Dear President Obama: We Noticed! ..and will in 2010 & 2012

"[W]e ought to deprecate the hazard attending ardent and susceptible minds, from being too strongly, and too early prepossessed in favor of other political systems, before they are capable of appreciating their own." -- George Washington, letter to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 1795

From: drude Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009

Dear President Obama: Today I read of your administrations plan to re-define September 11 as a National Service Day.  Sir, its time we had a talk.   During your campaign, Americans watched as you made mockery of our tradition of standing and crossing your heart when the Pledge of Allegiance was spoken. You refused to comply as an American.  You, out of four people on the stage, were the only one not honoring our tradition.   We noticed. During one of your many speeches, Americans heard you say that you intended to visit all 57 states.  We all know that Islam, not America, has 57 states. We noticed. When President Bush leaned over at Ground Zero and gently placed a flower on the memorial, you tossed your flower onto the pile without leaning over.   We noticed. Everytime you apologized to other countries for America's position on an issue we have wondered why you don't share our pride in this great country.   When you have heard foreign leaders berate our country and our beliefs, you have not defended us. You called us 'arrogant' in a national speech abroad.   We noticed. When your pastor of 20 years damned America and said that 9/11 was "America's chickens coming home to roost" you denied having heard anti-white, anti-American bigoted recriminations out of the mouth of your "avuncular" pastor; we wondered how that could be.  When you later disassociated yourself from that church and pastor because it was politically expedient to do so.  We noticed. When you announced that you would transform America, we wondered why.   With all her faults, America is still the greatest country on earth.  Sir,  if not for America and the people who built her, you wouldn't be sitting in the White House now.   Prior to your election to the highest office in this country, you were briefly a senator from Illinois, and not a remarkable one.    We noticed. All through your campaign and even now,  you have surrounded yourself with individuals who are basically unqualified for the positions you appointed them to.  Worse than that, the majority of them are people who,  like you, bear no special gratitude, respect or affection for this country and her traditions.  We noticed. You are 9 months into your term, and every morning millions of Americans wake up to a new horror heaped upon us by you.   You seek to saddle working Americans with a health reform package that, along with cap and trade, will bankrupt this nation.  We noticed. We seek, by protesting, to let our representatives know that we are not in favor of these crippling expenditures and we are labeled "un-American," "racist."   We wonder how we are supposed to let you know how frustrated we are.   You have attempted to make our protests seem isolated.  We noticed. On September 11, 2001 there were no Republicans or Democrats, only Americans.  We all grieved together and helped each other as one.  The attack on 9/11was carried out only because we are Americans.   We noticed. There were many of us who prayed that, as a black president, you could help unite this nation even more.   In nine months you have done more to destroy this nation than anyone since 9/11. We noticed. September 11 is a day of remembrance for all Americans.   You propose to make 9/11 a "National Service Day".  While we've noticed that you don't share our reverence for 9/11, we pray that history will report your proposal as what it is: a disgrace. When Americans come together again as one, it will be to remove you from office.   You have made a mockery of our Constitution and the office you hold.  You are an embarrassment to us as a nation. We have noticed all these things.   We will deal with you [...in 2010 & 2012.]

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