Mr. Obama must think world history began with his birth. His lack of knowledge on the topic is what's embarrassing.

You see, Mr. Obama, the reason the French speak French, the Italians speak Italian and Russians speak Russian is because an English speaking country called "America" went over to Europe in 1942 and began liberating Europe from Nazi domination.

In fact, if you opened a history book, you'd be surprised to learn how close this country came to the same fate. One can only imagine the world today if Hitler had been first with the atomic bomb. They had the theory and it was in development. American know-how and ingenuity won that race, or we might be speaking German here.

For the record, I took 2 years of high school Spanish and 2 years of college German. As a result, I can now fluently ask "where is the library" in Spanish, and say "good afternoon" in German. I have done my part to learn a second language.

Considering the illiteracy rates in this country, I would think Mr. Obama would be addressing the issue of teaching English and reading skills to our own citizens before we "parlevous Francais". Then again, what do I know? I am a working guy paying his daughter's way through college. I am not looking for government handouts. I am not looking for someone to blame for my problems.

The men and women of the Greatest Generation kept us free, and freed millions of others and allowed nations to restore their cultures.

Meanwhile, John McCain is taking flak for an off-hand comment about sending cigarettes to Iran (a nation that would like nothing more than to see America and western culture obliterated) as a means of killing them. I think of the videos of Iranians celebrating the 9-11 attack on this country and wonder if I could be the first to make an ironic donation to this cause.

Where can I send you a carton of Camels Mr. McCain?