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I still remember the Anthrax scare right after 9/11. I was going to college at the time and the "suspect" who everyone still thinks who did it with no evidence did it to teach America a lesson about it's not just terrorism with planes are the biggest threat. I'm not pointing fingers, I'm not blaming anyone for this, but seeing the Boston Marathon bombing, the bomb sent to a sheriff in Arizona on Thursday and two ricin cases (another was sent to Obama, he didn't open it. It's on CNN also.) It seems like too strong a coincidence.

Hell, I live about three miles from one of the Bush's summer compounds and I heard a plane fly by so low I saw it's silhouette and it scared the **** out of me that something was about to happen.

It's scary times, and God help us all.

My godmother I just found out was at the marathon. She was going to be at the finish line cheering on a friend of hers. Due to traffic and the train, she missed her friend finish and was a mile away when the bomb went off. She was really shook up, I'm glad she's okay, though saddened about what happened.

Apologies... I didn't mean to start pointing fingers. I'll stop.

I'm glad that your dad got home safely cstar. I know a lot of people aren't going to tonight sadly. And they've been evacuated from homes and hotels.

There's warnings coming from the news to not watch because it's graphic and not everyone should watch it. But yeah, I agree.

My mom said that this happens all the time in the Middle East, that's why they do it here to show us what their life is like. Not saying it's right, just putting things into a perspective. 10 people at the least lost limbs, from what I heard, it was a shrapnel bomb from the military that was there. Explosions hurl out nails, tacks, etc that cause agony to anything it hits, usually by a homemade bomb.

I do note it's interesting Al Queda has been quiet about this. Usually they do go on and on if they did cause it. it's most likely a nutcase or another group that is trying to make an impact. The New York marathon is going to be massively paranoid now.

Having lived in Maine and gone to Boston a lot in my life, it really freaked me out. I was debating on going to Boston today and didn't even remember the marathon was being run until we caught it on the Boston news which I get on my cable. I even e-mailed my brother who didn't know about it letting him know I was okay. I am saddened and horrified that this happened and my prayers go out to the victims and their families.

About a 140 injured and two dead, including an eight year old boy amongst the dead. Some have lost a limb, very sad indeed.

I do admit, I was deeply impressed by the way that it was handled. The enforcement and volunteers showed courage to run in after the first explosion to help people. That and I heard a lot of enforcement afterwards went and donated blood.

Okay, I love the Olympics, and I've been watching it since 1996...

But seriously.......?

NBC is screwing up this broadcasting. At least they got Seacrest mostly off the air. God, I wanted to bang my head every time I saw him. But now they're interviewing Shaun White. Shaun White... Out of all the Summer athletes, he was picked and he's not even in the Olympics? What about all the athletes who just won?! Seriously!!!

I like Shaun White, but he is not an athlete. I usually don't flame, but it's been like this since 2008.

I'm sorry, I loved NBC for their coverage, they were showing signs of falling to the wayside since 2008. I love the events, just not the coverage so far.

I liked American Idol, and somewhat Ryan Seacrest. But seriously, I want to bash my head against a wall every damned time he's on. I seriously am annoyed he was selected as a newscaster for the U.S., here's a quote from his first interview:

"I hear you have a naughty bench, do you go on the naughty bench a lot?"

Seriously, I am not kidding. He doesn't deserve the spot to be a newscaster for the Olympics. I respect him as a host, but he's totally out of his league. They also cut part of the ceremony who did a memorial to 7/7's terrorist attack, and sorry if I'm wrong, it was the equivalent of 9/11 from what I read, to have him do a horrible interview with Phelps where he quoted his own coach saying Phelps wasn't ready.

I knew Phelps wasn't going to make it. He was talented, yes... He might still be. But he had trained nine months. The thing is, you have to have your body in a different level for your body to handle this kind of competition and get a gold. Lochte won because he trained all his life and he trained non-stop for four years. Phelps decided nine months ago to come back and didn't get his body back into the shape he needs. It didn't help he got massively arrogant about it and denied that he was in trouble despite everyone telling him otherwise until he ended up fourth. The look on his face at the end said it all.

