The Marine Corps version of Genesis 1

In the beginning was the word, and the word was God.
In the beginning was God, and all else was darkness and void, and without form. So God created the heavens and the Earth. He created the sun, and the moon, and the stars, so that light might pierce the darkness. The Earth, God divided between the land and the sea, and these he filled with many assorted creatures.
And the dark, salty, slimy creatures that inhabited the murky depths of the oceans, God called sailors. And He dressed them accordingly. They had little trousers that looked like bells at the bottom. And their shirts had cute little flaps on them to hide the hickeys on their necks. He also gave them long sideburns and shabby looking beards. God nicknamed them "squids" and banished them to a lifetime at sea, so that normal folks would not have to associate with them. To further identify these unloved creatures, He called them "petty" and “commodore" instead of titles worthy of red-blooded men.
And the flaky creatures of the land, God called soldiers. And with a twinkle in His eye, and a sense of humor that only He could have, God made their trousers too short and their covers too large. He also made their pockets oversized, so that they may warm their hands. And to adorn their uniforms, God gave them badges in quantities that only a dime store owner could appreciate. And He gave them emblems and crests... and all sorts of shiny things that glittered... and devices that dangled. (When you are God you tend to get carried away.)
On the 6th day, He thought about creating some air creatures for which he designed a Greyhound bus driver's uniform, especially for Air Force flyboys. But He discarded the idea during the first week, and it was not until years later that some apostles resurrected this theme and established what we now know as the "Wild-Blue-Yonder Wonders.”
And on the 7th day, as you know, God rested.
But on the 8th day, at 0730, God looked down upon the earth and was not happy. No, God was not happy! So He thought about His labors, and in His divine wisdom God created a divine creature. And this He called Marine.
And these Marines, who God had created in His own image, were to be of the air, and of the land, and of the sea. And these He gave many wonderful uniforms. Some were green; some were blue with red trim. And in the early days, some were even a beautiful tan. He gave them practical fighting uniforms, so that they could wage war against the forces of Satan and evil. He gave them service uniforms for their daily work and training. And He gave them evening and dress uniforms...sharp and stylish, handsome things…so that they might promenade with their ladies on Saturday night and impress the hell out of everybody! He even gave them swords, so that people who were not impressed could be dealt with accordingly.
And at the end of the 8th day, God looked down upon the Earth and saw that it was good.
But was God happy? No! God was still not happy!
Because in the course of His labors, He had forgotten one thing: He did not have a Marine uniform for Himself.
He thought about it, and thought about it, and finally God satisfied Himself in knowing that, well....
Not everybody can be a Marine!

Subject: Marines take care of their own...


Gen. Peter Pace, first jarhead to ever be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, recently came under criticism from Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada. Sen. Reid was irresponsible in his comments and way out of line. This is what he said -
Sen. REID: "Well, I guess the President, he's gotten rid of Pace because he could not get confirmed here in the Senate. Pace is also a yes-man for the President. I told him to his face, I laid it out last time he came in to see me. I told him what an incompetent man I thought he was."
Marines take care of our own. Take five minutes and do four things -
1. Call Sen. Reid's office and tell him his comments about Gen. Pace were uncalled for. His number is (202) 224-3542. An automated message will give you the option to leave a voicemail just press "2"...very easy!
2. Email Gen. Pace and tell him he is doing a great job and we are proud of him. http://www.jcs.mil/jcs_comment.html
3. Contact your local newspaper and write a letter to the editor ( my sample is below, feel free to personalize it for yourself)
4. Forward this to as many Marines as possible to make sure they get our message and they will think twice before screwing with our fellow Marines again.

Dear Editor -
I am a proud former United States Marine and like many of my colleagues am very proud of General Pace as the first Marine to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. His service to our country has been exemplary and he deserves better than to be made into someone else's political piñata. Senator Harry Reid should apologize today for his unprofessional and unstatesman like comments about General Pace. In the future he should pick on someone else as Marines are "your best friend or your worst enemy".
Chris Faulkner
Faulkner Strategies
50710 Princess Way, Suite 100
Granger, IN 46530
0 - 574.272.4671
f - 574.272.4695

SEMPER “FLY” – FOR A SPECIAL CAUSE

A Plane’s Restoration – with a Big Heart

French Valley Airport, Murrieta, CA, June 6th, 2007, Shayne Meder, Marketing Director for Wings & Rotors Air Museum, has a soft spot for all flying craft… helicopters and planes in particular.

