Someone picked up on something very funny the other day. CNN showed George W. leaving HM-1. The marine at he front step saluted, GW returned it, and as he walked away, the marine executed a right face to stand facing GW's back......something that was missing in eight years of the Clinton presidency. The traditional Marine Corps mark of respect was rendered to the new president. That one goes back to the days in rigging, when the Marine, orderly to the ship's captain, always faced him no matter his direction of movement to be ready to receive an order. Who says ...
