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Itzaz� Around Here!Monday, February 07, 2005

What IS a Job?

JOHN GLENN (ON THE SENATE FLOOR) Date: 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 (speaking) 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?



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. Now he's a Senator!

Things that make you think a little........



But Wait, there's more......................



1. There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during 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 Koreanever attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an average of18,334 per year.

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

a. c. d. e. 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 multipleoccasions.

* In the years since terrorists attacked us President Bush hasliberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Libya, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot, andcaptured 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 Chapaquiddick.





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.





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

thank a Veteran.