When Dave Barron one of the museum’s volunteers commented about a tired looking Cessna Skyhawk in a state of deterioration out on the tarmac, it aroused an interest with the staff. That interest resulted in learning the true, sad story of the little plane. It had been sitting out in the elements for five years. Owned by a U.S Marine veteran, it was near and dear to him. Marine Master Gunnery Sgt. Mike Tyndale had lots of hours in it, including flying it to Catalina on his honeymoon.

Transferred to North Carolina, he left his Cessna out in the weather at French Valley because he couldn’t afford a hangar. From North Carolina, he shipped out to Iraq, returning just this past February. It’s been out there for five years and Mike would like it back in the air. But the cost to get it airworthy was way beyond his budget.

After Dave related Mike’s dilemma to the museum’s volunteers, they determined that this Marine had already given 26 years of his life to the Corps and they were going to give him his plane back – flight worthy. It’s been almost a year, and so far the restoration has taken more than the 100 hours that was estimated to accomplish the restoration, including carpet, tires, instruments, engine parts and reupholstered seats. Included is about $20,000 in donated parts and materials. All in all the project is worth more than $30,000, at no cost to Mike.

The project is almost finished and the little Cessna just received a whole new paint job. The new paint scheme designed by painter Shayne Meder will be completely different then the original and will be a welcomed surprise to its proud Marine owner.

The team from Wings & Rotors Air Museum is unveiling the aircraft at the French Valley Airport Open House on June 9th at 11:00 AM and will present Sgt. Tyndale with the keys to his plane with the local community and city officials there to applaud his service. The Museum sees this as an opportunity not only to show support for Mike, but for all our brave troops.

Wings & Rotors Air Museum is a 501(c ) 3 non-profit organization formed in 2000 for the purpose of restoring, preserving and furthering our military aircraft heritage – returning them to flight status – for today’s and tomorrow’s generations… with special emphasis on the Vietnam War era.

Please see attached photos of before and after photos.
For further information, please contact:

Ms. Shayne Meder, Marketing Director
Wings & Rotors Air Museum
37552 Winchester Road, Hangar 2D
Murrieta CA. 92563
Ph: 951-662-5653
E-mail: rtrntoglory@aol.com

Bush's Resignation Speech!



We all have our disagreements with President Bush. Immigration, U.S.
Attorney firings, Iraq, Darfur, etc. are all hot topics these days. The
following "speech" was written yesterday by an ordinary Man. While
satirical in nature, all satire must have a basis in fact to be effective.
An excellent piece by a person who does not write for a living. Sent with
the author's permission.




The speech George W. Bush SHOULD give:
Normally, I start these things out by saying "My Fellow Americans."
Not doing it this time. If the polls are any indication, I don't know who
more than half of you are anymore. I do know something terrible has
happened, and that you're really not fellow Americans any longer.

I'll cut right to the chase here: I quit. Now before anyone gets all
in a lather about me quitting to avoid impeachment, or to avoid
prosecution or something, let me assure you: there's been no breaking of
laws or impeachable offenses in this office.

The reason I'm quitting is simple. I'm fed up with you people.
I'm fed up because you have no understanding of what's really going on
in the world. Or of what's going on in this once-great nation of ours.
And the majority of you are too damned lazy to do your homework and figure it
out.
Let's start local. You've been sold a bill of goods by politicians and
the news media. Polls show that the majority of you think the economy is
in the tank. And that's despite record numbers of homeowners including
record numbers of MINORITY homeowners. And while we're mentioning
minorities, I'll point out that minority business ownership is at an
all-time high. Our unemployment rate is as low as it ever was during the
Clinton Administration. I've mentioned all those things before, but it
doesn't seem to have sunk in.

Despite the shock to our economy of 9/11, the stock market has
rebounded to record levels and more Americans than ever are participating
in these markets. Meanwhile, all you can do is whine about gas prices, and
most of you are too damn stupid to realize that gas prices are high
because there's increased demand in other parts of the world, and because
a small handful of noisy idiots are more worried about polar bears and
beachfront property than your economic security.

