Remember the Fallen

It's been seven years. In that time, I met and married my wife and had my first child. I've lost some grandparents and some friends. I'm still driving the same truck and going to the same job, but many of my co-workers can't say the same because of lay-offs.

We set off to route out the Taliban from Afghanistan, then attacked Iraq for no publicly-discernible reason. While losing over four thousand men and women, billions of dollars, and thousands of limbs, we've all but forgot those that attacked us. Those that are still out there, planning.

We owe it to the people lost on that day to keep America the shining promise that it was when we were attacked. Guarding our own civil liberties, guaranteeing rights to those we charge with crimes, protecting those who are under attack for no other reason than being there. These are all traits that America can admire in herself, even if some of the occupants resent them.

We need to stand up for ourselves and for our nation. We need to echo Barack Obama's call that "Enough is enough!" We've been swindled of our hopes and dreams, money and security, friends and family. This administration has taken it all for their own needs, and they weren't altruistic ones.

Raise your voice to those that must hear it. Demand that news companies once again produce journalism. Push yourself to read and understand, if you don't yet. Take an interest in the world around you besides your own. Inform the President that you DO NOT APPROVE of his actions, and of his failures to act. Volunteer for your local Obama or other Democratic candidate's campaign office. These are only some of what you can do to help remember the fallen.