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  1. #1
    Bense468
    This is old, but was looking through my mail...saw it and thought I would share.
    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 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 dedi cation 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
    If you can read this, thank a teacher.... If you are reading it in English thank a Veteran.

  2. #2
    LHC30Victory
    Thank You for helping the US to keep perspective!

  3. #3
    Bense468
    1 reply???

  4. #4
    LHC30Victory
    1 reply???
    Only Democrats must be online now and you scared them!

  5. #5
    Red Horse
    I think there are a few people thinking right now.
    Our national anthem still brings a tear to my eye.
    Been in the military for 16 years and am thankful that we have had great leaders that have gone before us. Real men that lead by example.

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