1201COMMENTARY

I HAVE MISSED PLACING A WEEKLY COMMENTARY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. I WOULD LIKE TO APOLIGIZE FOR THIS.. MANY EVENTS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE LAST "COMMENTARY".. I REFLECT ON THE EVENTS OF 9-11-01 AND THE AFTERMATH...OUR WORLD HAS CHANGED...NO LONGER DO TERRORIST JUST TAKE CONTROL OF AIRPLANES AND JUST FLY TO REDIRECTED DESTINATIONS...NOW THEY "KILL" NOT ONLY THE PASSENGERS , BUT THEMSELVES... WHO ARE THEY??...MUSLIMS , WHO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE "EVIL" ... ARE WE REALLY THIS "BAD"...I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT OVERALL , WE ARE....WE RAPE NATIONS OF WEALTH, WE SECURE FOR OURSELVES THE BEST OF EVERYTHING, WE INFLUENCE EVERY PLACE AND EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WITH THE MOST NEGATIVE IMAGES OF OURSELVES...WE LOVE OUR PORN, MONEY, CRIME, AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS "NOT REALLY REFLECTIVE" OF THE NATION. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I BELIEVE THAT THE MEASURES TAKEN ON 9-11-01 WERE "EXTREME" AND "UNCALLED FOR" BUT WE HAVE ABANDONED OUR VALUES AND MORALS FOR A "FREE SOCIETY". VALUES AND MORALS ARE STILL "IMPORTANT".....WHEN WE ALLOW CRIME BECAUSE "DUE PROCESS" WAS OVERLOOKED , OR ALLOW PRAYER AND SYMBLOLS OF OUR HERITAGE TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE "A FEW" THINK IT OFFENSIVE USING THE FREE SPEECH AND OTHER ADMENDMENTS AS DEFENSE, IS A VIOLATION...TO ALLOW LAWYERS TO "SUE" ANYONE FOR "ANYTHING" IS A MISUSE OF THE INTENT OF OUR CONSTITUTION....TO ALLOW SMUT AND PORNOGRAPHY ON TELEVISION AND MOVIES USING THE "FREE SPEECH" AND RIGHT AS DEFENSE IS WRONG...WE HAVE CREATED A MONSTER WITH OUR FREEDOM....IT IS LITTLE WONDER THAT OTHERS IN THE WORLD DO NOT VIEW US AS "EVIL"....AGAIN, DON'T GET ME WRONG. WE HAVE THE MOST FREE AND SERVICEABLE "REPUBLIC" IN THE WORLD. I WOULD LIVE NO WHERE ELSE... THE TERRORISTS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SEVERAL THINGS: (1) KILLED ABOUT 5,000 (2) HURT THE ECONOMY IE, THE STOCK MARKET, LAY OFFS , CLOSING OF BUSINESSES, ETC...(3) MADE PEOPLE FEARFUL OF TRAVEL (4) RAISED INSURANCE RATES ALL OVER THE NATION DUE TO ECONOMIC LOSSES BY INSURANCE COMPANIES .....DID THEY ACCOMPLISH THEIR MISSION? ..IN SOME WAYS YES, BUT IN MOST , "NO"....THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE RESILENCE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. ... DO WE LIVE IN FEAR? "NO" ...DO WE CHANGE OUR WAY OF LIFE? ...I HOPE SOME...DO WE "RETHINK" OUR VISION OF "FREEDOM" ? "YES" ....WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE CHANGES ALREADY.....FREEDOM ISN'T FREE...IT REQUIRES SACRAFICE AND VIGILANCE TO MAINTAIN...I FEAR THAT WE ARE SO ACCUSTOMED TO "DOING WHAT WE WANT" "WHEN WE WANT" IS OVER.....OUR LIVES ARE FOREVER CHANGED.

MY EMPLOYMENT REMAINS STABLE AND GROWING, ESPECIALLY IN THE TIMES OF RECENT EVENTS...USUALLY, WHEN THE ECONOMY IS BAD "CRIME" IS GOOD....AND SEEMS TO BE A REALITY IN THAT OUR GROWTH IN PROBATION CASES/PAROLE CASES HAS INCREASED BY AN AVERAGE OF 3% EACH MONTH SINCE SEPTEMBER...

MY ADVICE TO ALL AMERICANS IS TO : GO TO WORK; SPEND YOUR MONEY AS USUAL; TRAVEL AND MAINTAIN ALL SENSE OF "NORMALICY" TO YOUR LIVES...THIS WILL REDUCE THE IMPACT OF THE SUCCESS OF THE TERRIORIST....I PRAISE OUR GOV'T LEADERSHIP FOR THEIR ACTIONS IN " WE WILL NOT TIRE, WE WILL NOT FALTER, AND WE WILL NOT FAIL " IN OUR RESOLVE TO RID THE WORLD OF THESE TERRORIST.........