George Bush's 9/11/21 speech @ Shanksville, PA

By artappraiser on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 12:37am |

9 minutes, 11 seconds of grace. Every word from former President George Bush worth listening to. #bush #Thenationiknow https://t.co/ObB6w6G8si
— Ray Paulick (@raypaulick) September 11, 2021

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Whatever you may think of George Bush, his speech at Shanksville was excellent!
”Dangers to our country come not only from across borders but from the violence that gathers within”.
”They are children of the same foul spirit”#NeverForget
— Stephanie Be a Traveler Not a Tourist (@StephsMundo) September 11, 2021

No matter what your opinion of George Bush may be, his speech at Shanksville was wonderful. He recalled the unity we all felt after 9-11, and decried the division today.
”Dangers to our country come not only from across borders but from the violence that gathers within”.
— Becky Lee Brenner (@BeckyLeeBrenne1) September 11, 2021

In a moving speech today at Shanksville, Pa, George Bush triggered the MAGArats by equating the 9/11 terrorists with the traitorous insurrectionists on January 6th. He is absolutely right, they are the same set of sub-humans who wanted to destroy America and overthrow democracy.
— The Tao of Steve (@Drumzer1) September 11, 2021

President George Bush is giving a wonderful speech today @ Shanksville and believe me I was not a fan of this President
— Margaret R. Mahoney (@pk64475) September 11, 2021

Almost weeping, George W. Bush rebukes those Americans who have turned their backs on “the America I know.” Important speech.
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) September 11, 2021

Credit where it’s due - George Bush hit it out of the park in his speech from Shanksville. Brilliant.
— Tim Murphy (@Murp1953Tim) September 11, 2021

George Bush just delivered the most beautiful, powerful and poignant speech of his life at Shanksville! I’m a progressive Democrat who felt so moved by his remarks!
— Celeste (@Celereid) September 11, 2021

I was never a big fan of George bush when he was president. But the speech he gave today in Shanksville was inspiring.
— David Ferris (@DavidFe79754760) September 11, 2021

there's a LOT more like this, I have not cherry picked them....a flood of them they come up first when you search for "george bush speech shanksville" on Twitter

by artappraiser on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 12:52am

excellent point that even I forgot about recently:

5. Thread with links to data on the number of countries who lost citizens on 9/11 and how many some of them lost. I think some of these numbers may be out of date but I couldn’t find more comprehensive lists. https://t.co/aIRz2qyARj
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) September 12, 2021

and therefore no surprise she noticed the international nature of the Shanksville memorial:

6. I was very surprised to see former President Bush standing in front of a Japanese flag at the Shanksville, Pennsylvania 9/11 ceremony yesterday.

This was brilliant stage setting to show that 9/11 wasn’t just about the United States. https://t.co/p99qQlgpaY
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) September 12, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 1:27am

When u don't have much time to say goodbye - pretty heartbreaking

Every year I think about Brian David Sweeney’s message pic.twitter.com/zLF09bNS1O
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) September 11, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 3:57am

this one will never be forgotten

A :

For any of you that haven't read the full transcript of Todd Beamer's call from United flight 93 on #September11.

Didn't take being a or to be a hero that day. Nope. Sure didn't. There were many heroes.
— Erika Hamilton, MD (@ErikaHamilton9) September 11, 2021

people make a big deal about Jan. 6, but what if the Capitol had been destroyed on 9/11/01 by plane full of innocent people and three hijackers?

by artappraiser on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 6:08pm

Rudy a shithead then too

An absolute monster who only cared about his own fame. pic.twitter.com/AaQR1qH9lb
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 11, 2021

But somehow worse now?

I’m not sure I have ever seen someone give a speech at a formal occasion as drunk as Rudy Giuliani is right now at the 9/11 dinner. pic.twitter.com/54G5oCuBe3
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 12, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 3:56am

The "domestic extremists at home" former President Bush was talking about pic.twitter.com/tWIsapMiuT
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) September 11, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 6:15am

How 9/11 covered up Y2K

https://digbysblog.net/2021/09/11/how-9-11-covered-up-the-bogus-2000-ele...

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 7:25am

I would still argue that culturally, they are still our mother country, despite our revolution, and that's why this is so touching:

Somehow this moved me more than I would have expected. https://t.co/vN34xMxlB4
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) September 11, 2021

Our anthem after all, celebrates our victory over their efforts in 1812! This is the kind of not just tolerance but "bygones be bygones" we sorely need right now.

Also makes me think about the greatest argument for our global dominance and their past success at global dominance is that English is the world's dominant language, a simply amazing thing especially if you think of the language growing out of a single small island!

by artappraiser on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 6:19pm

News: Calling Trump "a cancer for the country," @RepAGonzalez told me today he's not running for re-election

His main reason: the strain on his family. But he called today's politics "toxic"

He's first of the 10 pro-impeachment House Rs to retire https://t.co/avS4dW3wjj
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) September 17, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 9:39pm

Maybe:

The retirement of @RepAGonzalez is a death knell for the Ostrich Republicans who want to pretend their party is anything besides an unapologetically insurrectionist Trump cult.

My latest: https://t.co/FoQAGHBwIq
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) September 17, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 11:10pm

Yoga's a new one on me! Could it actually be that many in Alabama still think of yoga as a dirty hippie thing and where most conservative women don't go grocery shopping in too tight yoga pants?

Alabama is begging to be annexed by Florida. https://t.co/dupPYHaee8
— Reed Galen (@reedgalen) September 17, 2021

note Part 2 of the tweet thread:

ALABAMA. “We appreciate [Tim James’] unwavering commitment to the important fight on yoga. As for Gov Ivey, she doesn’t do any yoga” - Gov Ivey’s campaign spokesperson said mockingly to @MGMAdvertiser
— Politics1.com (@Politics1com) September 15, 2021

and that repliers there seem as puzzled as I am.

by artappraiser on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 11:32pm

You just need a map

(odd Kay Ivey's coming out the same adult, but life's full of surprises and comebacks)

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 09/17/2021 - 12:12am

Lol! It's even got the Florida panhandle labeled "like Alabama, but worse"!

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/17/2021 - 12:15am

Almost as if personal experience. Though they left out "military base yahoos" on the coast.

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 09/17/2021 - 7:33am

He's a good communicator but I have yet to see any ideas out of Crenshaw that wouldn't fit nicely with the GOP of 1994, and it's not 1994 anymore https://t.co/JhsZTisPwV
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) September 17, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/17/2021 - 2:35am

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