todays media

mikeandronda

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

62_Kiwi

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:eek: ...you know the REAL REASON those Americans are INVADING FRANCE....BEER!...that's right....they really want to get their hands on all that BEER...all this business about Hitler is just a cover.... :eek: ...you mark my words....BEER is the REAL REASON!! :eek: <br /><br />Great post Mike - too true they would write it that way.
 

kenimpzoom

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Sad to say, but this is not far from the truth.<br /><br />Ken
 

Boomyal

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Actually guys, the real reason for invading France was for Champaigne.
 

JB

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We had to go through France to get to the German BEER.
 

samagee

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And pick up some bikini clad french maids, waiting for real men along the way to the German beer.
 

ebbtide176

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"War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." <br />-- John Stuart Mill
 

POINTER94

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Mike,<br /><br />You are not showing your sensitive side to those of differing opinions. You are clearly a right wing war monger. And yes those American bodies were a health hazzard and yes, we did have to clean up our mess. <br /><br />Did you say go got this off of Al Gores web site???<br /><br />Great post!!!! ;)
 

NOSLEEP

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Originally posted by ebb:<br /> "War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." <br />-- John Stuart Mill
Amen to that ebb.
 

oddjob

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Thanks Nosleep, I know thats something I always wanted to say. I just didnt think it would be so short and sweet.<br /><br />I especialy like the term creature in his words.
 

NOSLEEP

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Oddjob.... scroll up thats a quote ebb found.<br />And a good one too.
 
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