Unreal: White House Issues Talking Points For 9/11 Anniversary — “Not Just About Us”…
Are you effing kidding me?
WASHINGTON (NYT) — The White House has issued detailed guidelines to government officials on how to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, with instructions to honor the memory of those who died on American soil but also to recall that Al Qaeda and other extremist groups have since carried out attacks elsewhere in the world, from Mumbai to Manila.
The White House in recent days has quietly disseminated two sets of documents. One is framed for overseas allies and their citizens and was sent to American embassies and consulates around the globe. The other includes themes for Americans here and underscores the importance of national service and what the government has done to prevent another major attack in the United States. That single-page document was issued to all federal agencies, officials said.
After weeks of internal debate, White House officials adopted the communications documents to shape public events and official statements, and they sought to strike a delicate balance between messages designed for these two very important but very different audiences on a day when the world’s attention will be focused on President Obama, his leadership team and his nation.
The guidelines list what themes to underscore — and, just as important, what tone to set. Officials are instructed to memorialize those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and thank those in the military, law enforcement, intelligence or homeland security for their contributions since.
“A chief goal of our communications is to present a positive, forward-looking narrative,” the foreign guidelines state.
Copies of the internal documents were provided to The New York Times by officials in several agencies involved in planning the anniversary commemorations. “The important theme is to show the world how much we realize that 9/11 — the attacks themselves and violent extremism writ large — is not ‘just about us,’ ” said one official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe internal White House planning.
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American Patriots and Tea Party people see 9/11 as a point of unity for the country – therefore Obama sees it as a threat. My guess is that it’s not just Obama seeing this as a threat, but the entire liberal progressive movement who seem so in love with a One World government see 9/11 memorials as threats.
PISS ON THE WHITEHOUSE!
I still can’t believe America elected a muslim man with the name Barack Hussein Obama to be president only 7 years after 9/11???? 
Shame on those who voted for this lying inept, incompetent jackass.
Officials are instructed to memorialize those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and thank those in the military, law enforcement, intelligence or homeland security for their contributions since.
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Did they really need a talking points memo… to tell them this…
Today (or tomorrow depending on which kind of Muslim you are) is Eid al Fitr, the last day of Ramadan.
It is traditionally the day to issue clemency orders, the day to forgive criminals, etc.
Two years ago, it was the day the Lockerbie bomber was released WITH Obama’s approval.
Tell me this declaration isn’t part of Obama’s duty as a Muslim.
Watch today for more pardons from the Muslim in Chief.
In a way its true considering islam is infiltrating every nation on earth and trying to impose sharia globally.
Hell, I was expecting the Obama regime to issue an apology to the families of the terrorists who commited this vile act. It would fit the regime’s pattern.
Never forget, Islam caused 9/11.
PC in overdrive
@Teacake. Yes, to that. Infiltrating everywhere, reminds me of mice.
In other words, use those who died to justify continued destructive spending. There is no doubt who the White House is about: just themselves and their policy to destroy, ie take money from, successful Americans thinking they will benefit from their destruction. There will be no benefit for any, only destruction of many.
9-11-11. I wish every home would fly their American flag in remembrance of that day.
Josef Goebbels seen nodding in approval.
Does this assclown need a ‘talking points memo’ to take a dump? WAFJ
“The guidelines list what themes to underscore — and, just as important, what tone to set. Officials are instructed to memorialize those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and thank those in the military, law enforcement, intelligence or homeland security for their contributions since.”
Memorialize those who have been told to stay away? How progressive.
“The White House has issued detailed guidelines to government officials on how to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, with instructions to honor the memory of those who died on American soil but also to recall that Al Qaeda and other extremist groups have since carried out attacks elsewhere in the world, from Mumbai to Manila.”
Really??? Hmmm? Are we sure? Are we sure Bush and Cheney didn’t plan and orchestrate those ‘Mumbai to Manila’ attacks too?
Hmmm, Barry?
It’s not about just us? Who is the us they are talking about? When I think of us, I think of Americans, not ubama.
Obama and his band of disgracful cads and scoundrels
Infuriating, let alone despicable….anyone catch his BS this week-end regarding 9-11?
Check this out ~
http://angrywhitedude.com/2011/08/the-community-organizer-doubles-down-on-stupid/
I was angry as hell when I heard this crap from the Community Organizer and his ilk included.
Nov. ’12 cannot get here soon enough!
I thought we were remembering 9-11, not celebrating 10 years of Al-Q’s greatest hits.
I don’t need guidance for 9/11 remembrance:
– Honor fallen, former, and serving U.S. soldiers, their support staff, and innocent civilian casualties – fly the flag
– Support, protect and defend OUR country and its families from its enemies
– NEVER forget and NEVER give up. NEVER.
VOTE – 2012
I hope you will all burn the Koran, as a symbol of unity against this continued moslim oppression…
Mockery of, and the continued push to place cult status of this bull shit ideology is the goal!
cheers, buy a vet coffee and lunch… they deserve it.
they may rather join you for a beer at the USO or Legion… if your not a member, maybe its fucking time?
sry….
isn’t it about time…
These people are not Americans. Welcome to the worldwide caliphate!
Reading these comments is like watching the movie Idiocracy.
You guys are living proof that man came from the monkeys.
“not just about us” —- well, does the conversation perchance include at least an oblique reference to the *ahem!* radical, death-to-the-infidel, MUSLIM indoctrination that motivated these obviously economically-poor, uneducated, impressionable, disenfranchised and justifiably-angry victims of greedy Western oppression? Hmmmm??????
Perhaps we might include space aliens and flying unicorns as well?
These self-hating, PC nitwits are a disgusting wonder to behold….
Just noticing what your name is. How ironic.
My reference was to TheJudge.
Raise your hand if you live in New York. I do, I trust my President, and absolutely agree with him on this.
All you Republicans who have spent the past ten years using this attack on MY city to manipulate the fears of rural voters can shut up now.
Just so you all know …
The White House just wants people to be aware that we live in a world where terrorism has no borders; just because we faced a large-scale attach doesn’t mean we’re the only ones in this fight.
So please. Before you start yelling about Democrat this and Obama that, just realize that the actual intent is to be courteous to world citizens, and to mitigate the stereotype of us being uncooperative and self-centered as a nation.
Thanks for listening. No offense intended.
And the mindless Obots have arrived to defend their President. Snort!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_September_11_attacks#Non-American_casualties
Includes 372 casualties who were foreign nationals. Get over yourselves. Not to mention the wars that were fought subsequently, in which over a thousand people for around the world died helping fight terrorism.
Not to mention this is the only time you people actually give a shit about New York, when they got attacked, holy shit they attacked all of you, then after one or two days of getting your self-righteous hackles up you go back to calling it a pit of sin and a hellhole because they give their citizens equal rights.
Get real.
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!! ‘MERICA!!! So this is the end result of generational incest paired w/ low intelligence?
/Fack you! Fack you! Fackin’ dahkies!
Here come the Gawker trolls!
gawker.com/white-house-extremely-worried-about-people-saying-dumb-stuff-on-911
How they’ll defend this one is beyond me, but they will find a way. They always do.
Hmmmm, “reasonable” person; I guess you’d be in favor of commemorating Israeli victims of Islamic terrorism, on 9/11? Because, after all, we’re not the only ones in this fight, right?
And you’d like to see Christian victims of Islam commemorated, yes? Like the Coptic Christians, the Iraqis and Filipinos? Because, after all, aren’t they “world citizens” too?
And you’d be glad to condemn the Mujahadeen who butchered innocent Hindus at Mumbai, yes?
Come to think of it, what exactly is a “world citizen”? Do they issue passports to “World Citizens”, or “Citizens of Planet Earth?” or, maybe, “Earthling?” I wasn’t aware we now considered part of the intergalactic community, where one must state one’s planet of origen. (“Here’s my Barsoomian passport”!)
Actually, the fact is that on September 11, 2001, it was all about us; we the victims that day. We were the ones who were attacked.
