What John Glenn Said Who Never Had a Job

[David]

*reposted for reconeil



This is a good read, regardless of your politics

JOHN GLENN SAID:
Things that make you think a little:

There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq in 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 .

When some claim that President Bush shouldn't have started this war, state the following:
a. FDR led us into World War II.
B. Germany never attacked us; Japan did.
From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost ..
an average of 112,500 per year.

c. 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.

d John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962.
Vietnam never attacked us.

e. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire.
From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost ..
an average of 5,800 per year.

f. 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.

G. In the 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.
ButIt 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 for 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.

It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in
Florida !!!!

Our Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB!
The Military morale is high!

The biased media hopes we are too ignorant to realize the facts

But Wait There's more!

JOHN GLENN (ON THE SENATE FLOOR)
Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:13

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 the military.

Senator Metzenbaum (speaking to Senator Glenn):
"How can you run for Senate
when you've never held a real job?"

Senator Glenn (D-Ohio):
"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?

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.

Now he's a Senator!



If you can read this, thank a teacher.
If you are reading it in English thank a Veteran.



It might not be a bad idea to keep this circulating

[WateringHole]

Great post David

BTW....Isn't John Glenn a Democrat ?

[covan]

Nice post but not completely accurate.

Check out snopes.com on the subject: http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/glenn.asp

[Keith_Hixson]

The article isn't totally accurate. Some literary license took place but it isn't too far from being accurate.

Keith

http://urbanlegends.about.com/librar...metzenbaum.htm

[Keith_Hixson]

Prohibition:

13 - 20 thousand deaths a year directly rated to drunk driving.
Ban Alcohol. . . . . . Brother Bob and Paco Tom would never forgive me.
Seriously until we are ready to ban alcohol then no one should complain about military deaths.
Alcohol kills and injures more people each year than war. Next time you hear someone complaining about war and sipping alcohol, just remind them that their activity causes more deaths than war. Usually shuts them up. Add up the long term harm alcohol does, let's ban alcohol and go back to the prohibition.

Keith