OT: Some funny political stuff at last... was Moving from SCO to Linux

[John Esak]

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Charlie,

Thank you SO much. The PC bumper-sticker people will have a heart attack at
this _very_ funny (and poignant) piece. I much appreciate you sending it.
My father was in the first rush on Normandy... He made it through, thank
God... I'm _allowed_ to laugh at this and think it is very funny. We _all_
are... if we could only shake the PC movement that has so overblown common
sense and decency into a cultural climate that is almost unbearable. Good
post.

John


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> I wasn't going to, but since Ken's message, now I have to send this.
>
> Charles Day
>
>
>
> >How Would The D-Day Invasion be Reported Today?
> >
> >It would probably go like this....................
> >
> >
> >June 6, 1944 . - NORMANDY-
> >Three hundred French civilians were killed and thousands more
> wounded today
> >in the first hours of America 's invasion of continental Europe
> . Casualties
> >were heaviest among women and children.
>
> >Most of the French casualties were the result of artillery fire from
> >American ships attempting to knock out German fortifications prior to the
> >landing of hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops. Reports from a makeshift
> >hospital in the French town of St. Mere Eglise said the carnage was far
> >worse than the French had anticipated and reaction against the American
> >invasion was running high.
>
> >"We are dying for no reason," said a Frenchman speaking on condition of
> >anonymity. "Americans can't even shoot straight. I never thought I'd say
> >this, but life was better under Adolph Hitler."
>
> >The invasion also caused severe environmental damage. American troops,
> >tanks, trucks and machinery destroyed miles of pristine shoreline and
> >thousands of acres of ecologically sensitive wetlands. It was
> believed that
> >the habitat of the spineless French crab was completely wiped out,
> >threatening the species with extinction
>
> >A representative of Greenpeace said his organization, which had tried to
> >stall the invasion for over a year, was appalled at the
> destruction, but not
> >surprised.
>
> >"This is just another example of how the military destroys the
> environment
> >without a second thought, " said Christine Moanmore. "And it's all about
> >corporate greed."
>
> >Contacted at his Manhattan condo, a member of the French
> government-in-exile
> >who abandoned Paris when Hitler invaded said the invasion was
> based solely
> >on American financial interests. "Everyone knows that President Roosevelt
> >has ties to big beer," said Pierre LeWimp. "Once the German beer
> industry is
> >conquered, Roosevelt 's beer cronies will control the world
> market and make
> >a fortune."
>
> >Administration supporters said America 's aggressive actions
> were based in
> >part on the assertions of controversial scientist Albert
> Einstein, who sent
> >a letter to Roosevelt speculating that the Germans were
> developing a secret
> >weapon, a so-called "atomic bomb." Such a weapon could produce
> casualties on
> >a scale never seen before and cause environmental damage that
> could last for
> >thousands of years.
>
> >Hitler has denied having such a weapon and international inspectors were
> >unable to locate such weapons even after spending two long weekends in
> >Germany
> >
> >Shortly after the invasion began reports surfaced that German
> prisoners had
> >been abused by Americans. Mistreatment of Jews by Germans at so-called
> >"concentration camps" has been rumored but so far, remains unproven.
> >Several thousand Americans died during the first hours of the
> invasion and
> >French officials are concerned that uncollected corpses pose a
> public health
> >risk. "The Americans should have planned for this in advance,"
> they said..
> >"It's their mess and we don't intend to clean it up."
>
> >I'm glad the soldiers who fought and died so bravely on D-Day
> and throughout
> >World War II did so decades ago. In the 1940s war was hell, but
> at least our
> >troops didn't have to fight the folks(?) back home.
>