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This was brought into the shop from one of our emploees yesterday and I thought that ya'll would get a kick out of it.
As some of you may know, one of my sons serves in the military. He is still stateside, here in California. He called me yesterday to let me know how warm and welcoming the people were to him, and his troops, everywhere he goes, telling me how people shake thier hands, and thank them for being willing to sreve, and fight, for not only our own freedoms but so that others may have them also.
But he also told me about an incident in the gorcery store he shopped at yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that ahead of severalpeople in front of him stood a woman dressed in a burkha. He said when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked about the US flag lapel pin the cashier was wore on her smock. The cashier reached up and touched the pin, and said proudly, "yes, I always wear it and probley always will."
The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when she was going to stop the bombing of her countrymen, explaining that she was Iraqi.
A gentelamn standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm around my son's shoulder and nodding towards my son, siad in a calm and genlte voice to the Iraqi woman :" Lady, hundreds of thousands of men and women like this young man have fought and died so that YOU could stand here, in MY country and accuse a check-out chashier of bombing YOUR countrymen. It is my belief that had you been this outspoken in YOUR own county, we wouldn't need to be there today. But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so loudly and clearly, I'll gladly but you a ticket and pay your way back to Iraq so you can straighten out this mess in YOUR country that you are obviously here in MY country to avoid."
Everyone within hearing distance cheered.
peace
As some of you may know, one of my sons serves in the military. He is still stateside, here in California. He called me yesterday to let me know how warm and welcoming the people were to him, and his troops, everywhere he goes, telling me how people shake thier hands, and thank them for being willing to sreve, and fight, for not only our own freedoms but so that others may have them also.
But he also told me about an incident in the gorcery store he shopped at yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that ahead of severalpeople in front of him stood a woman dressed in a burkha. He said when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked about the US flag lapel pin the cashier was wore on her smock. The cashier reached up and touched the pin, and said proudly, "yes, I always wear it and probley always will."
The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when she was going to stop the bombing of her countrymen, explaining that she was Iraqi.
A gentelamn standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm around my son's shoulder and nodding towards my son, siad in a calm and genlte voice to the Iraqi woman :" Lady, hundreds of thousands of men and women like this young man have fought and died so that YOU could stand here, in MY country and accuse a check-out chashier of bombing YOUR countrymen. It is my belief that had you been this outspoken in YOUR own county, we wouldn't need to be there today. But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so loudly and clearly, I'll gladly but you a ticket and pay your way back to Iraq so you can straighten out this mess in YOUR country that you are obviously here in MY country to avoid."
Everyone within hearing distance cheered.
peace
