Same here....its amazing how the dust always kicks up when I hear the last line of that address.
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:23 AM, William Bowen <william.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > it's all dusty in here... got something in my eye... > > > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> We all probably know that today is the 25th anniversary of the Space >> Shuttle Challenger disaster. >> >> We were discussing the event with our boys, and showed them the video >> of what happened. We also impressed upon them the importance of the >> mission with Christa McAuliffe being the first civilian on a Shuttle >> Mission. >> >> We also watched President Reagan's adress to the nation that night. I >> had almost forgot how great of a speaker Reagan was. I was a senior in >> high school when this happened and I remember crying when the >> explosion happened, and again later that night with his speech. >> >> I know there are some on this list who do not like his politics, but, >> he was a great speaker. >> >> Here is a link to his address that night: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JKIZ7j20EA >> >> There are two lines from Reagan speeches I will never forget: >> >> '...as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped >> the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God. ' >> >> And >> >> 'Mr.Gorbachev, tear down this wall' >> >> -- >> Scott Stroz >> --------------- >> You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can >> wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris >> >> http://xkcd.com/ >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:333752 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
