It didn't take long:

Monday - September 12, 2011

It didn’t take long:

In its entirety, I am posting what Paul Krugman wrote about 9/11. The title of his article in the New York Times is “The Conscience of a Liberal. “

Is it just me, or are the 9/11 commemorations oddly subdued?
Actually, I don’t think it’s me, and it’s not really that odd.

What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not — was deeply shameful. The atrocity should have been a unifying event, but instead it became a wedge issue. Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the horror. And then the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons.

A lot of other people behaved badly. How many of our professional pundits — people who should have understood very well what was happening — took the easy way out, turning a blind eye to the corruption and lending their support to the hijacking of the atrocity?

The memory of 9/11 has been irrevocably poisoned; it has become an occasion for shame. And in its heart, the nation knows it.

I’m not going to allow comments on this post, for obvious reasons.

First of all, Mr. Krugman has the right to speak what he thinks, what he believes and what he thinks others should hear. I do the same each day. But the difference between him and me are immense. I do not think for a minute that Mr. Krugman is a hero, nor am I. But I know that I wouldn’t run from terror, but I believe he would and then take the credit for saving the day.
Mr. Krugman has the ability, like every other liberal, to re-write history, even when the events and the proof aren’t necessarily what he says they are. The events of 9/11 were not of Commissioner Kerik’s, Mayor Giuliani’s or of President Bush’s making. In fact, the events of 9/11 can be traced back to another liberals reign and that was Jimmy Carter.

The events of 9/11 caused the death of innocence. The events of 9/11 were perpetrated out of hatred by one man and a bunch of his delusional followers. The events of 9/11 also spurred on patriotism that we hadn’t seen in decades. This is what Mr. Krugman detests. He uses the argument, “the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons.” Mr. Krugman would not know what the wrong or the right reason was if it stared him in the face.

The fact of the matter is that the war on terror will not end under a liberal. It will however end when a true leader brings it to an end. That will be the day when the terrorists are no longer living. The fact of the matter is that all the most important parts of the Bush plan in conducting the war are still in place. Mr. Krugman and the President have not been able to prosecute the war in the way they would like and that is probably fortunate for this countries security.
The fact of the matter is that, when 9/11 occurred, every liberal was livid that they were not in charge, because they would have “raced to cash in on the horror.” This is one thing that I do know. Liberals will always prefer the political wedge instead of the correct wedge that will defend our liberty, our freedom and the independence that they always trade for security. It was Franklin who said: “Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.”

The title of this piece is “The Conscience of a Liberal.” I believe that this is what needs to be defeated now. Mr. Krugman, you do have freedom of speech. I wonder if you knew what it took to give you that freedom.

There is an old saying: “War is Hell”. There is another quote it goes like this: "We are bound, you, I, and every one to make common cause even with error itself, to maintain the common right of freedom of conscience.” This quote goes both ways. I believe that it can defend some bad decisions, but it will never defend a lie that you made about the people you say who cashed in on the horror of that tragic event ten years ago.

I wrote yesterday, it is best try to leave a place better than the way we found it. Mr. Krugman, I do not think you are capable. But then again, that’s the conscience of a conservative.

Unlike Mr. Krugman, I do allow comments on this post for obvious reasons.

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: The quote that is not attributed in this piece was authored by Thomas Jefferson. You know the guy that put into writing your right to freedom of speech! It didn’t take long for Jefferson to think that you have that right, because it was his conscience that told him you do.