America

From my Uncle:
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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.

You could have heard a pin drop.

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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?'

You could have heard a pin drop.

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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 chatt ing 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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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 h is carry on. "You have been
to France before, monsieur?" the custom s officer
asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had
been to France previously.
"Then y ou 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."

You could have heard a pin drop
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AMEN!

Prayers,

Pisio