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September 11, 2007

343 Remember

 


On September 11, 2001 FDNY Firefighter Tommy Dunn was on his way into WTC Tower II with his engine company as it collapsed. His accounting of the day is permanently posted on Firefighter Exchange.

Please take a minute and click over the read Firefighter Dunn's incredible story of that tragic day.

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Posted by: retired cap mike: 8:26 AM  9 comments


June 15, 2007

USS New York

 
USS New York
Ship's motto: "Never Forget"



It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center.

It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.

Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite, LA to cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured into the molds on Sept. 9, 2003, "those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence," recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. "It was a spiritual moment for everybody there."

Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the "hair on my neck stood up." "It had a big meaning to it for all of us," he said. "They knocked us down They can't keep us down. We're going to be back."

Facts about the USS New York
Listen To Anchors Away

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Posted by: retired cap mike: 4:49 PM  0 comments


March 23, 2007

Mark Cuban Adopts The Hollywood Mentality

 
(Update: I changed the insensitive title and added a video from Fox News on the subject)

To this point the biggest business mistake ever made by Mark Cuban was trading Steve Nash. This one dwarfs that astounding move.

File THIS under the heading;

I can't get enough attention owning an NBA team, owning interests in numerous businesses, had a reality TV show and made a billion $s selling a business to Yahoo! {just before the bubble burst} that I'm compelled to scrape the VERY bottom of the barrel to get even more attention!!

According to the NY Post article;

"Cuban e-mailed us: "We are having discussions about distributing the existing video with Charlie's involvement as a narrator, not in making a new feature. We are also looking for productions with an opposing viewpoint. We like controversial subjects, but we are agnostic to which side the controversy comes from."

Are you kidding me? What an insult to victims of terror on September 11, 2001. So Mark you are always looking for productions with an opposing viewpoint?

Read this production.

Think of all the good will you've rung up over the years and how fast that goodwill is going to race down the toilet if you throw in with the hate America Hollywood crowd in the interest of some perverted idea of "fair and balance".

Do the right thing Mark, remember where you are from.

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Posted by: retired cap mike: 7:38 PM