Sacramento, California – September 11, 2008 – Grammy Award winning native American flutist, Mary Youngblood, will be performing and Dr. Bill Durston will be speaking at a special Durston for Congress gathering on Thursday, September 11, from 7-9 PM at the home of Bill and Nancy Myers, 10300 Sheldon Road, in Elk Grove.
Media representatives and all members of the public who are concerned about the “war on terror” are invited. Refreshments will be served. The event will be held outdoors, so bring a folding chair or blanket to sit on. Call Bill or Nancy Myers at 916-689-6943 to RSVP.
Dr. Bill Durston is the Democratic candidate for Congress in California’s 3rd Congressional District. Dr. Durston is a decorated Marine Vietnam combat veteran and an emergency physician. For more information about the Durston for Congress campaign, call 916-622-VOTE (8683) or go to the Durston for Congress website.
Dr. Bill Durston’s complete Special Comment on today’s sobering anniversary is below the fold:
September 11, 2008, marks the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Dr. Durston states:
It is appropriate that we should pause today to mourn the deaths of the almost 3,000 victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and to honor those who lost their own lives trying to save them. At the same time, we must reflect on the opportunity we had on September 12, 2001, when virtually the entire world was in sympathy with our country, to say to the rest of the world, ‘We will seek security, we will seek justice, but the vicious cycle of violence must end here.’ Unfortunately, though, our leaders chose to continue that cycle of violence, and today we must also mourn the deaths of over 4,000 U.S. service men and women as well as the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq.
At the same time that we mourn the tragedy of September 11, 2001, and its aftermath, let us seek to regain the opportunity of September 12, 2001, to work constructively and within the rule of law with the rest of the world toward ending terrorism and its root causes.
Disclosure: I am the Internet Outreach Coordinator for the Durston for Congress Campaign – www.durstonforcongress.org