We face real threats in the world. Don't give me this "blood for oil"
thing. If I was trading blood for oil I would've already seized Iraq's oil
fields and let the rest of the country go to hell. And don't give me this
'Bush Lied People Died' crap either. If I was the liar you morons take me
for, I could've easily had chemical weapons planted in Iraq so they could
be 'discovered.' Instead, I owned up to the fact that the intelligence
was faulty. Let me remind you that the rest of the world thought Saddam
had the goods, same as me. Let me also remind you that regime change in
Iraq was official US policy before I came into office. Some guy named
'Clinton' established that policy. Bet you didn't know that, did you?

You idiots need to understand that we face a unique enemy. Back during
the cold war, there were two major competing political and economic
models squaring off. We won that war, but we did so because fundamentally, the
Communists wanted to survive, just as we do. We were simply able to
outspend and out-tech them.

That's not the case this time. The soldiers of our new enemy don't care
if they survive. In fact, they want to die. That'd be fine, as long as
they weren't also committed to taking as many of you with them as they
can. But they are. They want to kill you. And the bastards are all over
the globe.

You should be grateful that they haven't gotten any more of us here in
the United States since September 11. But you're not. That's because
you've got no idea how hard a small number of intelligence, military, law
enforcement and homeland security people have worked to make sure of that.
When this whole mess started, I warned you that this would be a long and
difficult fight. I'm disappointed how many of you people think a long and
difficult fight amounts to a single season of 'Survivor'.

Instead, you've grown impatient. You're incapable of seeing things
through the long lens of history, the way our enemies do. You think that
wars should last a few months, a few years, tops.

Making matters worse, you actively support those who help the enemy.
Every time you buy the New York Times, every time you send a donation to a
cut-and-run Democrat's political campaign, well, dammit, you might just as
well Fedex a grenade launcher to a Jihadist. It amounts to the same thing.

In this day and age, it's easy enough to find the truth. It's all over
the Internet. It just isn't on the pages of the New York Times or on NBC
News. But even if it were, I doubt you'd be any smarter. Most of you would
rather watch American Idol.

I could say more about your expectations that the government will
always be there to bail you out, even if you're too stupid to leave a city
that's below sea level and has a hurricane approaching. I could say more
about your insane belief that government, not your own wallet, is where
the money comes from. But I've come to the conclusion that were I to do
so, it would sail right over your heads.

So I quit. I'm going back to Crawford. I've got an energy-efficient
house down there (Al Gore could only dream) and the capability to be fully
self-sufficient. No one ever heard of Crawford before I got elected, and
as soon as I'm done here pretty much no one will ever hear of it again.
Maybe I'll be lucky enough to die of old age before the last pillars of
America fall.

Oh, and by the way, Cheney's quitting too. That means Pelosi is your
new President. You asked for it. Watch what she does carefully,
because I still have a glimmer of hope that there're just enough of you remaining
who are smart enough to turn this thing around in 2008.
So that's it. God bless what's left of America. Some of you know
what I mean.

DID YOU KNOW:

How they vote at the U.N.!


Below are the actual voting records of various Arabic/Islamic States which are recorded in both the US State Department and United Nations records:


Kuwait votes against the United States 67% of the time.
Qatar votes against the United States 67% of the time.
Morocco votes against the United States 70% of the time.
United Arab Emirates votes against the U. S. 70% of the time.
Jordan votes against the United States 71% of the time.
Tunisia votes against the United States 71% of the time.
Saudi Arabia votes against the United States 73% of the time.
Yemen votes against the United States 74% of the time.
Algeria votes against the United States 74% of the time.
Oman votes against the United States 74% of the time.
Sudan votes against the United States 75% of the time.
Pakistan votes against the United States 75% of the time.
Libya votes against the United States 76% of the time.
Egypt votes against the United States 79% of the time.
Lebanon votes against the United States 80% of the time.
India votes against the United States 81% of the time.
Syria votes against the United States 84% of the time.
Mauritania votes against the United States 87% of the time.

US Foreign Aid to those that hate us:


Egypt, for example, after voting 79% of the time against the United States, still receives $2 billion annually in US Foreign Aid.


Jordan votes 71% against the United States and receives $192,814,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.


Pakistan votes 75% against the United States receives $6,721,000 annually in US Foreign Aid.


India votes 81% against the United States receives $143,699,000 annually


Perhaps it is time to get out of the UN and give the tax savings back to the American workers who are having to skimp and sacrifice to pay the taxes.


Pass it along. Everyone needs to know this. Might even mention it to your congressman, who knows this anyway... what a disgrace... no wonder the world has no respect for us.

SOURCE: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/unvote.asp