[Vision2020] A history test.........
Sunil Ramalingam
sunilramalingam@hotmail.com
Fri, 11 Jun 2004 15:19:34 -0700
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<P>Hey Pat,</P>
<P>Is this why you think we went to war with Iraq?</P>
<P>Sunil<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From: "Pat Kraut" <pkraut@moscow.com>
<DIV></DIV>>To: "vision2020" <vision2020@moscow.com>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: [Vision2020] A history test.........
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:33:20 -0700
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<DIV></DIV>>Please pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following Multiple Choice test. The events are actual cuts from past history. They actually happened!
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<DIV></DIV>> >Do you remember?
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >1. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred
<DIV></DIV>> >by:
<DIV></DIV>> >a. Olga Corbitt
<DIV></DIV>> >b. Sitting Bull
<DIV></DIV>> >c. Arnold Schwarzeneger
<DIV></DIV>> >d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages
<DIV></DIV>> >of 17 and 40
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >2. In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by:
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >a. Lost Norwegians
<DIV></DIV>> >b. Elvis
<DIV></DIV>> >c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
<DIV></DIV>> >d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >3. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >a. John Dillinger
<DIV></DIV>> >b. The King of Sweden
<DIV></DIV>> >c. The Boy Scouts
<DIV></DIV>> >d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >4. In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >a. A pizza delivery boy
<DIV></DIV>> >b. Pee Wee Herman
<DIV></DIV>> >c. Geraldo Rivera
<DIV></DIV>> >d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >5. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old
<DIV></DIV>> >American Passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by:
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >a. The Smurfs
<DIV></DIV>> >b. Davy Jones
<DIV></DIV>> >c. The Little Mermaid
<DIV></DIV>> >d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >6. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a U.S. Navy diver
<DIV></DIV>> >trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >a. Captain Kidd
<DIV></DIV>> >b. Charles Lindberg
<DIV></DIV>> >c. Mother Teresa
<DIV></DIV>> >d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >7. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >a. Scooby Doo
<DIV></DIV>> >b. The Tooth Fairy
<DIV></DIV>> >c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
<DIV></DIV>> >d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >8. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >a. Richard Simmons
<DIV></DIV>> >b. Grandma Moses
<DIV></DIV>> >c. Michael Jordan
<DIV></DIV>> >d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >9. In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >a. Mr. Rogers
<DIV></DIV>> >b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill' s women problems
<DIV></DIV>> >c. The World Wrestling Federation
<DIV></DIV>> >d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >10. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> >take out the World Trade Centers
<DIV></DIV>> >and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other
<DIV></DIV>> >was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were
<DIV></DIV>>killed
<DIV></DIV>> >by:
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
<DIV></DIV>> >b. The Supreme Court of Florida
<DIV></DIV>> >c. Mr. Bean
<DIV></DIV>> >d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >11. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >a. Enron
<DIV></DIV>> >b. The Lutheran Church
<DIV></DIV>> >c. The NFL
<DIV></DIV>> >d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >12. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >a. Bonnie and Clyde
<DIV></DIV>> >b. Captain Kangaroo
<DIV></DIV>> >c. Billy Graham
<DIV></DIV>> >d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >Nope, ......I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do
<DIV></DIV>> >you?
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics
<DIV></DIV>> >intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> >to profile certain people. They must conduct random searches of
<DIV></DIV>>80-year-old
<DIV></DIV>> >women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret
<DIV></DIV>> >agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old
<DIV></DIV>> >Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winning former Governors,
<DIV></DIV>> >and leave Muslim Males between the ages 17 & 40 alone because of
<DIV></DIV>>profiling.
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >Let's send this to as many people as we can so that the Gloria Aldreds and
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<DIV></DIV>> >other dunder-headed attorneys along with Federal Justices that want to
<DIV></DIV>> >thwart common sense, feel doubly ashamed of themselves - if they have any
<DIV></DIV>> >such sense.
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >As the writer of the award winning story "Forrest Gump" so aptly put it,
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >"Stupid is as stupid does."
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