Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes.

The terrorists know that the outcome will leave them emboldened or defeated. So they are waging a campaign of murder and destruction. And there is no limit to the innocent lives they are willing to take.

The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals. And one such goal is a democracy in Germany.

We do not know how much our climate could or will change in the future. We do not know how fast change will occur or even how some of our actions could impact it.

I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important bridge between church and state.

We reflect on what has been lost and comfort those enduring a profound grief. And somehow we know that a brighter morning will come.

Time is passing...yet for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th.