It seems Ollie was really on the ball George I wonder what happened to him. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- From: George Elting <justgeo1@attbi.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 8:23 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] FW: 14 Years Ago > > > > Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. > > > > Do you remember this? It was 1987! > > At a lecture the other day they played an old news video of Lt.Col. > Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings during the Reagan > Administration. > > There was Ollie in front of God and country getting the third degree, but > what he said was stunning! He was being drilled by some senator; > "Did you not recently spend close to $60,000 for a home security system?" > Ollie replied, "Yes, I did, Sir." > The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the audience," > Isn't that just a little excessive?" "No, sir," continued Ollie. > "No? And why not?" the senator asked. "Because the lives of my > family and I were threatened, sir" > "Threatened? By whom?" the senator questioned. "By a terrorist, sir" > Ollie answered. > "Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you that much?" > "His name is Osama bin Laden, sir" Ollie replied. > At this point the senator tried to repeat the name, but couldn't > pronounce > it, which most people back then probably couldn't. A couple of people > laughed at the attempt. > Then the senator continued. "Why are you so afraid of this man?" > the senator asked. "Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that > I know of", Ollie answered. > "And what do you recommend we do about him?" asked the senator. > "Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recommend that an assassin team > be formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of the earth." The > senator disagreed with this approach, and that was all that was shown of > the clip. > If anyone is interested, the senator was none other than Al Gore. > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > Visit List General Archives at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GEN-FRIENDS > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Retired because he was a bad boy... Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: Jim SHARPE [mailto:sharpe@britishlibrary.net] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 12:37 PM To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] FW: 14 Years Ago It seems Ollie was really on the ball George I wonder what happened to him. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham.