At a time when our president and other politicians tend to apologize for our country's prior actions, here's a refresher on how some of our former patriots handled negative comments about our country.


These
are good




JFK'S
Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when
DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO.  DeGaulle said he wanted all US   
military out of France as soon as possible.



Rusk responded,
"Does that include those who are buried here?"



DeGaulle
did not respond.

You
could have heard a pin drop.



______________________________________________________________



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?"


Without hesitating,
the American Admiral replied, "Maybe it's because the
Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's 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 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 their 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.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


If
you are proud to be an American, pass this on! If not, delete it.




I am proud to be of this land, AMERICA

Quote from: HogWash on November 23, 2014, 09:39:53 PM
At a time when our president and other politicians tend to apologize for our country's prior actions, here's a refresher on how some of our former patriots handled negative comments about our country.


These
are good




JFK'S
Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when
DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO.  DeGaulle said he wanted all US   
military out of France as soon as possible.



Rusk responded,
"Does that include those who are buried here?"



DeGaulle
did not respond.

You
could have heard a pin drop.



______________________________________________________________



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?"


Without hesitating,
the American Admiral replied, "Maybe it's because the
Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's 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 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 their 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.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


If
you are proud to be an American, pass this on! If not, delete it.




I am proud to be of this land, AMERICA

I'm not

sure how to evaluate your postings.

It is, I hope

a genuine pain in your ass to read
this reply.

At this

point in time, I
would vote you out of the
board.

If you have something to say, why don't you just say it? Why treat your thoughts as if they're illustrations or graffiti? Why fling them around with such disrespect?

Almost 50 years ago we put our boys on the Moon to play golf & driver Dune Buggies.

Quote from: Gator Monroe on November 24, 2014, 07:19:45 AM
Almost 50 years ago we put our boys on the Moon to play golf & driver Dune Buggies.

Seriously. Is that all you got out of it?

Quote from: Solar on November 24, 2014, 07:22:05 AM
Seriously. Is that all you got out of it?

The French ave not followed suit yet 

Quote from: Gator Monroe on November 24, 2014, 07:23:48 AM
The French ave not followed suit yet 

Don't waste my time if your'e going to obfuscate.

Quote from: TboneAgain on November 23, 2014, 10:00:07 PM
I'm not

sure how to evaluate your postings.

It is, I hope

a genuine pain in your ass to read
this reply.

At this

point in time, I
would vote you out of the
board.

If you have something to say, why don't you just say it? Why treat your thoughts as if they're illustrations or graffiti? Why fling them around with such disrespect?

That post was a copy and paste from an email. It it upsets your sorry ass...too bad. Start voting.

Quote from: HogWash on November 24, 2014, 10:43:55 AM
That post was a copy and paste from an email. It it upsets your sorry ass...too bad. Start voting.

In other words, it's nearly unreadable shit because you put forth no effort to make it otherwise. Thanks for clearing that up, champ.

Quote from: TboneAgain on November 24, 2014, 11:57:24 AM
In other words, it's nearly unreadable shit because you put forth no effort to make it otherwise. Thanks for clearing that up, champ.

No problem, champ and screw you very much. And if you had trouble scrolling down, too damn bad.

Quote from: HogWash on November 24, 2014, 03:13:37 PM
No problem, champ and screw you very much. And if you had trouble scrolling down, too damn bad.

Oh, my. No more love letters. I mean it! "Screw you very much." Gosh, you take my breath, big boy! 

Quote from: TboneAgain on November 24, 2014, 03:23:10 PM
Oh, my. No more love letters. I mean it! "Screw you very much." Gosh, you take my breath, big boy! 

Did your Viagra work longer than the normal 4 hours today?  Oh, my....

Quote from: HogWash on November 24, 2014, 07:00:26 PM
Did your Viagra work longer than the normal 4 hours today?  Oh, my....

Keep it up, and your time will be short lived.

Quote from: Solar on November 24, 2014, 08:19:44 PM
Keep it up, and your time will be short lived.

The sooner the better.

Quote from: HogWash on November 24, 2014, 07:00:26 PM
Did your Viagra work longer than the normal 4 hours today?  Oh, my....

Quote from: supsalemgr on November 25, 2014, 04:04:15 AM
The sooner the better.

Done! He was under 20 posts and already acting the ass, so it was a given as to what his future held.
So why wait?