There are those who are ashamed and those that are proud of what the PAST (and current?) administrations have done under the flag of America.
Here are a few reminders before you choose the NEXT
administration who will be patriots, pessimists,
apologists, pacifists, cowards, or tyrants
– its OUR choice!
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When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin
Powell was asked by the
Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were
just an example of
empire building’ by George Bush.
He answered by saying, ‘Over the years, the
United States has sent
many of its fine young men and women into great peril
to fight for freedom
beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have
ever asked for in return
is enough to bury those that did not return.
You could have heard a pin drop.
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Then there was a conference in France where a
number of international
engineers were taking part, including French and
American. During a break
one of the French engineers came back into the room
saying ‘Have you heard
the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an
aircraft carrier to
Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he
intended to do, bomb
them?’ A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly:
‘Our carriers have
three hospitals on board that can treat several
hundred people; they are
nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical
power to shore
facilities; they have three cafeterias with the
capacity to feed 3,000
people three meals a day, they can produce several
thousand gallons of fresh
water from sea water each day, and they carry half a
dozen helicopters for
use in transporting victims and injured to and from
their flight deck.. We
have eleven such ships; how many does France have? ‘
You could have heard a pin drop.
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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval
conference that included
Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian
and French Navies. At
a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a
large group of
Officers that included personnel from most of those
countries. Everyone was
chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks
but a French admiral
suddenly complained that, ‘whereas Europeans learn
many languages, Americans
learn only English.’ He then asked, ‘Why is it that we
always have to speak
English in these conferences rather than speaking
French?’ Without
hesitating, the American Admiral replied ‘Maybe it’s
because the Brits,
Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you
wouldn’t have to speak
German.’
You could have heard a pin drop.
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AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE…
A group of Americans, retired teachers,
recently went to France on a
tour. Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83,
arrived in Paris by
plane.. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to
locate his passport in
his carry on. ‘You have been to France before,
monsieur?’ the customs
officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted
that he had been to
France previously. ‘Then you should know enough to
have your passport
ready.’ The American said, ‘The last time I was here,
I didn’t have to show
it.’ ‘Impossible. Americans always have to show your
passports on arrival
in France !’ The American senior gave the Frenchman a
long hard look. Then
he quietly explained. ‘Well, when I came ashore at
Omaha Beach on D-Day in
’44 to help liberate this country, I couldn’t find any
Frenchmen to show it
to.’
You could have heard a pin drop
==and may I add
Is the Pope Catholic? – yes, but perhaps only because
his native country Germany was liberated by…
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What Is A Veteran?
A ‘Veteran’ — whether active duty,
discharged, retired, or reserve
— is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a
blank check made
payable to ‘The United States of America,’ for an
amount of ‘up to, and
including his life.’
That is honor, and there are way too many
people in this country
today, who no longer understand that fact.
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