YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP

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Posted by Antoniette D. Walker on May 9, 2009 at 8:50pm
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YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP


These thoughts tell us how the rest of the world thinks about us........
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 20 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 shor e 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 chatting away in English as they sipped
t heir 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...
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 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!
I am, and I did.