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How True - How True..........Boy Were We Lucky (anon 2/15/2003)
Looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we have......
My Mom used to cut chicken, chop eggs and spread mayo on the same cutting board with the same knife and no bleach, but we didn't seem to get food poisoning.
My Mom used to defrost hamburger on the counter AND I used to eat it raw sometimes too, but I can't remember getting E-coli.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes we had no helmets.
We played with toy guns, cowboys and Indians, army, cops and robbers, and used our fingers to simulate guns when the toy ones or my BB gun was not available.
Some students weren't as smart as others or didn't work hard so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade. That generation produced some of the greatest risk-takers and problem solvers. We had the freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.
Almost all of us would have rather gone swimming in the lake instead of a pristine pool (talk about boring), the term cell phone would have conjured up a phone in a jail cell, and a pager was the school PA system.
We all took gym, not PE... and risked permanent injury with a pair of high top Ked's (only worn in gym) instead of having cross-training athletic shoes with air cushion soles and built in light reflectors. I can't recall any injuries but they must have happened because they tell us how much safer we are now. Flunking gym was not an option... even for stupid kids! I guess PE must be much harder than gym.
Every year, someone taught the whole school a lesson by running in the halls with leather soles on linoleum tile and hitting the wet spot. How much better off would we be today if we only knew we could have sued the school system.
Speaking of school, we all said prayers and the pledge and stayed in detention after school and caught all sorts of negative attention for the next two weeks. We must have had horribly damaged psyches.
I can't understand it. Schools didn't offer 14 year olds an abortion or condoms (we wouldn't have known what either was anyway) but they did give us a couple of aspirin and cough syrup if we started getting the sniffles.
What an archaic health system we had then. Remember school nurses? Ours wore a hat and everything.
I thought that I was supposed to accomplish something before I was allowed to be proud of myself.
I just can't recall how bored we were without computers, PlayStation, Nintendo, X-box or 270 digital cable stations.  I must be repressing that memory as I try to rationalize through the denial of the dangers could have befallen us as we trekked off each day about a mile down the road to some guy's vacant 20, built forts out of branches and pieces of plywood, made trails, and fought over who got to be the Lone Ranger. What was that property owner thinking, letting us play on that lot. He should have been locked up for not putting up a fence around the property, complete with a self-closing gate and an infrared intruder alarm.
Oh yeah... and where was the Benadryl and sterilization kit when I got that bee sting? I could have been killed!
We played king of the hill on piles of gravel left on vacant construction sites and when we got hurt, Mom pulled out the 48 cent bottle of mercurochrome and then we got our butt spanked. Now it's a trip to the emergency room, followed by a 10-day dose of a $49 bottle of antibiotics and then Mom calls the attorney to sue the contractor for leaving a horribly vicious pile of gravel where it was such a threat.
We didn't act up at the neighbor's house either because if we did, we got our butt spanked (physical abuse) ... and then we got our butt spanked again when we got home.
Mom invited the door to door salesman inside for coffee, kids choked down the dust from the gravel driveway while playing with Tonka trucks (remember why Tonka trucks were made tough... it wasn't so that they could take the rough Berber in the family room), and Dad drove a car with leaded gas.
Our music had to be left inside when we went out to play and I am sure that I nearly exhausted my imagination a couple of times when we went on two week vacations. I should probably sue the folks now for the danger they put us in when we all slept in campgrounds in the family tent.
Summers were spent behind the push lawnmower and I didn't even know that mowers came with motors until I was 13 and we got one without an automatic blade-stop or an auto-drive. How sick were my parents?
Of course my parents weren't the only psychos. I recall Donny Reynolds from next door coming over and doing his tricks on the front stoop just before he fell off. Little did his Mom know that she could have owned our house.  Instead she picked him up and swatted him for being such a goof. It was a neighborhood run amuck.
To top it off, not a single person I knew had ever been told that they were from a dysfunctional family. How could we possibly have known that we needed to get into group therapy and anger management classes? We were obviously so duped by so many societal ills, that we didn't even notice that the entire country wasn't taking  Prozac!
How did we survive ? ! ? ! ? ! ?

