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Nov 9th, 2007, 10:52 AM
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thought i would share them....
Stupid Questions, Great Answers....
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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."
It became very quiet in the room.
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Then 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 h e 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?"
Once again, dead silence.
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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 chatti ng 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.
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Nov 9th, 2007, 04:08 PM
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| I like that alot Chuck!!! | 
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Nov 9th, 2007, 04:38 PM
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| Bet I know where you found those chuck!!! I saw them also...you just beat me to the punch!   | |
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Nov 9th, 2007, 07:20 PM
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| hehehe, if ya snooze ya looze!! lol 
riding any this weekend?? | |
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Nov 9th, 2007, 07:46 PM
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| doubt very much....have a paper to write, kaia has her final soccer game and post season party tomorrow.....think things are going to be just a bit busy.....just a guess tho....weather looks grand tho! | |
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Nov 9th, 2007, 08:32 PM
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| were going to start out to huntsville for an early lunch....then which ever way the front wheel aims after that!! | |
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Nov 10th, 2007, 08:50 AM
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| Those are good I got them in a email last week , but havent figure out how to convert to the site  | |
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Nov 10th, 2007, 06:02 PM
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| cowboy, right click on the text of the email, then copy and paste here.....  | |
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Nov 11th, 2007, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by voodoochild  I like that alot Chuck!!! | I second voodochild's opinion. Excellent! and AMEN to that brother!
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