Posted by
Ericka Andersen on Friday, March 02, 2007 3:33:42 PM
I got this today in an email forward and felt it worth publishing for the good folks: THIS IS FABULOUS, NO MATTER WHAT POLITICAL PARTY YOU BACK UP,
SENATOR JOHN GLENN DESERVES A STANDING OVATION !!!!!!
Regardless of your political views, this certainly gives us all food
for thought. Sen. Glenn was so quick on his feet. When you speak
from the heart and with passion, you never know what comes out.
SENATOR JOHN GLENN SAID:
Things that make you think a little.......
1. There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during the month
of 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 .
2. When some claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war,
state the following:
FDR...led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us: Japan did.
From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per
year.
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.
John F. Kennedy....started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never
attacked us. Johnson...turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975,
58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year.
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.
3. In the two 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,
but...It 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 of 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 killing a woman.
Wait, there's still more......................
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 our
military.
JOHN GLENN ON THE SENATE FLOOR
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:13 Senator Howard Metzenbaum to Senator
Glenn:
"How can you run for Senate when you've never held a real job?"
Senator Glenn: "I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps.
I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions.
My plane was hit by antiaircraft fire on 12 different occasions.
I was in the space program.
It wasn't my checkbook, Howard; it was my life that was 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?
I'll tell you, Howard Metzenbaum;
you should be on your knees every day of your life thanking God that
there were some men - SOME MEN - who held REAL jobs. And they required a
dedication to a purpose - and a love of country and a dedication to
duty that was more important than life itself. And their self-sacrifice is what
made this country possible.
I HAVE held a job, Howard! 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.