[Rhodes22-list] FW: Is this true?

Rik Sandberg sanderico at earthlink.net
Sat Jan 10 17:59:00 EST 2004


Ed,

Snopes says TRUE. I say, too bad John didn't get up and kick Howard's ass!!! 
He would have remembered that a lot longer than a little ass chewing. :-)

Rik


On 01/10/2004 05:24 pm, Kroposki wrote:
> Subject: Is this true?
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> For those of you who check out the veracity of re posts to the list, is
> the quote that was sent to me true?
>                                 Ed K
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> Subject: Great Answer from John Glenn
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> I don't know if this is true, but if it is true it is a great answer
> from John Glenn.
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> Some people still don't understand why military personnel do what they
> do for a living. This exchange Between Senators John Glenn and Sen.
> Howard Metzenbaum is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive
> and 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 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.
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> 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 Veterans 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 job. 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. Now he is a
> Senator!
>
> If you can read this, thank a teacher....
> If you are reading it in English, thank a Veteran
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