After Senator Giffords shooting, they made it so insane people like the shooters would get insanity but still jail time. No hearing, no bail, nothing... It's an automatic label. He had the same thing added to his sentence. He is not going to get out at least until the trial. I do hope they don't use the insanity plea.

My thoughts and prayers go to the victims.

As for the shooter... He was mentally ill, but he got all the guns legally. In the U.S. you can get an automatic weapon legally. Thank the NRA for such a thought out law.

He showed no signs of mental illness except to his family. You do have to realize, if he's a schitzofrenic. (I know I spelled that wrong.) He can be completely normal, I dated one. If they decide to go off their meds, my bf did once in a while, he terrified me with his talk of violence and swords. What REALLY scares me is two things:

There's people posting in other places there should have been concealed guns that people had. Yes, they could've shot him down, more likely they would've seen a little kid (yes,there was little kids in the theater) who was waving a fake gun and shot them. Or they would've shot a person going to the bathroom. Or three people would have stood up and shot on the shooter and killed more innocents. In a dark, smoke filled theater with people screaming and panicking and fleeing, that's a higher chance.

Another thing that scares me, 20 minutes away form where I live, a man armed to the teeth in his car went to see The Dark Knight and left and was picked up by the cops going 112 miles per hour down the highway. He didn't shoot anyone, but seeing that so close to home convinced me to rent.

They left their kids, the oldest 17, on their own without even looking back. The reason the girl didn't mention it before is that most families in this situation end up in foster homes and being separated until they're 18. The foster system is screwed up, and she's desperately trying to keep the rest of her family together after suffering the trauma of losing their parents.

When you have a kid, it's a signed deal. You have to either give it up for adoption or raise it for 18 years. If you have more kids, you have to stay with them until they're eighteen. These parents didn't die, they didn't get massively ill, they just broke up and left these three kids alone. If it was for illness or death, I wouldn't be upset. Now a 17 year old is forced to be an adult and take care of her family while struggling through school and work supporting them. She could have said: "Yes, I'll take the money... I need it." No, she asked for it to be given to someone else who needs more help. She's being more adult than her parents are and is trying to do her best despite all the bad luck she's having.

Her parents never stepped in, even now, even when she was IN JAIL for missing school supporting THEIR kids and said: "We're going to help you." This is most likely all over the news, I'm sure the media is having a field day about these parents. They could step up any time and say: "We're sorry, we'll help you." But they're not, they're continuing with their lives and allowing this girl to take the punishment and stress for their actions.

*sighs and debates whether or not to go into the minefield of politics* Nah...

I'm amazed by this story. I think this girl is amazing for what she's doing and deserves a great job from this where she doesn't have to work horrendous hours to make ends meet. Maybe a paid internship. That's what's going on at my work right now for a high school student at a law firm office. I wish I was amazed by the judge's actions, I really wish I was. But the thing is... This happens all the time all over the country. One woman a few years ago rescued a starving and abandoned dog who had spine issues and couldn't get up. It was the middle of winter in the Northeast where temperatures can drop to well below freezing every night and can dump a foot of snow in a day. She was arrested for stolen property and breaking and entering and told to turn the dog over, when she didn't, she got a fifteen thousand dollar fine and forced to 40 hours of community service with "human" people. The judge also called her sick for such work despite she was a government rescue organization for these types and wouldn't listen to any testimony for the woman on how bad the dog was.

These judges have too much power. It goes to their head and in cases like this, it can make them make poor decisions. I've heard case after case after case of this happening all over the country. Of women who can't get restraining orders for abusive husbands and end up murdered a few days later because the judge is sexist. Of children in juvie for three years because they did one small thing wrong because the judge gets more money from the system having them there. Of judges who believe animals and children are property and give them to whoever because it doesn't matter what happens to them.

And no, I won't go into a lot more cases where there's the other side of that. It's a very sensitive issue. Though Zimmerman before actually going to court is a prime example of the police system at work when he was about to become an officer and knew a lot of the force. There's examples of murderers, child molesters and thousands of other cases like that.

