Prepare to be shocked and disgusted.
Matthew Vadim, The American Spectator reports:
Obama’s Plan to Desecrate 9/11
The Obama White House is behind a cynical, coldly calculated political effort to erase the meaning of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks from the American psyche and convert Sept. 11 into a day of leftist celebration and statist idolatry.
This effort to reshape the American psyche has nothing to do with healing the nation and everything to do with easing the nation along in the ongoing radical transformation of America that President Obama promised during last year’s election campaign. The president signed into law a measure in April that designated Sept. 11 as a National Day of Service, but it’s not likely many lawmakers thought this meant that day was going to be turned into a celebration of ethanol, carbon emission controls, and radical community organizing.
Wait ’til you hear who is heading up this cause:
The administration’s plans were outlined in an Aug. 11 White House-sponsored teleconference call run by Obama ally Lennox Yearwood, president of the Hip Hop Caucus, and Liv Havstad, the group’s senior vice president of strategic partnerships and programs.
Yearwood, who uses the honorific “Reverend” before his name, has been in the news in recent years, usually for getting arrested. After Democrats took back Congress, the rowdy activist was handcuffed outside a congressional hearing in September 2007 when Gen. David Petraeus was to testify. Yearwood told the “Democracy Now” radio program that he wanted to attend the hearing to hear Petraeus give his report. “I knew that when officers lie, soldiers die,” he said.
Who was in on the conference call, you ask?
A coalition including the unsavory left-wing pressure group Color of Change and about 60 far-left, environmentalist, labor, and corporate shakedown groups participated in the call. Groups on the call included: ACORN, AFL-CIO, Apollo Alliance, Community Action Partnership, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, 80 Million Strong for Young American Jobs, Friends of the Earth, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Mobilize.org, National Black Police Association, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, National Council of Negro Women, National Wildlife Federation, RainbowPUSH Coalition, Urban League, and Young Democrats of America.
Obama did famously promise ACORN and friends in Dec. 07, that he would let them help him shape his Presidential agenda.
That should have set off some warning bells…it did for me, anyway.
The Color of Change’s Van Jones, the self-described “communist” and “rowdy black nationalist” who became Obama’s green jobs czar, gushed that the National Day of Service will be a great opportunity “for people to connect, to find other people in your peer group who are also passionate about repowering America but also greening up America and cleaning up America.”
What any of that has to do with 9/11 is anyone’s guess.
Hat tip: Gateway Pundit
MORE from Alice H at DoublePlusUndead:
There are only 11 national holidays, which leaves…crap, there’s not supposed to be math here…oh gosh, 353 days other than a day when nearly 3,000 Americans died at the hands of terrorists that you imbeciles could use as your day to plant shrubs and refuse to flush your toilets even if it’s brown and wear your solar-powered bras and pretend to be green for one day a year. Do the idiots leading our country think there’s any tie whatsoever between why our citizens were mass murdered and ecofascism? Did I miss some proclamation from Osama bin Laden that if we just quit being so damn wasteful, he’d quit getting his jollies from killing people?
Still MORE thoughts from Michelle Malkin:
Makes perfect sense coming from a president who believes that the root of 9/11 jihadi stems “from a fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the attackers.”
Yes, I had forgotten about that.
See also Atlas Shrugs for a pictorial to remind you of the horrors the Obama administration wants you to forget.
Nice Deb 
“What any of that has to do with 9/11 is anyone’s guess.”
Nothing. That’s why they want it on 9/11. They want 9/11 to be associated with something else. Anything else.
They want us to forget what happened. They want us to forget that Muslim fanatics flew planes into our buildings and killed thousands of innocent Americans.
They underestimate us.
We will not forget.
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And when it comes to turning 9/11 into a day of community activism, I think patriotic Americans should collectively shout,
“Je refuse!”
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Absolutely disgusting. These next 3 1/2 years are going to seem like an eternity.
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dont anyone remember when we were kids playing in the first and second grade play ground at school and some kids from a different group came over and tried to take over our group and bully us into doing what they wanted to do? when we had already discussed and decided on what we wanted to do or play??? what did we do??? we would all leave and let them have it. so then, when they decided that we werent going to play with them and they couldnt bully us into doing it their way; they went on their own way and we went back to what we were doing (our way). the point is; that when you have a way to go and some one wants to lead you in a different way (that you dont want to go), then dont go. a so called leader cannot lead if there are no followers. there have always been so many different kinds of leaders in our society and the most popular ones were the ones who led in the direction that most of us wanted to go. this is a free country and we have the right to go in the direction we want to!!!! these ideals are part of what made america strong and better than other countries in a lot of ways.
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Good points, Clarence.
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Just found out about this controversy. I am scratching my head. When was 9/11 associated with Republicans? I always thought of it as associated first wit America and secondarily with the world. America, because the sites affected were inside the USA, and so many Americans died that day, and because this was obviously an attack on the American people. The world, because world-wide residents living and working inside the US also died that day, world-wide TV viewers watched together in horror, and a word-wide outpouring of shared grief and solidarity was expressed. Yes, the President at the time had run as a Republican candidate, but by that time he was the President of all the people and led us in our shared grief and in our shared responses. The current President who ran on a Democratic ticket but is now the President of all the people signed a proclamation that expands the Remembrance Day. As I understand this, it is to encourage a continuation of those personal responses to honor those who lost their lives that day by standing united & strong against those who chose to do evil that day. My memory of that time after 9/11 was how kind Americans were to each other and how so many responded by volunteering with public service in some way. To connect those American responses to the 9/11 Day of Remembrance in a formal way is quite understandable to me. Memorial Day, Veterans Day and the Fourth of July all have shared community responses each year. I don’t understand how the action discussed here diminishes anything. Perhaps I am missing something, so I will await your responses. Thanks.
