These are good

When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of 'empire building' by George Bush. He answered by saying, "Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return."

It became very quiet in the room.

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Then there was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break one of the French engineers came back into the room saying "Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intend to do, bomb them?"

A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?"

Once again, dead silence.

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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.'

He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'

Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.

You could have heard a pin drop.

The History of our Congress

While doing my routine check of the Paterno Library, I found an interesting archive of the records of Congress, dating back to the inception of our country. I randomly opened one of the plethora of books, only to be immediately stunned and simultaneously confirmed in my belief that time changes all... and yet time changes nothing.

Keep in mind the following picture is from 1894...

The Tragedy Continues

In a valiant effort, the Browns lost again to the Steelers. One day, we'll figure out how to beat those guys. Until then, just enjoy the game, I guess.

Me and Matt in our Browns best. We got a lot of heckling in Heinz Field.



The view of Pittsburgh from Heinz Field. It was a grey day, but it still looked cool.



Our view from the North Endzone. There were about 10 Cleveland fans up here.



This poor kid has no hope for the future. He will always be a Yinzer. Poor soul...



Matt, Rob, and Raul and I all had drinks in this Steelers bar. Most of them weren't too happy to see us in Orange and Brown. It was still fun though.

Workplace Safety

Way to be, guys...

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