Sorry Marine -- You're Too Old

Smoke Signal (Vanity) Times | 10-3-01 | CHIEF negotiator

[CHIEF negotiator]

The nerve of that Marine Corps recruiter telling me I'll too old to re-up!

I said,

"But I'm a 2nd Force Recon Scout Sniper that can still pic-a-tic off a gnat's ass @ 1K meters, in a snow storm! We lay-in-wait, and over the last 30 years I've had a lot of experience. Snipers only need to be able to "snoop & poop" and carry a 50 caliber. We don't have to do 50 squat thrusts before lights out, or hump 20 miles in full pack before sunrise! Put me up against your best 20 year old. It takes a lot to get a snipers heartrate up, 'cause we've been trained to "relax" if you want "one shot -- one kill", and I invented "relax".

I'll die my hair to cover the gray, get lippo-suction and a face-lift, if you can push this paperwork through, Sergeant."

He didn't go for it. Should I lie about my age?

MARINES

THE PRESIDENT'S OWN

[Standing TAll]

I sincerely hope that all who post on this great website will watch the hearings today. After the documentary was shown to the committee, the silence was deafening for a few moments. It is incomprehensible that the radicals could have created such bases in this country. Please try to review this hearing.

[WIMom]

You have mail

[Snow Bunny]

ROTFL.... Let's see Osama is 6'5" so to see a 6'5" female Osama. Now that is a sight I think I would truly barf at.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

ARE THEY EVER GOING TO STOP!
Their is not one mention about MIA/POW's by Congress.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress completed work on an agreement normalizing trade between the United States and Vietnam, and President Bush is expected to sign the measure.
The Senate's 88-12 vote Wednesday ``represents an important step in the healing process'' between the two former enemies, said the Senate Finance Committee chairman, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., ``a step that has been a long time in coming.''
The House endorsed the measure last month, and Bush said he would sign it.
The trade agreement, negotiated by the Clinton White House last year, ``will provide American companies with access to a large and growing market, and, through the reforms it promotes, it will help create a more prosperous and engaged Vietnam,'' Bush said in a statement after the Senate vote.
Vietnam would benefit from the same low tariffs the United States sets for its other trading partners. In return, Vietnam is to reduce its tariffs, eliminate nontariff barriers, protect intellectual property rights and open its markets to American service and investment companies.
The United States and Vietnam had no formal relations and limited contacts in the two decades after U.S. troops left Vietnam in 1973. The first President Bush initiated cooperation in such areas as accounting for MIAs. In 1994, President Clinton lifted the trade embargo and the next year he established diplomatic relations. In 1998, he issued the first waiver making commercial deals with Vietnam eligible for U.S. government loans and credit guarantees.
But Vietnam has remained one of only six nations denied normal trade relations, subjecting Vietnamese goods to far higher tariffs. The other countries are Afghanistan, Cuba, North Korea, Laos and Yugoslavia.
Vietnam is the world's 14th-most-populous nation, with 80 million people, but trade with the United States was only about $1.2 billion last year. Estimates are that Vietnam's exports to the United States, mainly shrimp, coffee and light manufactured goods, could more than double with normal trade relations.
Opposition to the deal came mainly from lawmakers who asserted that Vietnam has not fully cooperated in accounting for MIAs from the Vietnam War and should not be entitled to normal trade because of its poor human rights record.
``If those who want to normalize relations with Vietnam choose to ignore the numerous human rights violations of that country, is that right?'' asked Sen. Bob Smith, R-N.H.
Concerns were also raised by Mississippi Delta senators, who said the agreement lacked protections for the catfish industry. Vietnamese imports, said Sen. Tim Hutchinson, R-Ark., are ``absolutely destroying our domestic catfish industry.''
Leading the effort to normalize ties with Vietnam were three senators who served in the Vietnam War: Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., and John McCain, R-Ariz., a former prisoner of war.
Because Vietnam is a communist state, its normal trade status will still be subject to annual review, requiring the president to waive the requirement that Vietnam allow free emigration.
Vietnam's prime minister initiated the ratification process in Vietnam by sending the trade agreement
to President Tran Duc Long.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I'm so mad right now I just want to break and smash things!!!!!!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

There are 1,956 Americans still missing and unaccounted for from the Vietnam War.
Vietnam's Ability to Account For Missing Americans

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

VOICE YOUR OPINION! THE PRESIDENT IS THE ONLY ONE LEFT WHO CAN STOP THIS.
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[SunnyUsa]

..."tapdance on 'OSlimyBeenRotten's skull- noggin.

If I grabbed that SOB, I'd want to put an American Made round through his head, but I'm being selfish. I would let the MF loose in ground Zero, and let all the FireFighters and Police do their number."

Excellent two cents!!!

....you actually brought tears to my eyes thinking about how FAIR it would be to
LET the Firefighters and Police get their turn with that bastard and his scum followers!!!

[Lazamataz]

How naive of you.

Okay, brainiac, you tell me what I should do for this war effort.

You won't be able to come up with anything 'less naive', Sparky.

What will you do when they nuke you?

Vaporize. Just like you will.

[SunnyUsa]

".....and my Sgt asked, "Who's there". Someone over there said "Who's that", and I swear to almighty G-D all I heard was about 25 safetly levers instantly clicking over to auto. Man I thought I was dead... "

Yikes!

You could definitely add that to list of most "dangerous" marine moments!

Well, it's a good thing y'all had "recognizable" accents!

[IronJack]

If they're in the market for slightly overweight, middle-aged guys with good intentions and bad knees, then sign me up too! My eyes are so bad I'd have to snipe with a guide dog, but I can still hit the ground at 1,000 meters with an AR-10, and hump a 20-oz. bottle of Geritol through the shopping mall.

[IronJack]

am trying to figure out if there's somewhere an old stockbroker can serve her country more effectively.

Well, I don't know how patriotic it is, but I'd sure be happy if you could give me an inside tip that would let me retire 20 years early ...

[AppyPappy]

My dad (a Sergeant in WW2) once told me the worst sound you would ever hear in wartime was a Second Lieutenant saying "All ya gotta do is..."

[hockey mom]

Wow, all of you make me so proud to be an American! I found this website with patriotic songs in midi with the lyrics. Click here to hear the U.S. Marine Corps. Hymn: Marine Hymn

God Bless you and keep you safe

Maria

[AppyPappy]

Stand down, mister. I hear some hippies might need some ass-kickin's. We're needed on the homefront.

[mombonn]

Simple - buy low, sell high.

:-)

[Have Ruck - Will Travel]

Keep talking like that and I'll vote for ya. Actually, can we revive crows cages instead??? Just think of a row of them mounted on the fence in front of the White House.

Take care,

Ruck

[harpseal]

A too old sailor bump to a too old Marine.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[harpseal]

Sounds good to me.

Stay well - stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown