A must Read.
May 2, 2009 1:17:29 GMT -5
Post by Death's Shadow on May 2, 2009 1:17:29 GMT -5
Got this in email forwarded too me today, sorry about the arrows.
I thought it worth posting and worth reading even if you have seen it before.
> You could have heard a pin drop
>
>
> When in England, at a fairly large conference, ColinPowell 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. D uring 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
> =0 Adeck. 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
> th at 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...
>
> 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 hi s 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.
>
I thought it worth posting and worth reading even if you have seen it before.
> You could have heard a pin drop
>
>
> When in England, at a fairly large conference, ColinPowell 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. D uring 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
> =0 Adeck. 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
> th at 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...
>
> 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 hi s 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.
>