Subject: WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!! (anon 7/2/2002)

Food for Thought

In light of the recent shooting in California let's see, I think it started when Madeline Murray 'O'Hare complained she didn't want any prayer in our schools, and we said OK.
Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school.... the Bible that says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said, OK.
Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem. And we said, an expert should know what he's talking about so we said OK, we won't spank them anymore.
Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our children when they misbehave. And the school administrators said no faculty member in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don't want any bad publicity, and we surely do! n'! t want to be sued.
(There's a big difference between disciplining and touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking, etc. And we accepted their reasoning.
Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said, that's a grand idea.
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they want, so they can have all the fun they desire, and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we said, that's another great idea.
Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. And agreeing with them, we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President, does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
And then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female body. And we said we have no problem with that.
And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures of nude children and then stepped further still by making them available !on! the Internet. And we said they're entitled to there free speech.
And the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. And let's record music that encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.

And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, and nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."

Dear God,

Why didn't you save the little girl in Michigan?
 

Sincerely,
Concerned Student

AND THE REPLY

Dear Concerned Student,
I am not allowed in schools.
Sincerely,
God.

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell.
Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.
Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do not have to believe, think, say, or do anything the Bible says.
Funny how someone can say, "I believe in God" but still follow Satan who, by the way, also "believes" in God.
Funny how we are quick to judge but not to be judged.
Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.
Funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely through Cyberspace, but the public discussion of Jesus is suppressed in the school and workplace.
Funny how someone can be so fired up for Christ on Sunday, but be an invisible Christian the rest of the week.

Are you laughing?

Funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what t! he! y will think of you for sending it to them.
Funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than what God thinks of me.


One Court Case the Freedom From Religion Foundation Doesn't want you to know about (READ HERE) (6/26/2002)
It is amazing to me that these organizations spend so much time trying to ban God from our country, when our country was founded in Christian ideals.   America and its government has never endorsed a single established religion in this country, nor do we infringe on the right OF religion.   Someone still needs to explain to me where it says we are given the "freedom FROM religion".

The Strange Origin of the Pledge of Allegiance
Well, here is a slightly skewed (from my viewpoint) response from a reader.  I respect his, and the ACLU's rights, but I don't agree with all of them.   I hope it would be possible to maintain friendly relations, even though our values and thinking are so radically different.  Included is my response, at the end of his email to me. (6/26/2002)
I encourage everyone to read the next paragraph...I just want to know where the ACLU feels a "strict separation of church and state" appears anywhere in the Constitution?  It is intriguing how the 1st amendment can be taken out of context so drastically as the next paragraph illustrates. (6/26/2002)
Separation of church and state
The phrase "separation of church and state" does not appear anywhere in the Constitution.  Thomas Jefferson wrote that the 1st Amendment erected a "wall of separation" between the church and the state (James Madison said it "drew a line," but it is Jefferson's term that sticks with us today).  The phrase is commonly thought to mean that the government should not establish, support, or otherwise involve itself in any religion, though it is more accurate to say that the 1st Amendment prohibits the government from establishing a national religion, and protects the individual's right to worship, or not worship, however the individual sees fit. -- © usconstitution.net
Complete "What's NOT in the Constitution"(6/26/2002)

It is appalling to look at how certain organizations twist the Constitution to make it look better for them.  I wonder if the ACLU will help me fight for what should be allowed in school.   I don't want a "National" law stipulating and/or forcing school system to teach Creationism, I want the schools to be able to decide for themselves.  If I am a parent, sending my son to school I should be given the choice or at least a vote on that school years choices of curriculum.  If a majority of the parents agree with me, then excellent.  If a minority disagrees, then they have the choice of sending their kids somewhere else, or making different classroom decisions.  I still hold that a small minority should not make the laws for the majority, they should simply never be denied rights.  They should also not be given rights above that of others!!

I think it is about time we re-thought the whole "Establishment Clause" in the Constitution, and the flaws our system has developed over the years.  We need to "TAKE BACK" our schools, and make them a powerful force in this country.  We can ONLY do that by teaching everything, and teaching the truth.  By continuing to "remove" teaching from the schools, we do nothing but set a precedence which removes thought, and removes vision.   We want our kids growing up with knowing they have all sides of the story, not just one side.

