A Date that will Live in Infamy

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called December 7, 1941 "a date which will live in infamy". We, of the 21st century, have our own Pearl Harbor: September 11, 2001: it is a date which will live in infamy in the history of the 21st Century.

Today, instead of remembering the losses of this day, I choose to give thanks: I choose to give thanks for all of the young men and women who don uniforms for the armed services of the United States. I give thanks for the men and women who have stayed in uniform, and dedicated their careers to the military service. I give thanks for the educators who have chosen to become public school teachers to give our children education and tools to live a good life. I give thanks for the police and fire fighters who step in front of danger each and every day they leave for work. I give thanks for the judges, prosecutors and public defenders who toil in the courts of our country to ensure that each and every person accused of a crime will be prosecuted and defended to the fullest and fairest extent of the law, and shall not suffer prison unless convicted by a jury of their peers. I give thanks for the genius of the fine men who drafted the Constitution which is the backbone of our republic.

I give thanks - for the millions of people who walk this earth every day, whose personal toils and labors allow me to live a very good life. I give thanks for my blessings as I remember those who were lost on this day, this date that will live in infamy.