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Memorial Day, Veterans Day and the Fourth of July all have shared community responses each year.
All of which focus on the point of the day. The National Day of Service takes the focus away from the event of 9/11.
My memory of that time after 9/11 was how kind Americans were to each other and how so many responded by volunteering with public service in some way.
That’s wonderful, but has nothing to do with remembering the event and resolving to take action to prevent it from ever happening again. That’s what we would prefer for a 9/11 holiday.
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Geoff, thanks for explaining your thoughts. The proclamation last year named the day as: PATRIOT DAY AND NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE, 2009. The body of the text of this bipartisan act says that the idea for the expanded concept was “originated by the family members of those who lost loved ones on 9/11.” It seems to me that this is all about “remembering the event and resolving to take action to prevent” a recurrence, as you desire. Also giving honor to those who died that day by the community that still grieves for them, as we do. I am still not persuaded that this expansion dilutes or distracts from the meaning of the day. It seems to me if anything it makes it an opportunity for a stronger Remembrance Day. Thanks for this exchange because I am reading things I had not read before. God bless the WEB. Here is the text of the 09 proclamation that I found. hahttp://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-proclamation-patriot-day-and-national-day-remembrance-and-service
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I did not intend that the comment above at 12:45 be anonymous. Though I suppose by using my user name it is anonymous. Just seems less unfriendly to me.
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It seems to me that this is all about “remembering the event and resolving to take action to prevent” a recurrence, as you desire.
Look at the site here, which is the government’s active site to promote and coordinate activities for the day. There are no commemorative events, no national security discussions, and no patriotic displays.
The only difference between the “National Day of Service and Remembrance” and “Earth Day” is that the flags will fly at half-mast.
We’re not against community service – conservatives believe in year-round contribution of time and money to the community. We just don’t think it’s an appropriate way to remember the tragedy and heroism of 9/11.
But this is small potatoes compared to other complaints we have. As you can see from the post, there was an initial murmur 8 months ago, but little since.
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Though I suppose by using my user name it is anonymous. Just seems less unfriendly to me.
It helps the continuity of the discussion if you keep the same moniker throughout.
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Looked at the site you suggested. This is from the Press Release: “Several national organizations are planning events, including the American Legion, which has organized 15 Freedom Walks across the country to commemorate the lives lost on September 11; and the Up2Us Coalition, which has planned sports-related service projects including reclaiming a soccer field in Washington DC and distributing new books and offering tennis lessons at a school in the Bronx.” 3 of the many activities that were being planned. The focus being to remember and to honor. None of these 3 activities seemed like Earth Day Appropriate Activities to me. I am sure there were environment activities planned, but not exclusively as your comment implies: “The only difference between the “National Day of Service and Remembrance” and “Earth Day” is that the flags will fly at half-mast.” Still none of this discussion addresses my original confusion. The heading of this discussion implies that the 9/11 Remembrance Day was associated with Republicans. I always thought of it as associated with Americans. And in my discovery through this discussion it appears that grieving family members were a strong thrust for the development of the day. But perhaps this is much ado about nothing on my part as you have pointed out there has not been much discussion here for some time.
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“Several national organizations are planning events, including the American Legion, which has organized 15 Freedom Walks across the country to commemorate the lives lost on September 11; ”
Sigh. Did you know that the DoD organized the Freedom Walks long before this legislation (the first one was 9/11/05)? Back when zRumsfeld was SecDef? This is from the American Legion site site:
The only patriotic, commemorative event listed in the press release, and it predated this holiday by 5 years. As for the others – yes, I was using a sort of shorthand with the “Earth Day” comment, in that the community services activities go far beyond Earth Day activities. I’m sorry that you took it literally. The point was that this day is no different than any other community service day, and that there is no nationally-sponsored display concerning the root causes or consequences of 9/11.
The heading of this discussion implies that the 9/11 Remembrance Day was associated with Republicans. I always thought of it as associated with Americans.
No – the heading was meant to imply that the 9/11 Remembrance Day is becoming associated with Democrats, and leaving the GOP out. There was never any intention to suggest that Republicans should take particular ownership of that event, only that they shouldn’t allow Democrats to co-opt its remembrance.
And in my discovery through this discussion it appears that grieving family members were a strong thrust for the development of the day.
That’s where you have to be careful. There are actual names of families and survivor organizations who have objected, but I can’t find the names of the people who were such “a strong thrust.” I’m sure they exist, but in what numbers? And did they really want to de-emphasize the commemorative and contemplative nature of the original Patriot Day to this extent?
Personally I can’t get too worked up about this – the people who want to remember 9/11 will remember it. I’d hate to see it continue in this vein, however. I’d just as soon keep Pearl Harbor Day, Memorial Day, and Veteran’s Day the way they are.
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