COMMENT: My son has just been brought into this great world, he still has quite a few years to go before he will go to school.  However, those years will pass very fast, and before I know it he will be talking and joining school.  When that happens, I very much want him to be taught about the world, forms of religion, forms of teaching, world respect, human respect and dignity, and most of all the freedom to choose.
Although I respect the governments decision NOT to combine church and state, I do not believe it entitles us to make laws preventing individual classrooms, teachers, or even school boards on how and what to teach (within the law).   It is my firm belief that parents more than anything need to teach their children what they believe and hopefully it will bring to light the truth.  Schools should have the right to teach what they feel is best for the students of their area (and get direction from parents).  If a science teacher is teaching theories on how the world came about, they should be able to teach ALL of the top and mainstream theories.
In school, children get taught very bombastically the theory of evolution, and how we evolved from monkeys and finally made it to where we are now.   Why not teach the other most major theory, which is creation?  Creation is a TOP theory of how we arrived on this planet, and is based on scientific principals (and historical research).  Many important and respected scientists truly believe in creation.  Who are we to say which theory is correct?  Those who teach evolution and Darwinism were not present millions of years ago, nor were the people who teach creation there at the forming of this planet.   My personal beliefs aside, our children have the RIGHT to know and understand both sides.  Teachers are not required to make what they teach into religion, they are just there to teach the facts.
A large part of this world believes in God.  Whether that is God, Jesus, Allah, or other name (every country has one), they all reflect the creator of the planet.  This should be taught for what it is worth at our public schools.  It should be taught as a major theory, and part of the human experience.  When our children get out into the world, they will see this happening, and understand.  Otherwise, they will be confused (which our public school children are today) and need supplemental teaching to offset the poor lack of knowledge our schools have.
Our school system has the ability to brush over all topics, instead of just pondering one topic only.   I was brought up in a private school system called Redwood Christian.  This school was successfully able to teach me about God, other gods, religion (worldwide), science, creation, evolution, and the big bang theory.   I learned about Charles Darwin, and all kinds of other people throughout history.   Why is it that our public schools cannot teach the same things?   Oh, and besides ALL of my traditional teaching and studies my school was able to bring the Christian Religion to us, and teach that too.
I don't believe a publicly funded school system should "teach" Christianity (as gospel), or any other religion in class, or pay teachers to teach it (this is for church).  However, my point is that since I got such a great education, AND had the time to be taught religion, wouldn't it be a fair guess to mention public schools have enough time to teach those subjects as well?   I certainly hope we are not saying our school system is so flawed that we can only teach a small amount of the world.  If that is the case, I will take my education vouchers and subsidize my son at the school of my choice.   I want him to have the BEST education around, and not be dummied down like our public school children are being today.  Why is it that our school system is so bad?   Why don't we spend MOST of our budget for our school and education system?  We need to very, very much divert as much money as possible to our school system, and make that the highest budgeted item outside of national defense.  If we devoted as much effort to our children's teaching that we do to other parts of the government, we would reap the rewards 100 times over.  I think we have all lost sight of what is really important in life, and where we should focus our energy on.
I have come to respect a very CLEAR statement on the state of our country: we are given the Freedom OF Religion, not the Freedom FROM Religion.  At night when my son comes home and he talks about his day, and all the things he learned.  If I know that on the curriculum for his semester he is being taught evolution, Darwinism, the Big Bang Theory, AND Creationism, I will be very happy.  My son will then have all the knowledge he needs to complete his education.  I can supplement his knowledge with what I know and believe.  He can then, at the right age, make his own decision on what to believe.
On the other hand, if he is only taught one way, and it is drummed into him like mind control, I will be very angry.   Mr. Newdow believes his child is being harmed because other children express their views on God, and the school endorses this behavior.   I believe this school should also express to their students, in the appropriate class that "Atheism" is also a lifestyle choice which is void of religion.  All kids and parents get persecuted for something.  We are either too radical, or in the small minority.   This does not give us the right to stir the WHOLE nation up when we are the only ones that think this way.  If the majority of this country has chosen to have "Under God" in our national pledge, then the minority must sit back and accept it.  When Bill Clinton was elected to office, I didn't sue the country because I felt it was wrong, I just waited until he made a fool out of himself, and was replaced.
It is Mr. Newdow's right as a citizen of this country to speak his mind, and it is my right to speak my mind.  When I am told that my right, is not as good as his right (and I must suppress mine), I have a problem.  Once again, I must emphasize that we have the right OF FREEDOM, we have never been given the right FROM FREEDOM.  Mr. Newdow does NOT have the right to tell me or anyone else, how we may express our patriotism.  He can simply have his daughter pulled out of class, or even bring her in late.  Our country was founded on these principles and I will fight and DIE for this country before I will let that happen.  No one will tell me how to love my country, especially one sole person.  I love my country because of the great men and women who sacrificed their lives for it, and for our founding fathers who gave their whole existence to fight for one nation "Under God".   -- Sean D. Ackley (response@america1st.com)

