Please pass this on, the thoughts below. Hopefully Barack Hussein Obama and his lovely wife will after reading this begin to understand
- why we are so proud of our United States,
- why some of us stand at attention with goose bumps when our flag passes by.
- why we speak up when anyone like the Rev. Wright attacks our country and belittles our armed forces.
- why we are proud to fly our flag and wear lapel pins.
- why many of us are willing to give up our lives for our country.
Then maybe just maybe he can convince some of those who cheer him on, not to be disrespectful to our flag and our national anthem. And to be proud of our country.
Regardless or race, creed or color we should gt down on out knees and thank the Lord that we are fortunate enough to live in this great country of ours.
Below are some examples of why we should never be disrespectfully to our flag, our national anthem and the brave men and women who served and gave their lives to keep our flag waving.
L. M. Patella
CDR USN (ret)
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From: Lee Phillips [mailto:leep777@comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 6:18 PM
To: leep777@comcast.net
Subject: FW: You could have heard a pin drop
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Very timely, as we approach our country's 232nd Birthday. Happy 4th of
July, everyone!
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 intend 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?'
With out 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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 a single Frenchmen to show a passport to.'
You could have heard a pin drop.
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