The court system has it's good points, but mainly it's bad points in a lot of cases where there's severe missteps and people walk away who shouldn't with a slap on the wrist. Or they are thrown in jail like this case because the judge wants to look good. It is heartbreaking to see and watch.

If I had the money, I would donate to her. I fully support her and wish the best of luck for her. The fact she's refusing this money shows a lot of courage and heart for this young girl. And I pray that her life gets better from all this. And I hope her parents will burn in hell for forcing such a young girl into such a horrible situation.

REST IN PEACE
(by Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh)

I am a World Trade Center tower, standing tall in the clear blue sky, feeling a violent blow in my side, and
I am a towering inferno of pain and suffering imploding upon myself and collapsing to the ground.
May I rest in peace.

I am a terrified passenger on a hijacked airplane not knowing where we are going or that I am riding on fuel tanks that will be instruments of death, and
I am a worker arriving at my office not knowing that in just a moment my future will be obliterated.
May I rest in peace.

I am a pigeon in the plaza between the two towers eating crumbs from someone's breakfast when fire rains down on me from the skies, and
I am a bed of flowers admired daily by thousands of tourists now buried under five stories of rubble.
May I rest in peace.

I am a firefighter sent into dark corridors of smoke and debris on a mission of mercy only to have it collapse around me, and
I am a rescue worker risking my life to save lives who is very aware that I may not make it out alive.
May I rest in peace.

I am a survivor who has fled down the stairs and out of the building to safety who knows that nothing will ever be the same in my soul again,and
I am a doctor in a hospital treating patients burned from head to toe who knows that these horrible images will remain in my mind forever.
May I know peace.

I am a tourist in Times Square looking up at the giant TV screens thinking I'm seeing a disaster movie as I watch the Twin Towers crash to the ground, and
I am a New York woman sending e-mails to friends and family letting them know that I am safe.
May I know peace.

I am a piece of paper that was on someone's desk this morning and now I'm debris scattered by the wind across lower Manhattan, and
I am a stone in the graveyard at Trinity Church covered with soot from the buildings that once stood proudly above me, death meeting death.
May I rest in peace.

I am a dog sniffing in the rubble for signs of life, doing my best to be of service, and
I am a blood donor waiting in line to make a simple but very needed contribution for the victims.
May I know peace.

I am a resident in an apartment in downtown New York who has been forced to evacuate my home, and
I am a resident in an apartment uptown who has walked 100 blocks home in a stream of other refugees.
May I know peace.

I am a family member who has just learned that someone I love has died, and
I am a pastor who must comfort someone who has suffered a heartbreaking loss.
May I know peace.

I am a loyal American who feels violated and vows to stand behind any military action it takes to wipe terrorists off the face of the earth, and
I am a loyal American who feels violated and worries that people who look and sound like me are all going to be blamed for this tragedy.
May I know peace.

I am a frightened city dweller who wonders whether I'll ever feel safe in a skyscraper again, and
I am a pilot who wonders whether there will ever be a way to make the skies truly safe.
May I know peace.

I am the owner of a small store with five employees that has been put out of business by this tragedy, and
I am an executive in a multinational corporation who is concerned about the cost of doing business in a terrorized world.
May I know peace.

I am a visitor to New York City who purchases postcards of the World Trade Center Twin Towers that are no more, and
I am a television reporter trying to put into words the terrible things I have seen.
May I know peace.

I am a boy in New Jersey waiting for a father who will never come home, and
I am a boy in a faraway country rejoicing in the streets of my village because someone has hurt the hated Americans.
May I know peace.

I am a general talking into the microphones about how we must stop the terrorist cowards who have perpetrated this heinous crime, and
I am an intelligence officer trying to discern how such a thing could have happened on American soil, and
I am a city official trying to find ways to alleviate the suffering of my people.
May I know peace.

