Saint Peter, being a traditionalist, did not approve. But he was also the ultimate company man, so he decided he would do his best to comply. His first challenge to use the new policy came the next day when a teacher, a garbage collector and a lawyer all arrive at the Pearly Gates.
Saint Peter announces they will have to pass a test to get in, and that each will have to answer one question.
To the teacher, he says, “What was the name of the ship that crashed into in an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage?
The teacher quickly replies, “That would have been the Titanic, right?”
Saint Peter lets him through the gate.
Saint Peter turns to the Garbage man, and despite the new policy, finds himself asking a harder question. “How many people died on the ship?”
The garbage man guesses,”1,228″
“That happens to be correct; go ahead.”
Saint Peter then turns to the lawyer, the new policy now completely forgotten. “Okay, name them.”
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Morning Pic dump
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Birthdays on March 28th
1970 - Vince Vaughn
1955 - Reba McEntire
1948 - Dianne Wiest
1928 - Zbigniew Brzezinski
1909 - Nelson Algren
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Todays Pic Dump
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Blast from the Past
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Todays quote
Historian and Birthday Girl
Iris Chang
After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic nor historical, but it emphasized writing style, and afterwards I was asked to write my first book.
Iris Chang Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances.
Iris Chang
For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's civil liberties. I imagine what I write in the future will follow in that vein. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction.
Iris Chang
I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.
Iris Chang
I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills.
Iris Chang
I have to finish this book tour of almost 30 cities.
Iris Chang
I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.
Iris Chang
I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D.
Iris Chang
If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
Iris Chang
It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history.
Iris Chang
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It was clear that the special interest groups in California really wanted the Chinese to be shut out of the country, because that was where the racial tension was the greatest.
Iris Chang
It's a wonderful thing to see a segment of our population that is open and eager to learn more about Chinese culture. It has filtered into the mainstream. You see credit-card ads on TV with white couples and Chinese babies.
Iris Chang
It's much more difficult to work on a broad subject than on a specific one, because even if it's hard to find the information, if you look hard enough for something specific you will find it, and you will discover things that you wouldn't have thought of before.
Iris Chang
Now, most of the new immigrants coming to this country are from Asia as opposed to Europe.
Iris Chang
Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
Iris Chang
Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.
Iris Chang
Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.
Iris Chang
Somebody who was born in this country who visited China would later face difficulty getting back in to the USA. We have to keep in mind that the struggles of the Chinese against these exclusion laws really laid down the foundations of civil rights law.
Iris Chang
The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
Iris Chang
The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.
Iris Chang
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