09/12=The Day after when we all were united as one.

I still remember that day when everyone was united as a country. This is very likely the last time ever in the history of these United States when everyone shared a common thought. There were no progressives, neo-conservatives, blue states, red states, or uninformed voters. We were all American’s that next with a unified vision of right, wrong, sadness, fear, and hope for justice. Nine years later, with many lives lost in war there is an election looming in November.

Americans need to become passionate again and vote. Not for the party, the race of a candidates skin color, but strictly on the issues at hand in this country. Both parties play the political blame game. This is like two spoiled children doing he said she said over who spilled the milk. It is past the point of who did what. Get your act together and do what is right. We either unite as one again or divide the republic.

There is such a spilt in the country that varies with the region people live in and how that affects their attitudes and belief systems. Neither is more correct than the other. It is obvious there is no hope for compromise as all the politicians care about is power and not the people. Term limit’s, removing lobbyists, and no one being allowed to have a political career longer than 20 years would be a great start. Not going to happen but the thought is valid.

The Day the Towers Fell

September 11th-What does this day mean to me?

I have been an EMT-Basic since August 8th 2000. As an EMS provider this day is a sacred holiday to me. I am not going to promote the standard flag waving vitriol that many will do today. I will not remember just the 343 FDNY or the passengers of all the flights. I want to have people remember the uncounted EMS personnel that were there loading people into rigs when the towers went down.
Those people were Heroes’ as were the Firefighters that died that day. The most notable thing is that they don’t wear 50 pounds or more of protective gear. They had no SCBA’s to help them breath in the dust and they sucked down more of the crap in the air. EMS crews and often called ambulance jockeys and meat hauling monkeys, but without us helping to stabilize the patient the hose dragger's would not be heroes. It is a system. Emergency Medical Services, all one team with many players.
So on this day of days, remember all those who fell that fateful day, those who were there doing the job, and those who have always been here before 9/11 became a term associated with the worst American attack on American soil since December 7th, 1941. For me as an EMS provider there are those of us who did the job before 9/11 and everyone else now doing the job. Those doing the job now do so with vim and vigor but don’t totally understand us old timers who were on the job back in the day.