So, while I think it’s good to remember other victims of Islamic terrorism, I think 9/11 is our day of mourning and remembrance. We need to remember what happend to us, and not forget. (And like the governement really wants us remember Islam’s many victims).
Zip, read “Oh Please’s” post, just above:
We should “get over it”, because not everybody who died on 9/11 was American, blah, blah, blah, because we don’t really lurve New York, blah, blah, yakkety and because we don’t approve of gay marriage, blah, yakkety, rubarb, rubarb, so just “Get real”, “Give Everybody a Break!” and stop being such eeeeevil, warmongering, religously fanatical warmongers already!
They’ll try anything to defend this.
Last I checked, a number of foreign nationals died during the 9/11 attacks. Just the same, many men and women from other nations are participating in both conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, all at the urging and request of our previous president. Many have died as well, all in the name of counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency. I think they deserve respect like those lost in 9/11 and just the same as any American fighting man and woman.
A Brit falling downrange is just as much a blow as an American being lost downrange. That’s one fewer sheepdog keeping the wolves at bay, no matter the flag they wear.
The enemy comes from many nations. Their opposition does as well, let’s not forget that.
Oh, yeah, the Gawker trolls are gonna start showing up.
“Okay, you dumb redneck Christianistas! Try not to say dumb stuff on 9/11, ‘kay? Cuz saying dumb stuff on 9/11 is really dumb, not to mention it’s rilly not very bright, so just shut up and go ladle soup up soup for the homeless or maybe compost something, or take a muhjahadeen to lunch, ‘cuz, y’know, being tolerant isn’t dumb, it’s kewl, and, like also, you should start supporting equality and gay marriage and stuff like that!”
You don’t even need to read their comments, it’s all pretty boilerplate!
“Pants”, we keep being told that the terrorists are just a small minority, nothing to worry about, and not representative of the Islamic world.
Now, you’re telling us they come from many nations? This indicates there are actually a lot of them, and they’re getting a great deal of help. This doesn’t indicate that they’re really a small minority.
People need to get their stories straight.
A lot of people died on 9/11. While some were from other nations, most were Americans. It was an attack on American soil, against Americans. to pretend it wasn’t aimed at us, or that we should turn it into some vague “Day of Remembrance”, or service, is to dishonor all the victims, and ourselves.
(And, no, it really isn’t about pants.)
Proud Infidel, I suspect the apology to the terrorists’ families will come somewhere around 2012, or 2013.
That is, if anyone even remembers 9/11, still.
Get over yourselves. Using this date to further exploit your hate is disgusting. Memorialize the day in whatever way you will, but many of us were personally affected – not just by proxy from watching slanted television personalities squak and rabble on in order to get higher ratings. It should be a date to bring people together, not to blabber on incoherently about how “the other side” is doing something so terrible by marking the occasion in a way that is different from how we have been told to mark it. Sites like this are the biggest part of the problem. Think before you post. Your angry-shooting behavior makes us all look bad. Think for yourselves for once in your lives.
Who cares about the 9/11 10th anniversary? I mean, really.
PantsBoy…says…”keeping the wolves at bay”
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whats wrong with wolves…Englishman…
It isn’t “just about us”.
It’s about President Obamee and his ego too.
BHO and his socialist brain farts! How much more can we Tbagger Terrorists take from this POS? What an utter disgrace!
He is so one term it’s funny.
America is so much stronger than 0bama. In 100 years, no one will know about him or remember much about his many failures.
2 WORDS…………FOR OBAMA……….FUCK YOU
Just get used to it I’m sorry to say, this animal is backed in a corner im glad to say, I think the Demoncrats know they will suffer heavily in 2012 and NOTHING they do or say will suprise me before their coming defeat. O’Bumbler will be remembered as a complete failure no matter how it is spun, it will be Bush and the Tea Parties fault I know that will be the talking points, yada yada yada . I’m ready to pick up the pieces in 2013 and see what we have to work with.
YEAH FUCK YOU OBAMA. I for one will be burning the Koran and filming it. I am sick of this Muslim in the White House telling us how we must mourn the 9/11 victims of Islamic terror. SCREW YOU OBASTARD OBAMA. I suugest each and every American organize a prayer service in their homes or gardens or whereever.The problem is in public spaces we may be subject to arrest if the Obotard police and Moozlims disrupt it. It is a solemn day and we should all do this.
