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dowens(at)aerialviewpoint
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 Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:35 am Post subject: Pin Drop... |
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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. 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. 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
David Owens
Aerial Viewpoint
N14AV
AC-500A-Colemill
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wjrhamilton(at)optusnet.c
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:56 pm Post subject: Pin Drop... |
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David,
Good one, David, I'm going to use that.
Cheers,
Bill Hamilton
At 03:30 7/12/2007, you wrote:
[quote]--> Commander-List message posted by: "David Owens" <dowens(at)aerialviewpoint.com>
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. 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. 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
David Owens
Aerial Viewpoint
N14AV
AC-500A-Colemill
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:16 pm Post subject: Pin Drop... |
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AMEN!! jb
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