USA, USA,USA IS GREAT!!!

[Scott_J]

Check this out.

 

As some of you may know, one of my son's friends serves in the military. He is

still stateside, here in California. He called me yesterday to let me

know how warm and welcoming people were to him, and his troops,

everywhere he goes. Telling me how people shake their hands, and thank

them for being willing to serve, and fight, for not only our own

freedoms but so that others may have them also.

 

But he also told me about an incident in the grocery store he stopped at

yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that ahead of several

people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a burkha. He said when

she

got to the cashier she loudly remarked about the U.S. flag lapel pin the

cashier wore on her uniform. The cashier reached up and touched the pin,

and said yes, I always wear it. The woman in the burkha then asked the

cashier when she was going to stop bombing! her countrymen, explaining

that she was Iraqi.

 

A gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm

around my son's shoulders, and nodding towards my son, said in a calm

and gentle voice to the Iraqi woman: "Lady, hundreds of thousands of men

and women like this young man have fought and died so that you could

stand here, in MY country and accuse a check-out cashier of bombing your

countrymen. It is my belief that had you been this outspoken in YOUR OWN

country we wouldn't need to be there today. But, hey? if you have now

learned how to speak out so loudly and clearly I'll gladly pay your way

back to Iraq so you can straighten out the mess you are obviously here

to avoid."

 

Everyone in line, and within hearing distance, cheered the older

gentleman, coming forward as they reached for their wallets. The woman

in the burkha left the store in silence.

 

I am, like at least some that were in the store, outraged! But it also

warmed my heart to! know that we, as American's, are speaking out,

calmly and succinctly (finally) to those that enjoy the freedoms here in

the US.

but who complain and berate the very government (and the people) that

protect those very freedoms Hooray for Rea's son; Hooray for that

checker; Hooray for the gentleman in the store for his actions; Hooray

for Rea for sharing this with all of us.

 

 

[sk]

One of my good friends husband is being deployed next month, He is the father of 5 children. I can not think of any country I would rather live in.

[Off_White]

Sisu, when you post someone else's words you should attribute the source, lest other's assume you are speaking from your own experience.

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[Scott_J]

I repent in dust and ashes, GOD. Book of Job.

 

 

By the way teach, I would of if the source had been attached. If you look at all my other posts like this one I have attached the "author" if they had been there. I'll do 15 Hail Off Whites while I face the compose pile today. Will that open the gate ways to Tenino?

Edited September 14, 2003 by sisu_suomi

[Off_White]

 

I only checked on the provenance because it smelled like a "poodle in the microwave" story, and if it happened to someone you personally knew I'd have wanted to hear more details. It seems unlikely that an Iraqi woman in a convenience store full of good old boys would harrass anyone about the flag, which is plastered about everywhere you look these days. It seems to me that the freedom to disagree and the courage to do so is very much one of the things that this country stands for.

 

The gates of Tenino are always open for you Sisu, but it wasn't clear if it represented heaven or hell to you.