Judges Ban Pledge of Allegiance From Schools, Citing 'Under God'(6/26/2002)
SAN FRANCISCO, June 26 — A federal appeals court here declared today that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional because the phrase "one nation under God" violates the separation of church and state.
The ruling came in a lawsuit filed in Federal District Court in Sacramento by an atheist, Michael A. Newdow, whose daughter attended elementary school in the Elk Grove Unified School District near the state capital.
Although under a 1943 ruling by the United States Supreme Court, children cannot be forced to recite the pledge, Dr. Newdow, an emergency room doctor with a law degree acting as his own lawyer, argued that his daughter's First Amendment rights were harmed because she was forced to "watch and listen as her state-employed teacher in her state-run school leads her classmates in a ritual proclaiming that there is a God, and that ours is `one nation under God.' "
The Ninth Circuit panel's majority consisted of Judge Goodwin, a 79-year-old jurist appointed in 1971 by President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen Reinhardt, a 71-year-old member of the court since 1980, when President Jimmy Carter appointed him. Writing for the majority, Judge Goodwin said the school district is "conveying a message of state endorsement of a religious belief when it requires public school teachers to recite, and lead the recitation of the current form of the pledge."
"Given the age and impressionability of schoolchildren," he added, "particularly within the confined environment of the classroom, the policy is highly likely to convey an impermissible message of endorsement to some and disapproval to others of their beliefs regarding the existence of a monotheistic God."
The "under God" clause of the pledge, the panel argued, was added by Congress solely to advance religion in order to differentiate the United States from nations under atheistic Communist rule.
"Such a purpose," Judge Goodwin wrote, runs counter to the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, "which prohibits the government's endorsement or advancement not only of one particular religion at the expense of other religions, but also of religion at the expense of atheism."
Mr. Newdow told The Associated Press today that the decision validated his point that it was wrong to force his daughter to listen to the pledge.
He also said that he and his family had been threatened because of the lawsuit and that the threats were "personal and scary."
"I could be dead tomorrow," Mr. Newdow said.

Webmaster views on above (6/26/2002)
This webmaster feels that if Mr. Newdow believes he will be killed because of his beliefs, he should leave the country he hates, and take up citizenship in a communist country like China or Cuba that does NOT believe in God.  I think he and his family would be much happier.
This webmaster fully endorses freedom of Religion, and Freedom of Press.  What I also believe in is the Freedom to ignore your fellow countrymen, and the Freedom to LEAVE the COUNTRY.  It is one thing to disagree with what this country says and does, but another thing to change the very fabric of our nation.  This nation was and IS founded on the principal of FREEDOM of all kinds.  If Mr. Newdow is unhappy with that, then welcome to the club!  Do you think I enjoy this decision.  My son will grow up thinking his country is full of lawmakers who are puppets, and cream puffs.   I want lawmakers who can make the HARD decisions, not just fall under any pressure.  AMERICA needs to wake up and realize we all have different opinions, beliefs, religions, and ideas.  WE ALL NEED TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
If Mr.  Newdow would like to EMBRACE our country, and re-cant his recent act of un-American ideals, I will fully support his right to be an atheist.   I will support him, and allow him to continue to be a citizen of this USA, without prejudice or harsh words.   I would have a drink with him, and share a poker game.  Just because his beliefs are different, and in fact, totally contrary to what I believe, I could still look at him, and interract with him as a normal functional member of this great country!  Do we all have to be friends, do we all have to like each other?  I don't think that is realistic.  All of us have friends, but all of us also have people we despise, which is the nature of being human.

