbia Air National Guard, based at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington. The first woman to serve in her ANG unit, she flew F-16Cs on training missions in preparation for combat. When the 121st received word of the second World Trade Center strike, and a half hour later the Pentagon was hit, it became clear the United States was under attack. With news of a fourth airliner possibly headed toward Washington, Penney and her wingman, Colonel Marc "Sass" Sasseville, scramble-started their F-16s and took off to intercept it. 

Their mission was simple but sobering: Find the airliner and take it down by any means necessary. Since there had been no time to arm their F-16s, that essentially meant they would be flying a kamikaze mission, ramming their jets into the airliner. "I'm going to go for the cockpit," Sass told her. "I'll take the tail," Lucky replied. 

Their flight path from Andrews took them over the Pentagon, and "there was no way to avoid seeing the smoke that was billowing out of the building," she said. "I didn't dwell on that because we had more important things to do." Penney described feeling disconnected from her emotions as she focused on the mission: "It was a completely surreal experience." She said.

Now-Major Heather Penney poses with an F-16 Viper during one of her two tours in Iraq. (Courtesy of Heather Penney)

Sasseville headed northwest into Pennsylvania, searching for the airliner but careful not to go too far. "We went out as far as Sass thought was reasonable to ensure that we had sanitized the airspace far out enough," she said, "but then we needed to turn back home so that we could get over D.C. and make sure we weren’t flanked."

It would be some time before she learned that the airliner they were searching for, United Flight 93, had been taken down by a courageous group of passengers. Penney called them the real heroes because they were willing to sacrifice themselves, but then so was she.

Asked about the lasting effects of 9/11, she said, "It fundamentally altered the vector of history, and we are all living with the impact of those events today. And I think that many of the tragedies that we see unfolding today are directly traceable…back to that moment in time."

Penney laments the freedoms that Americans have sacrificed in the name of security, pointing out that "being American is about adhering to certain beliefs and ideals and dreams that bind us all together….But with that comes risk, and if we’re unwilling to accept risk, then we lose something that makes us essentially Americans."

"I think the challenge we all have is to remain connected to those ideals, to those beliefs, to that kind of courage and live that out in our daily lives of service," said Penney. "And remember that there are things in this world that are more important than ourselves…that are more important than security."

Fortunately Heather's father was not piloting that flight.

Linda Perry, 4 Non Blondes - What's Up, or as Pam says, "What's going on ! "

https://youtu.be/6NXnxTNIWkc

Begining of the End

Thanks a lot CHINA.  I told you this would happen:

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/09/02/547892623/triple-threat-new-pneumonia-is-drug-resistant-deadly-and-contagious?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170904

Vettix.org

https://www.facebook.com/MfSulli/posts/10156564808536978
http://www.VetTix.org/ref/707581

Less gun laws, less prayer laws, less trying to legislate morals

More mental healthcare coverage.
More celebrating diversity.
More fearlessness to try to understand the unknown.
More love.
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(love, in binary, digital devices need love too.)

Guess our national leaders didn't expect this. On Thursday, Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado, was invited to address the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee. What he said to our national leaders during this special session of Congress was painfully truthful.
They were not prepared for what he was to say, nor was it received well. It needs to be heard by every parent, every teacher, every politician, every sociologist, every psychologist, and every so-called expert! These courageous words spoken by Darrell Scott are powerful, penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt that God sent this man as a voice crying in the wilderness. The following is a portion of the transcript:

"Since the dawn of creation there has been both good &evil in the hearts of men and women. We all contain the seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence. The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven children who died must not be in vain. Their blood cries out for answers.
"The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he used.. Neither was it the NCA, the National Club Association. The true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain's heart.
"In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even own a gun. I am not here to represent or defend the NRA - because I don't believe that they are responsible for my daughter's death. Therefore I do not believe that they need to be defended. If I believed they had anything to do with Rachel's murder I would be their strongest opponent
I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy -- it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies! Much of the blame lies here in this room. Much of the blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves. I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expresses my feelings best.

Your laws ignore our deepest needs,
Your words are empty air.
You've stripped away our heritage,
You've outlawed simple prayer.
Now gunshots fill our classrooms,
And precious children die.
You seek for answers everywhere,
And ask the question "Why?"
You regulate restrictive laws,
Through legislative creed.
And yet you fail to understand,
That God is what we need!

"Men and women are three-part beings. We all consist of body, mind, and spirit. When we refuse to acknowledge a third part of our make-up, we create a void that allows evil, prejudice, and hatred to rush in and wreak havoc. Spiritual presences were present within our educational systems for most of our nation's history. Many of our major colleges began as theological seminaries. This is a historical fact.
What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor God, and in so doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence. And when something as terrible as Columbine's tragedy occurs -- politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our personal and private liberties. We do not need more restrictive laws.
Eric and Dylan would not have been stopped by metal detectors. No amount of gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning this type of massacre. The real villain lies within our own hearts.

"As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before his very eyes, he did not hesitate to pray in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that right! I challenge every young person in America , and around the world, to realize that on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School prayer was brought back to our schools. Do not let the many prayers offered by those students be in vain. Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with Him.

To those of you who would point your finger at the NRA -- I give to you a sincere challenge.. Dare to examine your own heart before casting the first stone!
My daughter's death will not be in vain! The young people of this country will not allow that to happen!"
- Darrell Scott

Do what the media did not - - let the nation hear this man's speech.

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