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CAT BOAT
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Interesting..... Email
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2/1/2007 10:13:23 PM
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Sorry, I thought this was interesting. I know it is long, but I know no other way to post it. It is an email I recieved. > > > > WhAT SENATOR JOHN GLENN SAID: > > > > There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq in January. > > In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the > > month of January.That's just one American city, about as deadly as the > > entire war-torn country of Iraq . > > > > When some claim that President Bush shouldn't have started this war, > > consider the following: > > > > A. FDR led us into World War II. > > B. Germany never attacked us; Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives > > were > > lost ... > > An average of 112,500 per year. > > > > C. Truman finished that war and started one in Korea . North Korea never > > attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost ... An average of > > 18,334 > > per year. > > > > D. John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam "conflict" in 1962. Vietnam never > > attacked us. > > E. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives > > were lost, an average of 5,800 per year. > > > > F. Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent. > > Bosnia never attacked us . > > He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan > > and > > did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions. > > > > G. In the years since terrorists attacked us , President Bush has > > liberated > > two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled Al-Qaida, put nuclear > > inspectors in Libya, Iran, and North > > Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered > > 300,000 of his own people and had his sorry azz hung along with his > > henchmen > > . > > > > Some people are complaining > > About how long the war is taking. > > But > > It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch > > Davidian compound. That was a 51-day operation, murdering 80 people, 27 of > > them ranging from 14 years old to the unborn in the womb. > > > > We've been looking for evidence for chemical weapons in Iraq for less time > > than it took Hillary Clinton to find > > the Rose Law Firm billing records. Now she wants to be president and let > > Bill Clinton be first pervert husband! >>Meanwhile, some public service provider in our country Pushed a bill through the Al. State senate banning a small class of citizens from using public waterways with their boats that the state accepted thousands of sales tax dollars on at the time they purchased them. > > > > It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy > > the Medina Republican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police > > after his > > Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick murdering a woman by leaving her to > > drown. > > He had over 12 DUI tickets, his punishment: $75.00 for leaving the scene > > of > > a fatal accident. > > > > It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in Florida > > !!!! > > > > > > Our Commander-In-Chief has done a GREAT JOB as far as I am concerned. > > The Military morale is high! > > The biased media hopes we are too ignorant to realize the facts. > > > > But Wait there's more! > > > > JOHN GLENN (ON THE SENATE FLOOR) > > Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:13 > > > > Some people still don't understand why military personnel do what they do > > for a living. This exchange between > > Senators John Glenn and Senator Howard Metzenbaum is worth reading. Not > > only > > is it a pretty impressive > > impromptu speech, but it's also a good example of one man's explanation of > > why men and women in the armed > > services do what they do for a living. > > > > This IS a typical, though sad, example of what some who have never served > > think of the military. > > > > Senator Metzenbaum (speaking to Senator Glenn): "How can you run for > > Senate > > when you've never held a real job?" > > > > Senator Glenn (D-Ohio): > > "I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I served through two > > wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 > > different occasions. I was in the space program. It wasn't my checkbook, > > Howard; it was my life on the line. It was not a nine-to-five job, where I > > took time off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank." > > > > "I ask you to go with me ... as I went the other day... to a veteran's > > hospital and look those men .. with their mangled bodies in the eye, and > > tell THEM They didn't hold a job! > > > > You go with me to the Space Program at NASA and go, as I have gone, to the > > widows and orphans of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee... And you > > look those kids in the eye and tell them that their DADS didn't hold a > > job. > > > > > > > > You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in Arlington National > > Cemetery > > , where I have more friends > > buried than I'd like to remember, and you watch those waving flags. > > > > You stand there, and you think about this nation, and you tell ME that > > those > > people didn't have a job? > > What about you?" > > > > For those who don't remember > > During WWII, Howard Metzenbaum was an attorney representing the Communist > > Party in the USA. > > NOW HE'S A SENATOR!!! > > > > If you can read this, thank a teacher. > > If you are reading it in English thank a Veteran. If you are an > > American, > > Thank God Almighty for our forefathers and their wisdom. > > > > IF YOU OWN A GUN AND KNOW WHEN AND HOW TO USE IT, YOU ARE A CITIZEN, IF > > NOT, > > YOU ARE A SUBJECT. Sorry, that is so long. But interesting.
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