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Bless me for I have sinned. It has been 14 days since my last blog.

Today, of course is December 7. Much to my surprise, there isn't much to be found online remembering the "day that will live in infamy"...the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that finally pushed the US into WWII.

That nary a peep appears should make me happy, considering that usually December 7 is a time where people remember what was undoubtedly the single biggest sneak attack in history until the September 11 tragedies. When people remember the attacks it is often with a prejudice against Japanese that used to border on downright hatred, now it is barely a footnote.

While I do not wish to rehash those feelings, I do feel it is important that as a nation we remember. Remember that old saying "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it", for we are doing it now. Remember the internment of countless Japanese after the attack for the "security of the nation". We do this now again, do we not? Did we not feel resentment towards Middle Eastern people after September 11 as we felt resentment, rage even, towards the Japanese after Pearl Harbor? Do we not intern countless people in places like the infamous Guantanamo Bay? We are traveling down the same path. The only difference now is that the war we fight is one of TV ratings, of political correctness...and one to which there is no foreseeable end.

Sad but true. So remember the day. On this, the 66th anniversary of the attack. Remember those who died, and remember those who live on, carrying with them the fading memories of a day long ago when a nation came together under a singular purpose. When people gave up everything without expectation, only hope for a better and safer future.