{"id":3701,"date":"2008-09-11T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-11T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/09\/honor-911-victims-by-getting-involved\/"},"modified":"2008-09-11T09:06:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-11T15:06:00","slug":"honor-911-victims-by-getting-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/09\/honor-911-victims-by-getting-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Honor 9\/11 victims by getting involved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SMk0QQHKCrI\/AAAAAAAAIr0\/aJ8VOpHXUJw\/s1600-h\/american_flag.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SMk0QQHKCrI\/AAAAAAAAIr0\/aJ8VOpHXUJw\/s200\/american_flag.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244780694857190066\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>I can think of no better way to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks than by getting involved. Politicians and others are recalling today the spirit of community and communality the attacks inspired in us. As the years have passed, we have lost much of that. <st1:country-region st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">America<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> is bogged down in a nasty presidential race and election year.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Thankfully, even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnmccain.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">John McCain<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barackobama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama<\/a> saw fit to put their campaigns on hold today to honor the victims of the attacks. They aren\u2019t even running television ads today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Here are some ways you can get involved and contribute to society:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u2022 Find an American soldier currently in harm\u2019s way and help support him or her by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anysoldier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u2022 There\u2019s a hurricane about to hit <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/american.redcross.org\/site\/Donation2?idb=1658592008&amp;df_id=1086&amp;1086.donation=form1\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to contribute to disaster relief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u2022 If you haven\u2019t done it already, register to vote by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockthevote.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u2022 Volunteer with a presidential or other political campaign. To find out how to help McCain, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnmccain.com\/dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. For Obama, click <a href=\"http:\/\/my.barackobama.com\/page\/content\/actioncenter\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votenader.org\/action\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for independent Ralph Nader, <a href=\"http:\/\/votetruth08.com\/index.php?option=com_dtdonate&amp;task=pre_paypal&amp;Itemid=338\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for Green Cynthia McKinney, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobbarr2008.com\/join\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for Libertarian Bob Barr and <a href=\"http:\/\/baldwin08.com\/Grassroots-Action.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for Chuck Baldwin, the Constitutional Party candidate. One request: If you\u2019re going to get involved in a campaign, help keep it clean. I\u2019m one who believes elections should be about policy and character, but campaigns should keep it honest and respectful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If you have any other suggestions on ways people can get involved and contribute, submit them as comments at the end of this posting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can think of no better way to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks than by getting involved. Politicians and others are recalling today the spirit of community and communality the attacks inspired in us. As the years have passed, we have lost much of that. America is bogged down in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}