Just when you thought I had nothing else to say..........
Posted: August 14th, 2009, 2:34 pm
>
> There are fewer and fewer of us who seem to really care about
> the
> country and take pride in its history and its accomplishments.. God save
> us
> from those who have forgotton how they came to enjoy the American
> quality of
> life.
>
> At a time when our president and other politicians tend to
> apologize
> for our country`s prior actions,here`s a refresher on how some of our
> former
> patriots handled negative comments about our country...
>
>
> These are good
>
> JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early
> 60's
> when DeGaule decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaule said he wanted all US
> military out of France as soon as possible.
>
>
> Rusk responded "does that include those who are buried here?
>
>
> DeGuale did not respond.
>
>
> 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.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> 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.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> 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 Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's 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...
>
>
> 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
> 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen
> to
> show a passport to."
>
>
> You could have heard a pin drop.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> If you are proud to be an American, pass this on! If not, delete
> it.
>
>
>
>
> I am proud to be of this land, AMERICA .
And humble by what I just read
> There are fewer and fewer of us who seem to really care about
> the
> country and take pride in its history and its accomplishments.. God save
> us
> from those who have forgotton how they came to enjoy the American
> quality of
> life.
>
> At a time when our president and other politicians tend to
> apologize
> for our country`s prior actions,here`s a refresher on how some of our
> former
> patriots handled negative comments about our country...
>
>
> These are good
>
> JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early
> 60's
> when DeGaule decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaule said he wanted all US
> military out of France as soon as possible.
>
>
> Rusk responded "does that include those who are buried here?
>
>
> DeGuale did not respond.
>
>
> 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.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> 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.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> 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 Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's 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...
>
>
> 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
> 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen
> to
> show a passport to."
>
>
> You could have heard a pin drop.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> If you are proud to be an American, pass this on! If not, delete
> it.
>
>
>
>
> I am proud to be of this land, AMERICA .
And humble by what I just read
