I received this email today...
 

I don't know if it is true or not.

SHALL WE HIRE A MONUMENT ENGRAVER TO GO TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY AND ADD THE MISSING WORDS ?

A MESSAGE FROM AN APPALLED OBSERVER:

Today I went to visit the new World War
II Memorial in Washington, DC I got an unexpected history lesson Because I'm a baby boomer, I was one of the youngest in the crowd. Most were the age of my parents, Veterans of "the greatest war," with their families. It was a beautiful day, and people were smiling and happy to be there. Hundreds of us milled around the memorial, reading the inspiring words of Eisenhower and Truman that are engraved there.

On the Pacific side of the memorial, a group of us gathered to read the words President Roosevelt used to announce the attack on Pearl Harbor:

Yesterday, December 7,
1941-- a date which will live in infamy--the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked.

One elderly woman read the words aloud:

"With confidence in our armed forces, with the abounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph."

But as she read, she was suddenly turned angry. "Wait a minute," she said, "they left out the end of the quote.. They left out the most important part. Roosevelt ended the message with "so help us God."

Her husband said, "You are probably right. We're not supposed to say things like that now."

"I know I'm right," she insisted. "I remember the speech." The two looked dismayed, shook their heads sadly and walked away.

Listening to their conversation, I thought to myself,Well, it has been over 50 years she's probably forgotten."

But she had not forgotten. She was right.

I went home and pulled out the book my book club is reading --- "Flags of Our Fathers" by James Bradley. It's all about the battle at Iwo Jima .
I haven't gotten too far in the book. It's tough to read because it's a graphic description of the WWII battles in the Pacific.

But right there it was on page 58. Roosevelt's speech to the nation ends in "so help us God."

The people who edited out that part of the speech when they engraved it on the memorial could have fooled me. I was born after the war.! But they couldn't fool the people who were there. Roosevelt's words are engraved on
their hearts.

Now I ask: "WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE WORDS OF HISTORY?????????"

Why would they put that in. Who gives a shit, no one except the people who waste their lives believing in a higher power.

Maybe its one of those urban myths or something.

Fuck God.

Hmm that is interesting.. but it does say in god we trust on $$

I am sure the speech was even longer than that - they had to stop somewhere.

oh boy, i fucking hate ppl like that.

like we're oppressing their religion or something

they didn't change any of the words....

they just left some out:upsidedow

good fucking god, who cares if they omitted 4 words that only mean something to one group of americans? the context and substance of thequote are not changed at all with said omission.

FYI that group consists of approximately 80% of Americans who proclaim to be Christian and approximately 90% who proclaim to believe in a higher power.

True:upsidedow

so what? context of the quote is not changed, and 80% does not equal 100%.

80% of americans are morons. 90% of americans think they are better than the rest of the world.

Well good for the 20% that are not morons as they have made America the only super power on the earth and the 90% of Americans feel as they do because America is better that 90% of the other countries in the world. Thank you very much.

Tease :winkwink: theKing just loves ya to talk dirty like that and hear how the president is a shitbag and all that good stuff - he gets off on it :1orglaugh

More pigshit :1orglaugh

but they make good porn

86% of all statistics are made up.

You can't change what someone said in history, whether or not you believe in God. It is wrong to leave that part off of an original speech, no matter what you may believe. Who are they to change a speech ?

its not real did you click on the link I put up, its bullshit.