| i got this AMAZING E-MAIL today its insaine u need to read it all PLEASE!!!!! it will make u think differently i promas!!!!
> > > 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, 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.
> >>
> >> 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 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? 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. Please keep this circulating.
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> God Bless!
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