[K C Muffin]

boyz, boyz, boyz. From my vantage point (and mind you, I don't have a son or daughter or husband or father serving in the military right now), we have to back the soldiers and do what we can to make their lives easier. That's a thankless and tough job to do what they're doing. I wonder what might have happened if two years into WWII, everybody at home would have said - Gee, I think we've spent enough and we've certainly lost enough lives to this War, let's call it quits. I wonder. Do you ever think about that?

We (GW and/or Congress) declared war. Because this country suffered the biggest (let me repeat, biggest) financial and emotional setback we've had in years. It was the right thing to do then and it's the right thing to do now. It's just hard now watching what's happening. First off, let's address financial - the World Trade Center didn't just affect the 3,000+ lives that were lost, it affected 3,000+ families, it affected workers who didn't lose their life and their families, it affected employees of the corporations that had offices there and just happened to be elsewhere, it affected stock markets that in turn affected 401K's and retirement plans all over the US. Want me to go on?

Assuming you do......do you know what/who to thank for the ungodly insurance premiums you are probably paying now? Did you notice that little thing called TRIA on there? You can decline it if you want, no biggie. But the base premium is still up. That, my friends, is what happens to a free market when competition is lost. Most (I think there was one that didn't) companies that insured anything at all affected by the WTC tragedy are now out of business. Competition shrinks, prices go up. Economy 101. Thanks, Al Quaida.....

It was the right thing to do then and it's very much right to finish it now.