Russia’s gift to the American people.

Tear Of Joy
By Jimmy Reed


Years before the 9/11 tragedy, James P. DeWolfe, an Episcopalian bishop, said, “Some morning it is likely that the headlines of the world will scream forth the news that New York has been bombed. As tragic as this will be, it will nevertheless accomplish the deep unity that Christians should have.”

And then it happened … September 11, 2001 … the twin towers of the World Trade Center crumbled earthward after being struck by commercial airliners, burning, asphyxiating, and crushing thousands of innocent people, leaving countless family members and friends scarred for the rest of their lives, and causing unparalleled grief around the world — especially here in the most blessed nation on earth.

A Russian artist noticed this grief caused by man’s inhumanity to man, and decided to build a monument that would stand as a symbol of worldwide repugnance to terrorism, and would cement the unity of mankind in response to this senseless, evil destruction of human life. His name is Zurab Tsereteli, a Russian painter, sculptor and architect. He understood that despite time’s healing nature, certain catastrophic events, especially those perpetrated by uncivilized barbarians against civilized societies, must never be forgotten.

Five years after 9/11, at Bayonne Harbor, New Jersey, Tsereteli’s breathtakingly beautiful creation, the Tear Of Grief — Russia’s gift to the American people — was unveiled.

The one-hundred-foot-tall, 175-ton monument contains a giant, nickel-plated, forty-foot teardrop, suspended between a jagged tear ripped into the walls on either side of it. At its base the names of those killed on that darkest of days in American history are inscribed.

How did such creative inspiration come to Tsereteli? Shortly after the events of 9/11 impacted the world, he was walking the streets of Moscow and was struck by the collective outpouring of grief among his own people, who in the past had been at odds with the people of America. He noticed tears streaming down the faces of many passersby.

Perhaps this great artist understood that the two most instantly recognizable means of human communication — opposites of each other — are the tear and the smile. Perhaps at that moment he smiled, having realized that the most appropriate symbol for the enduring grief caused by 9/11, a grief that will never pass away, should be a tear … a tear of grief.

With God’s grace, maybe this tear of grief will someday become a tear of joy, which will happen with the fulfillment of the hope for a world in which terrorism will disappear, along with the murderous cowards who now commit it against those whose system of beliefs, spiritual and otherwise, does not coincide with their own.

That hope will become reality when the human race obeys God’s word as given in II Chronicles, Chapter 7, verse 14: If My people … humble themselves, and pray … and turn from their wicked ways … I will hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Then, the Tear Of Grief will become the Tear Of Joy.

Economics 101

An Economics Lesson Even a Liberal Can Grasp

By Herbert E. Meyer

(Snip) Since the president and his advisers haven't got a clue about how our economy works -- which isn't surprising, since these people have less practical business experience than any kid with a lemonade stand -- here's an economics lesson so short and simple even a liberal can grasp it:

The key point to understand is that an economy is a kind of operating system.  This means that if you want the economy to "do" something -- such as create more jobs -- you have to go about it the way the operating system is designed to work.  Otherwise you cannot possibly succeed.

Think of it this way: our cell phones have operating systems built into them. There's no Republican way to make a phone call with your iPhone, and no Democratic way to do it.  There's no conservative approach to checking your email with a BlackBerry or an Android, and no liberal approach to doing it.  You just do it the way your cell phone's operating system requires.

It's the same with an economy.  Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of economic operating systems: a free-market economy and a command economy.  In a free-market economy, the government sets the rules and enforces them, but otherwise stays out of the way and allows individuals and businesses to call the shots.  In a command economy, the government's role is so large that it not only sets and enforces the rules, but also calls the shots...

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/09/an_economics_lesson_even_a_liberal_can_grasp.html

(Ribbet!)

This is the simplest, easy-to-understand explanation of how our economy works. I wonder at a president, a working adult--or even a college student--that couldn't understand this, that doesn't understand this.

Hurting Business: Labor Dept. Power Grab Rewards Obama's Union Allies
By Ed Lasky

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/09/labor_dept_power_grab_rewards_obamas_union_allies.html

PLEASE READ! This actually happened...

This Is Something You Won't See On the Evening News:

George Washington statue is hidden at the MLK rally in

Columbia, SC

The annual MLK observance at the state house in Columbia SC had an interesting twist this year. The event is held on the north side steps of the statehouse. Prominent at that location is a large bronze statue of George Washington. This year, the NAACP constructed a 'box' to conceal the Father of His Country from view so that participants would not be offended by his presence.

This rally was sponsored by the NAACP and they said that they covered the statue because they "didn't want to offend anyone". Really? George Washington is the father of this nation. How is he offensive to anyone?

Of course, this disgusting display of anti-Americanism wasn't covered at all by the national media and only the local paper in Columbia had a little piece on it. It has been covered a little by the blog-world and I think the word needs to get out to the general public that this is what the NAACP is all about..militant, hateful and racist.

*Thank you, Morgan, for bringing this to our attention; I hope it goes viral!