NYT This was written by Sherry Hackett, Buddy Hackett's widow........

"WE NOTICED"

President Obama:

Today I read of your administrations' plan to re-define September 11 as a
National Service Day. Sir, it's time we had a talk.........

During your campaign, Americans watched as you made mockery of our tradition of
standing and crossing your heart when the Pledge of Allegiance was spoken. You,
out of four people on the stage, were the only one not honoring our tradition.

YES, "We noticed."

During one of your many speeches, Americans heard you say that you intended to
visit all 57 states.
We all know that Islam, not America has 57 states.

YES, "We noticed."

When President Bush leaned over at Ground Zero and gently placed a flower on the
memorial, while you nonchalantly tossed your flower onto the pile without
leaning over.

YES, "We noticed."

Every time you apologized to other countries for America's position on an issue,
we have wondered why you don't share our pride in this great country. When you
have heard foreign leaders berate our country and our beliefs, you have not
defended us. In fact, you insulted the British Crown beyond belief.

YES, "We noticed."

When your pastor of 20 years, "God-damned America" and said that 9/11 was
"America's chickens coming home to roost" and you denied having heard
recriminations of that nature, we wondered how that could be. You later
disassociated yourself from that church and Pastor Wright because it was
politically expedient to do so.

YES, "We noticed."

When you announced that you would transform America , we wondered why. With all
her faults, America is the greatest country on earth. Sir, KEEP THIS IN MIND,
"if not for America and the people who built her, you wouldn't be sitting in the
White House now." Prior to your election to the highest office in this Country,
you were a senator from Illinois and from what we can glean from the records
available, not a very remarkable one.

YES, "We noticed."

All through your campaign and even now, you have surrounded yourself with
individuals who are basically unqualified for the positions for which you
appointed them. Worse than that, the majority of them are people who, like you,
bear no special allegiance, respect, or affection for this country and her
traditions.

YES, "We noticed."

You are 9 months into your term and every morning millions of Americans wake up
to a new horror heaped on us by you. You seek to saddle working Americans with a
health care/insurance reform package that, along with cap and trade, will
bankrupt this nation.

YES, "We noticed."

We seek, by protesting, to let our representatives know that we are not in favor
of these crippling expenditures and we are labeled "un-American", "racist",
"mob". We wonder how we are supposed to let you know how frustrated we are. You
have attempted to make our protests seem isolated and insignificant. Until your
appointment, Americans had the right to speak out.

YES, "We noticed."

On September 11, 2001 there were no Republicans or Democrats, only Americans.
And we all grieved together and helped each other in whatever way we could. The
attack on 9/11 was carried out because we are Americans.

And YES, "We noticed."

There were many of us who prayed that as a black president you could help unite
this nation. In six months you have done more to destroy this nation than the
attack on 9/11. You have failed us.

YES, "We noticed."