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ladylove77 - 02 Sep 2006 17:14 GMT

A mother asked President Bush, "Why did my son have to die in Iraq?"

Another mother asked President Kennedy, "Why did my son have to die in
Viet Nam?"

Another mother asked President Truman, "Why did my son have to die in
Korea?

Another mother asked President F.D. Roosevelt, "Why did my son have to
die at Iwo Jima?"

Another mother asked President W. Wilson, "Why did my son have to die
on the battlefield of France?"

Yet another mother asked President Lincoln, "Why did my son have to
die at Gettysburg?"

And yet another mother asked President G. Washington, "Why did my son
have to die near Valley Forge?"

Then long, long ago, a mother asked...

"Heavenly Father, why did my Son have to die on a cross outside of
Jerusalem?"

The answers to all these are similar --

"So that others may have life and dwell in peace, happiness and
freedom."

This was emailed to me with no author and I thought the magnitude and
the simplicity were awesome .

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Tumbleweed - 02 Sep 2006 19:33 GMT

I thought this was funnier;

It was the first day of school and a new student named Pedro Martinez, the
son of a Mexican restaurateur, entered the fourth grade.

The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American history. Who said
'Give me Liberty, or give me Death?'"

She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Pedro, who had his hand up.
"Patrick Henry, 1775."

"Very good!" apprised the teacher. "Now, who said, 'Government of the
people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth'?"

Again, no response except from Pedro: "Abraham Lincoln, 1863."

The teacher snapped at the class, "Class, you should be ashamed! Pedro, who
is new to our country, knows more about its history than you do!"

She heard a loud whisper from the back of the classroom: "Screw the
Mexicans!"

"Who said that?" she demanded.

Pedro put his hand up. "Jim Bowie, 1836."

At that point, another student in the back said, "I'm gonna puke."

The teacher glared and asked, "All right! Now, who said that?"

Again, Pedro answered, "George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991."

Another student yelled, "You're INCREDIBLE!"

Pedro jumped out of his chair waving his hand and shouting to the teacher,
"Bill Clinton to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!"

Now, with almost mob hysteria, the teacher said, "You little punk ... if you
say anything else, I'll kill you!"

Pedro frantically yelled at the top of his voice, "Gary Condit to Chandra
Levy, 2001."

The teacher fainted, and as the class gathered around her on the floor,
someone said, "Oh crap, we're in BIG trouble now!"

Pedro whispered, "Saddam Hussein, 2003."

Finally someone throws an eraser at Pedro and another student shouts "Duck"!

Teacher, just waking, asked "Who said that?"

Pedro answered: "Dick Cheney, 2006!"

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ladylove77 - 02 Sep 2006 23:04 GMT

You're right, Tumblewed, but what I posted wasn't suposed to be funny!
Gwen

>I thought this was funnier;
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> Pedro answered: "Dick Cheney, 2006!"

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Dana Carpender - 03 Sep 2006 00:02 GMT

> A mother asked President Bush, "Why did my son have to die in Iraq?"
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> This was emailed to me with no author and I thought the magnitude and
> the simplicity were awesome .

I'm afraid I find it a painfully simplistic view of history. I don't in
any way believe that this war in Iraq is doing a *thing* for my peace,
happiness, or freedom. I'm not entirely convinced the Vietnam war did
much for those things, either.

DAna

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Evelyn Ruut - 03 Sep 2006 12:19 GMT

>> A mother asked President Bush, "Why did my son have to die in
>> Iraq?"
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> DAna

I'm with you on this Dana. Next election will tell the tale.
Vote out all incumbents....especially repugnican incumbents.

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