OT: USA

Don't know if these are true - but I enjoyed them.



U.S.A.



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 he intended
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 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
Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have
to speak German.'



You could have heard a pin drop



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AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...



A group of Americans, retired teachers, recently went to France on a
tour. 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 your 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 '44 to
help liberate this country, I couldn't find any damn Frenchmen to show
it to."

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:28:50 -0500, Joe English wrote:

> Don't know if these are true - but I enjoyed them.

> 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.

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True, more or less...

http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/powell.asp

I'm not motivated enough to look up the rest of them...

From the style of the stories, they are probably of similar degrees of
truth with various parts snipped out that get in the way of a good story...

Not that I have any problem with French bashing from a general priniciple
standpoint... I will have to say that the nude photos of the current
French president's wife are probably the best ones that I've seen of any
president's wife...

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Grumman-581 wrote

> Not that I have any problem with French bashing from a general priniciple
> standpoint... I will have to say that the nude photos of the current
> French president's wife are probably the best ones that I've seen of any
> president's wife...

URL?

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:03:02 -0400, Lee Bell wrote:

> URL?

You're too lazy to do a google search yourself?

OK... Here you go...

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/resou...arlabruni.jpeg

And if you dont think that this is the best nude photo of a president's
wife, you have to provide links to ones that you deem better...

<dirty-old-man-grin>

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On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:50:47 -0800, Scott wrote:

> Jeez.
>
> She's a little scrawny, knock kneed and has bee-bites.

Please feel free to post any links to nude photos of better looking wives
of presidents... If you can't, then I was right when I said it was the
"best nude photo of a president's wife"... I dare you...

<dirty-old-man-grin>

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On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:14:01 -0800, Scott wrote:

> You were correct.

I figured that you would see the voice of reason in my argument...

> But lets not forget that JFK was hittin' Marilyn Monroe, not Monica or
> Hillary...

Agreed... And for that, Billy-Boy should be shot... As leader of the only
fuckin' superpower left on the planet, he deserved world class nookie, not
trailer trash leftovers...

> Doesn't say much about the worlds leaders does it?

Sadly, you're right...

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Scott wrote

> But lets not forget that JFK was hittin' Marilyn Monroe, not Monica or
> Hillary...

No to mention that his wife was pretty hot in her day too.

Lee

"Grumman-581" <grumman581-usenet-2008@spambob.net> wrote in message
newsan.2008.03.28.18.36.52.766000@grumman581-usenet-2008-spambob-net...
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:03:02 -0400, Lee Bell wrote:
>
> > URL?
>
> You're too lazy to do a google search yourself?
>
> OK... Here you go...
>
> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/resou...arlabruni.jpeg
>
> And if you dont think that this is the best nude photo of a president's
> wife, you have to provide links to ones that you deem better...
>
> <dirty-old-man-grin>

Jeez.

She's a little scrawny, knock kneed and has bee-bites.

"Grumman-581" <grumman581-usenet-2008@spambob.net> wrote in message
newsan.2008.03.28.19.09.01.844000@grumman581-usenet-2008-spambob-net...
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:50:47 -0800, Scott wrote:

> > Jeez.

> > She's a little scrawny, knock kneed and has bee-bites.

> Please feel free to post any links to nude photos of better looking wives
> of presidents... If you can't, then I was right when I said it was the
> "best nude photo of a president's wife"... I dare you...

You were correct.

But lets not forget that JFK was hittin' Marilyn Monroe, not Monica or
Hillary...

> <dirty-old-man-grin>

Doesn't say much about the worlds leaders does it?

On Mar 28, 3:50 pm, "Scott" <pugetsounddi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "Lee Bell" <pleeb...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>
> news:BPbHj.23384$Er2.3315@bignews6.bellsouth.net.. .
>
> > Scott wrote
>
> > > But lets not forget that JFK was hittin' Marilyn Monroe, not Monica or
> > > Hillary...
>
> > No to mention that his wife was pretty hot in her day too.
>
> Touché.

http://members.fortunecity.com/noops...kennedy021.jpg

http://members.fortunecity.com/noops...kennedy029.jpg