And Obastard you son of a whoring troll, THIS IS ABOUT AMERICANS, NOT ABOUT THEM whoever THEY may be. I presume he means MOOZLIMS, the sick MOOZLIM fucktard in chief.
The Obama and Bloomberg administrations are doing everything they can to soft peddle the anniversary and steer away attention from the root cause of the event. That is painfully obvious. You watch, I think many of their events will be so politically correct and about “tolerance” and “embracing diversity” and “national service” that you will forget that 9/11 was about Muslim terrorism killing 3,000 of our innocent fellow citizens. That’s what my gut tells me we’ll be treated to.
Haha, i love how all you slack jawed inbred morons have conveniently avoided any mention of the fact that September 11th occurred under George Bush as the result of gross, near-criminal negligence by senior administration officials. But, no worries, reality doesn’t mean anything so might as well shift the entirety of blame and recrimination to a liberal president and toss in some fairly disgusting racism and religious intolerance while you’re at it.
Perhaps you should all ask yourselves, what would Jesus do?
randlemaniac, Jesus would gently, but firmly, pull you aside and point out that Al Queda actually began plotting 9/11 under Democratic president, William Clinton, long before Bush got into office. He would also point out that President Clinton was offered Bin Ladin, and refused to have him arrested, thereby helping to bring about 9/11.
Then, He’d rebuke you for playing the overused racism/Islamophobia cards, smack you upside the head and tell you, “Go and be stupid no more!”
“They’ll try anything to defend this.”
Yes, because most rational people don’t see why being inclusive on a day of mourning is such a big f@cking deal……
I ASSURE you, darling, that people can feel a twinge of international camaraderie and still focus on New York City and the specific events that occurred on 9/11. Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean that we all have a limited empathy quota. For crying out loud.
Ha, Jesus would smack me upside the head eh? Is this before or after he does battle against the jeehadees with modern automatic weapons?
You’re a disgrace to your own faith, all of you are.
I will never ever forget that those who struck at us on 9/11 were serving the tenets of Islamic Jihad.
Performing “good deeds” on behalf of Islam was precisely what those Muslim mass murderers saw themselves as doing on our soil on 9/11.
9/11 was THEIR day of service to Allah and Islam. It will never be mine.
Who the hell is Obama and his “leadership team” to hijack the remembrance or dictate how my day be spent?
“After weeks of internal debate, White House officials adopted the communications documents to shape public events and official statements, and they sought to strike a delicate balance between messages designed for these two very important but very different audiences on a day when the world’s attention will be focused on President Obama, his leadership team and his nation.”
When the hell did 9/11 become a day to focus on Obama and his lackey team? What leadership? They can grovel and kowtow on their bellies all they like.
Count me out.
“occurred under George Bush as the result of gross, near-criminal negligence”
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randlemaniac… the best part of you ran down your mama’s crack and ended up as a brown stain the sheet…
“near criminal”… well jackass…it either is… or its not…
God… I love stupid leftists…
Oh, c’mon, randlemaniac!
It’s not like you really believe in Jesus, after all!
You’re just taking His name in vain, in a silly effort to make us all feel ashamed for being such horrible, narsty, mean ol’ Conservatives.
(And, yes, I believe he would smack you upside the head—or, at least, laugh His head off at your silliness.)
Cici, cupcake, I assure you, sweetheart, that inclusivity, wonderful as it is, darling, is not really what 9/11 is all about, babycakes!
Nor does wanting to remember America’s victims on that day mean that one has “Limited empathy quota” (whatever the heck THAT means!), honeypie.
Hmmm, so far, we’ve had the Islamophobia card, the racist card, the “Jesus doesn’t like you anymore!” card, the “You have limited empathy quota/talk like a snarky bee-yatch card”—has anyone tried the alien card yet? “If you criticize this, space aliens will become upset, and invade our planet!”
They really will anything, to try and defend this.