Written and published by Unknown: (anon 9/1/2000)
This is a statement that was read over the PA system at the football game at Roane County High School, Kingston, Tennessee by school Principal Jody McLoud, on September 1, 2000. I thought it was worth sharing with the world, and hope you will forward it to all your friends. It clearly shows just how far this country has gone in the wrong direction.
"It has always been the custom at Roane County High School football games to say a prayer and play the National Anthem to honor God and Country.
Due to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, I am told that saying a prayer is a violation of Federal Case Law.
As I understand the law at this time, I can use this public facility to approve of sexual perversion and call it an alternate lifestyle, and if someone is offended, that's OK.
I can use it to condone sexual promiscuity by dispensing condoms and calling it safe sex. If someone is offended, that's OK. I can even use this public facility to present the merits of killing an unborn baby as a viable means of birth control. If someone is offended, no problem.
I can designate a school day as earth day and involve students in activities to religiously worship and praise the goddess, mother earth, and call it ecology. I can use literature, videos and presentations in the classroom that depict people with strong, traditional Christian convictions as simple minded and ignorant and call it enlightenment.
However, if anyone uses this facility to honor God and ask Him to bless this event with safety and good sportsmanship, Federal Case Law is violated.
This appears to be inconsistent at best, and at worst, diabolical. Apparently, we are to be tolerant of everything and anyone except God and His Commandments.
Nevertheless, as a school principal, I frequently ask staff and students to abide by rules which they do not necessarily agree. For me to do otherwise would be inconsistent at best, and at worst, hypocritical. I suffer from that affliction enough unintentionally. I certainly do not need to add an intentional transgression.
For this reason, I shall, "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's," and refrain from praying at this time. However, if you feel inspired to honor, praise and thank God, and ask Him in the name of Jesus to bless this event, please feel free to do so. As far as I know, that's not against the law-yet."
And one by one people in the stands bowed their heads, held hands with one another, and began to pray. They prayed in the stands. They prayed in the team huddles. They prayed at the concession stand. And they prayed in the announcer's box. The only place they didn't pray was in the Supreme Court of the United States of America - the seat of "justice" in the one nation under God.
Somehow, Kingston, Tennessee, remembered what so many have forgotten... we are given the Freedom OF Religion, not the Freedom FROM Religion.

Praise God that His remnant remains! (Jim Pledger Dec 2001)
Let's Celebrate Jesus in 2002
Jesus said, "if you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father."
If you are not ashamed, Pass this on . . . but only if you mean it.
Yes, I do Love God. He is my source of existence and Savior. He keeps me functioning each and every day. Without Him, I will be nothing. Without him, I am nothing but with Him, I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me. Phil. 4:
"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" Joshua 24:15
Jim Pledger
Centerville, OH

"What we are is nothing more than a composite of our ancestors AND the influences of others". -- Squire Parsons

IMMIGRANTS, NOT AMERICANS, MUST ADAPT (Florida 1/22/2002)
I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Americans.
However, the dust from the attacks had barely settled when the "politically correct" crowd began complaining about the possibility that our patriotism was offending others.
I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against anyone who is seeking a better life by coming to America.  Our population is almost entirely comprised of descendants of immigrants.  However, there are a few things that those who have recently come to our country, and apparently some born here, need to understand.  This idea of America being a multicultural community has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity.  As Americans, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle.  This culture has been developed over centuries of struggles, trials, and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom.
We speak ENGLISH, not Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language.  Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society, learn the language!
"In God We Trust" is our national motto.  This is not some Christian, right wing, political slogan.  We adopted this motto because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented.  It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools.  If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.  If Stars and Stripes offend you, or you don't like Uncle Sam, then you should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet.
We are happy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don't care how you did things where you came from.  This is OUR COUNTRY, our land, and our lifestyle. Our First Amendment gives every citizen the right to express his opinion and we will allow you every opportunity to do so. But, once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about our flag, our pledge, our national motto, or our way of life, I highly encourage you to take advantage of one other great American freedom...
THE RIGHT TO LEAVE.

