Now that the Pope has apologized to the Jewish People for the treatment
of Jews by the Catholic Church over the years, Ariel Sharon, the Prime
Minister of Israel, sent a proposal to the College of Cardinals for a
friendly game of golf to be played between the two leaders or their
representatives to demonstrate the friendship and ecumenical spirit
shared by the Catholics and the Jews, particularly during Lent.
The Pope then met with his College of Cardinals to discuss the proposal.
"Your Holiness", said one of the Cardinals, "Mr. Sharon wants to
challenge you to a game of golf to show that you are old and unable to
compete. I am afraid that this would tarnish our image in the world."
The Pope thought about this and since he had never held a golf club in
his life asked, "Don't we have a Cardinal to represent me?" "None who
plays golf very well," a Cardinal replied, "But," he added, "There is a
man named Jack Nicklaus, an American golfer, who is a devout Catholic.
We can offer to make him a Cardinal, and then ask him to play Mr. Sharon
as your personal representative. In addition to showing our spirit of
cooperation, we will also win the match."
Everyone agreed that this was a great idea. The call was made. Of
course, Jack Nicklaus was honored and he agreed to play as a
representative of the Pope.
The day after the match, Nicklaus reported to the Vatican to inform the
Pope of the result.
"I have some good news and some bad news, Your Holiness," said the
golfer. "Tell me the good news, Cardinal Nicklaus," said the Pope.
"Well, Your Holiness, I don't like to brag, but even though I have
played some pretty terrific rounds of golf in my life, this was the best
I have ever played, by far. I must have been inspired from above. My
drives were long and true, my irons were accurate and purposeful, and my
putting was perfect. With all due respect, my play was truly
miraculous."
"How can there be bad news?", the Pope asked. Nicklaus sighed, "I lost
to Rabbi Tiger Woods by three strokes."
Do you know why Jesus wasn't born in Washington D.C.?
The angel Gabriel said he couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.
LOL, don't look at me, I didn't say that, Gabriel did.
If you're telling me that you've got angels whispering in your ear I'm really going to start worrying about you pal!
On the other hand, speaking about Washington "wise men", I offer the following URL wondering what part Halliburton played in interrupting my son's much needed sleep.
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=19869&archive=true
âÂÂThey arenâÂÂt built for soldiers. TheyâÂÂre built for civilians,â Smith said.
Where has Smith been? The number one killer on the news yesterday is obesity, ha, at 6'2" tall and only 203 pounds, I am considered skinny. LOL, and he only weighs 2 pounds more. We had very strong steel frames when I was in the military, they are a wide wire grid supported to the frame with springs. The big problem we had was a shortage of springs, have no idea who was swiping those, but lie down and your butt would hit the floor or on a bunk, your upper buddy was sleeping with you. Try and make a bed where you could bounce a quarter off of that mess. On sheet changing day, we had to roll up our mattress, try rolling up a seal posterpedic mattress on a civilian bed. I was grocery shopping last night, gosh there are a lot of fat people running around with carts loaded with junk food and $300.00 grocery bills. I am no carnival weight guesser but would say, over 300 pounds is the average.
I suppose those cots cost the government $10,000.00 each as well.
Gee, if you use to hear voices back then, you were considered a saint, today if you hear voices, you are a certified fruitcake, so who did write the bible?
Smith and his buddies, along with his commander, have been in Germany running around with 65 pound packs on their backs unlearning how to be tankers because the army doesn't have enough infantrymen to keep Tikrit safe. They are as lean and mean as the army can make them and are trying to be alert enough to keep themselves alive for the next year. They are busting their butts for a country that tells them they are heroes but then forgets to supply them with functional body armor, armored humvees and decent cots to sleep on. Some of the kids in that group have laid out as much as $200-800 of their own money to replace the crappy equipment that the army issued them. They are the lucky ones - regular army. The national guard guys who are headed in there now have even poorer gear and less training. So much for the question of "Is our military overcommitted?". I don't know how your state is faring, but mine now has half of its national guard gone, called up on active duty.
Considering your question about voices, I am VERY tempted to apply logic and arrive at a flippant conclusion, but I'll restrain myself in deference to the sensitivities of others. ;
Little background on myself.... just Honorably discharged from the Marines in June 02... my unit has been to Iraq 2x now.. I missed the first deployment by less than 30 days.. Last friday I took a personal day due to having to pay respect to a fellow Marine that has fallen in combat... The sad part? He wasnt in combat. Our military personnel is not "at war" nor "engaged in combat" we are over there helping control small tid bits of fighting and helping maintain order so that a country can operate self sufficiently. I think the questions now are "is this what we really want to spend our tax money on and is this what our military is trained to do?" I have pretty much been apart of all Special Operations Capable sub-excercises and non specifically showed us how to defend ourselves in an Iraqi shooting gallery.
In short.. send my freinds and brothers home. I want to laugh over a beer and not stand over a coffin!
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Matt
Independent shop parts and airconditioning specialist.
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