Classact
04-18-2008, 07:10 AM
Every American should read these Four Great Stories
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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 aircra ft car rier
>> 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 w ith 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 passp ort 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
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> 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.
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> 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 aircra ft car rier
>> 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.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> 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 w ith 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.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> 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 passp ort 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