"If you kicked in the pants the guy who has caused the most trouble in your life - you wouldn't be able to sit down for a month". Teddy Roosevelt
"What's the difference between the Army and the Cub Scouts?" "The Cub Scouts don't have Heavy Artilery"- Robin Williams, 'Good Morning Vietnam'
Ok - just one for now - its pretty mild. A Navy sailor, with a parrot on his shoulder, walks into a bar. The bar tender says: "Where did you get that ugly thing?". The Parrot says: "I picked him up in the Philippines."
"Don't you forget that you're Marines- First Marines! Not all the Communists in hell can overrun you!- Col. Lewis B. Puller, Chosin Reservoir, Korea, December 1950. On May 4th a monument to the Marines, Soldiers, and Royal Marines who fought and died at the Chosin Reservoir was dedicated at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. OOORAH!
I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my Grandfather. Not screaming in terror like the two passengers in his car.
It's Police Week and Monday was Peace Officers Memorial Day when the names of those killed in the line of duty from the previous year are unveiled at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington DC. So here's my thought for the day to all those BLM Alpha Hotels and their ilk: "The next time one of you or yours is dying or in danger...CALL A HIPPIE" That is all.