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Story of Us, The (1999)
IMDB rating: 5.40
Plot: Two jilted lovers spend fifteen years of marriage together, only to find that they might no longer love each other. In this time they have two children and go through the various (dramatic and comical) events that take place in an average marriage.
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Directors: Reiner Rob
Actors: Willis Bruce,Matheson Tim,Poston Tom,Sandvig Jake,Boersma Casey,Boersma Dylan,Lerner Ken,Raider-Wexler Victor,Hague Albert,Drama,Comedy,Romance,
does this make you proud to fight for FREEDOM…..Thanks to all VETS past and present?
At a time when our president and other politicians tend to apologize for
our country’s prior actions, here’s a refresher on how some of our
former patriots handled negative comments about our country.
These are good.
JFK’S
Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60’s when
De Gaulle decided to pull out of NATO. De Gaulle said he wanted all US
military out of France as soon as possible.
Rusk responded,
"Does that include those who are buried here?"
De Gaulle
did not respond.
You
could have heard a 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."
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
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
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 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
Brit’s, Canadians, Aussie’s 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 their 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..
wraeth
first Thanks for your service….second i am sure it is embelished a little…but i am also sure there are folks out there that need to hear this
Thank You…i agree when i was in France the locals treated me and my other shipmates like crap…the only ones who treated us good were those wanting us to spend our money…i don`t like some of the French….especally when they wouldn`t let us use their air space …..grrrrrrrrr
I like it.
The Ghost of Stan Darsh V | Feb 04, 2010
Lol even if some of that is embellished or false, it is still a good analogy for the good that the US military does, and the criticism we endure for it. Good post.
wraeth | Feb 04, 2010
I love the French stories , people act like "why do you hate the French" these days
they are the biggest hypocrites out there and the first people to bitsh about the US.
Thank You | Feb 04, 2010