I am a terrorist whose hatred for America knows no limit and I am willing to die to prove it, and
I am a terrorist sympathizer standing with all the enemies of American capitalism and imperialism, and
I am a master strategist for a terrorist group who planned this abomination. My heart is not yet capable of openness, tolerance, and loving.
May I know peace.

I am a citizen of the world glued to my television set, fighting back my rage and despair at these horrible events, and
I am a person of faith struggling to forgive the unforgivable, praying for the consolation of those who have lost loved ones,
calling upon the merciful beneficence of God/Yahweh/Allah/Spirit/Higher Power.
May I know peace.

I am a child of God who believes that we are all children of God and we are all part of each other.
May we all know peace

Amen, So May it Be, And so it is.

And I add my personal prayer to this:
May love open the hearts of every sentient being and bring us to the ultimate understanding that we are truly brothers and sisters, born of the same divine
creative source, and in this way may we all find understanding, compassion, love and peace.

Love, light and blessings to you....

~*~

That's the poem I was sent. Even now it brings tears to my eyes.

I remember that night, Tom Brokaw broke down openly sobbing. The power went out for an hour or so in New York. He said during that time he called his wife and child to let them know he was okay. He told everyone right after that to call their families and let them know that you were okay. He was crying when he said that. Even now, I remember him doing that.

I remember my history teacher saying something like that: "You always remember an event changing everyone's life. Where you are, what you were doing, what you thoughts and feelings were. What the others around you were doing. I remember the Moon landing, the assassination of JFK, and the Berlin Wall." My mom remembers all of them, and me and her 9/11.

I was sleeping in that day, I stayed up late because I had night classes in college. My mom was washing dishes when my brother called. He was supposed to be in New York. Luckily he decided to not go, my mom didn't know why he sounded freaked out, in disbelief. He told her to turn on the tv, she did and went into shock. She started yelling at me from downstairs. She just kept on calling my name, I got up to see what she wanted, and she told me that the world trade center had been hit. I never forgot her next words: "THERE'S SO MANY BODIES!!!"

I ran into my room which had a tv and turned it on, I didn't move from it until that night. When I went to class that night, the teacher tried to make us work, but all we mostly did was talk about what just happened today.

I remember a poem e-mailed from a friend of mine a short time later. The words always strike a cord in me, every description ended with: "May you know peace." It just seems to fit in with everything.

*pulls hat off and bows head* My prayers still go out to the families and their victims, of the courage shown to the firefighters, policemen, and ambulance workers who charged into a building knowing there was a high chance that they'd never make it back out. For them charging back in after the first tower collapsed in the hope of still helping. Of the courage of Flight 93 who managed to overthrow the terrorists in their plane and crash it into a field instead of the White House.

May we never forget.

The death toll is 87 now, I just saw it on CNN. A real tragedy, my thoughts and prayers go to the victims and their friends and family.

*pulls hat off and bows head in silence*

If it is true, a teacher of mine once told me that big events in history you always remember. What happened, where you heard about it, and what you were doing the exact moment you found out.

My mom still remembers what she was doing when she heard about the Kennedy assassination, she remembers where she was when the Challenger exploded. She remembers every single detail of the phone call that let her know about the WTC being attacked, and I remember waking up to her calls and watching the news all day and night watching 9/11.

These things leave imprints in you for the rest of your life, you never forget. This is one of them for me.

I CAN'T ****ING BELIEVE IT!!!! I stayed up late to hear all the news. This is unbelievable. I'm so thrilled, I still remember 9/11 from the moment my mom was yelling at me to wake up that morning because the WTC was attacked. I'm seriously flipping out. This is unbelievable.

They had so many hits yesterday they crashed the site from the trailer opening to members. lol...

It's an amazing trailer, and the possibilities it's opening up for the next season is driving me crazy. I can't believe we have to wait until summer for it. I especially look forward to the background and Blood Gulch, which shows in the trailer it's going to be a wild ride in both.

Thanks, guys... It was a pretty good one. Enjoyed most of it, though some could've been better. lol... Oh well, win some, lose some. Thanks.