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01-24-2006, 12:31 PM
WOW THIS SPEAKS VOLUMES. NOW IF ONLY THE MAIN PRESS WOULD PICK THIS UP.
Possibly John Glenn's Finest Moment
Regardless of your political views,
this certainly gives us all food for thought.
Sen. Glenn was so quick on his feet.
When you speak from the heart and
with passion, you never know what comes out.
-------SENATOR JOHN GLENN SAID: Things that make you
think a little.......
1. There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq
during the month of 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.
2. When some claim President Bush shouldn't have
started this war,state the following;
FDR...led us into World War II.
Germany never attacked us: Japan did.
From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost,
an average of 112,500 per year.
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.
John F. Kennedy....started the Vietnam conflict in 1962.
Vietnam never attacked us.
Johnson...turned Vietnam into a quagmire.
From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost,
an average of 5,800 per year.
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.
3. In the two years since terrorists attacked us
President Bush has liberated two countries,
crushed the Taliban,
crippledal-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.
The Democrats 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.
We've been looking for evidence of chemical weapons in
Iraq for less
time than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law
Firm billing
records.
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
killing a woman.
Wait, there's more......................
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 our military.
JOHN GLENN ON THE SENATE FLOOR Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004
11:13
Senator Howard Metzenbaum to Senator Glenn: "How can
you run for Senate
when you've never held a real job?"
Senator Glenn: "I served 23 years in the United States
Marine Corps. I
served through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane
was hit by
antiaircraft 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? I'll tell you, Howard
Metzenbaum; you
should be on your knees every day of your life
thanking God that there
were some men - SOME MEN - who held REAL jobs. And
they required a
dedication to a purpose - and a love of country and a
dedication to
duty that was more important than life itself. And
their self-sacrifice
is what made this country possible.
I HAVE held a job, Howard! What about you?"
For those who don't remember - During W.W.II, Howard
Metzenbaum was an
attorney representing the Communist Party in the USA
If you can read this, thank a teacher....
If you are reading it in English,
thank a Veteran.
Possibly John Glenn's Finest Moment
Regardless of your political views,
this certainly gives us all food for thought.
Sen. Glenn was so quick on his feet.
When you speak from the heart and
with passion, you never know what comes out.
-------SENATOR JOHN GLENN SAID: Things that make you
think a little.......
1. There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq
during the month of 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.
2. When some claim President Bush shouldn't have
started this war,state the following;
FDR...led us into World War II.
Germany never attacked us: Japan did.
From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost,
an average of 112,500 per year.
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.
John F. Kennedy....started the Vietnam conflict in 1962.
Vietnam never attacked us.
Johnson...turned Vietnam into a quagmire.
From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost,
an average of 5,800 per year.
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.
3. In the two years since terrorists attacked us
President Bush has liberated two countries,
crushed the Taliban,
crippledal-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.
The Democrats 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.
We've been looking for evidence of chemical weapons in
Iraq for less
time than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law
Firm billing
records.
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
killing a woman.
Wait, there's more......................
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 our military.
JOHN GLENN ON THE SENATE FLOOR Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004
11:13
Senator Howard Metzenbaum to Senator Glenn: "How can
you run for Senate
when you've never held a real job?"
Senator Glenn: "I served 23 years in the United States
Marine Corps. I
served through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane
was hit by
antiaircraft 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? I'll tell you, Howard
Metzenbaum; you
should be on your knees every day of your life
thanking God that there
were some men - SOME MEN - who held REAL jobs. And
they required a
dedication to a purpose - and a love of country and a
dedication to
duty that was more important than life itself. And
their self-sacrifice
is what made this country possible.
I HAVE held a job, Howard! What about you?"
For those who don't remember - During W.W.II, Howard
Metzenbaum was an
attorney representing the Communist Party in the USA
If you can read this, thank a teacher....
If you are reading it in English,
thank a Veteran.