TODAY IS A DAY OF SADNESS, DETERMINATION AND HONOR

Today is a day to remember, a day to honor the fallen, a day to honor America, the greatest country on earth.

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On this day when we take time to honor and remember those lost on 9/11, we as a nation should also take pains to remember the spirit of community and the outpouring of patriotism that flowed from Americans of every walk of life and every corner of the political spectrum in the aftermath of that terrible day.

Republicans or Democrats, we are all proud Americans. On that day, and in the days that followed, we came together as Americans. It felt good.

We saw so much of the best of ourselves come out that day and in the days that followed, with strangers helping strangers and many courageous acts,  We remembered something more important than ourselves, and that was the community to which we belonged. It was as it should always be, but is not.

Over the past 10 years we have lost that unity and that sense that we as Americans are all in this together. Standing in stark contrast are the pronouncements of congressional Republican's who define their number one priority as making sure that the President of the United States fails. They have spent almost every waking moment trying to make that happen. The problem with that strategy is that it is a statergy that facillitates the failure of our nation. It is unpatriotic and it needs to stop.

Yes, it is time once again to remember and to never forget that we are all Americans, with common purpose and that we need to work together for the common good of our country.

The basis of our strength as a nation can be found in the words E Pluribus Unum which means, out of many, one. Once again, we need to find the strength to come together for the good of our country. It is unfortunate that so many of our leaders and our people have forgotten the simple lesson of 9/11 which is that no force on earth can defeat a united America.

Today of all days, let us remember that.
Editor's note - This was originally published on 09/11/11