AMERICAN APOLOGY TO THE CHINESE (4/30/2001)
Dear China:
We're sorry  that you don't train your fighter pilots better. As a token of  our  apology, here's a copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000. (Please take note of the Copyright)
We're sorry that your front-line fighter planes can't outmaneuver a 35-year old prop-driven airliner. Perhaps you'd like to consider purchasing some surplus 1950's era Lockheed Starfighters from Taiwan. (We just replaced all theirs with shiny new F-16's)
We're sorry his aircraft recognition skills were so poor  he didn't realize the EP-3 aircraft was propeller driven and flew his aircraft through its propeller arc, destroying his aircraft and nearly  killing 24 American crewmen.
We're sorry that you believe your  territorial waters extend all the way to Australia. For future reference, here's an American 6th grade geography textbook. (Please take  note of the Copyright information printed inside the cover.)
We're sorry we have to fly surveillance missions to  monitor a country that has nuclear missiles pointed at us. We're sorry  your fighter pilot's survival training and equipment was so inadequate that he couldn't survive until your poorly trained and equipped navy could find him (they turned down our offer for search and rescue assistance).
We're sorry you violated international law and arrested the crewmen of an aircraft that legally diverted into your airfield under emergency conditions caused by your pilot's actions.
We're sorry you violated international law and boarded a state aircraft. We're sorry that you can't seem to see your part of  this incident. We  know that it may seem easier to blame others than to take responsibility. Consider this fact while we build several new Aegis destroyers for our friends in the Republic of China  (Taiwan).
We're especially sorry for treating you with such respect  for the last 20 years. We will definitely rethink this policy and  probably go back to treating you like a common, untrustworthy street gang very soon.
We're very sorry for ever granting you Most-Favored-Nation trading status and supporting your entrance into the World Trade Organization. This will be rectified at the soonest possible opportunity.
We're sorry the world is now seeing you for the enemy of  freedom, truth, and democracy that you really are.
We're sorry you see yourself as a superpower when in reality you are a third world nation (the average Chinese worker earns less than 10 cents a day).
We're sorry you are losing so much face over this.
We're sorry that you were able to steal missile and nuclear secrets from us.
We're sorry you haven't learned from the Soviet Union's collapse and failed to embrace democracy and capitalism (compare tiny Taiwan and mainland China; same people, same culture, but Taiwan's capitalistic economy is a powerhouse and China's economy is still mired in (communism).
And most of all, we're sorry for the Chinese people who suffer its leaders' incompetence.

Sincerely,
The United States of America
PS... Kiss our xxx.

JOKE ABOUT FAITH IN GOD (anon 2001)
I love this one. Everyone ought to send to everyone they know, especially today with prayer restricted in schools.
One day a 6 year old girl was sitting in a classroom. The teacher was going to explain evolution to the children.
The teacher asked a little boy:
Tommy do you see the tree outside?
TOMMY: Yes.
TEACHER: Tommy, do you see the grass outside?
TOMMY: Yes.
TEACHER: Go outside and look up and see if you can see the sky.
TOMMY: Okay. (He returned a few minutes later) Yes, I saw the sky.
TEACHER: Did you see God?
TOMMY: No.
TEACHER: That's my point. We can't see God because he isn't there. He doesn't exist.
A little girl spoke up and wanted to ask the boy some questions.
The teacher agreed and the little girl asked the boy: Tommy, do you see the tree outside?
TOMMY: Yes.
LITTLE GIRL: Tommy do you see the grass outside?
TOMMY: Yessssss (getting tired of the questions by this time).
LITTLE GIRL: Did you see the sky?
TOMMY: Yessssss
LITTLE GIRL: Tommy, do you see the teacher?
TOMMY: Yes
LITTLE GIRL: Do you see her brain?
TOMMY: No
LITTLE GIRL: Then according to what we were taught today in school, she must not have one!
"FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT" II CORINTHIANS 4:7

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