One of my closest friends sent this to me from Iraq. A long time ago in a Marine Corps far far away there was a Corporal who worked for a Staff Sergeant . Then a Staff Sergeant who worked for a Master Sergeant . He's now a Chief Warrant Officer Two . He's also on his second tour in the sandbox.

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As a Public Service I placed an interactive election map on my blog. It'll be up for a week at least.

I'm Phil -- 40ish male, self sufficient, great with my kids, wed 25 years, and believe that ones actions have logical consequences. How much more out the box can you get nowadays? -- MSgt of Marines (ret)

Independent Glossary:
Poor - someone who has little;
Rich - someone who has lots;
Middle Class - Someone who has the problems of each w/o any of the advantages.

Middle of the road - Someone who gets hit by traffic in both directions.

Straight party ticket = Voting for dummies

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I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent!

Thats very clever!

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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
-George Orwell

Gotta love it!

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"Why, it appears that we appointed all of our worst generals to command the armies and we appointed all of our best generals to edit the newspapers. I mean, I found by reading a newspaper that these editor generals saw all of the defects plainly from the start but didn't tell me until it was too late. I'm willing to yield my place to these best generals and I'll do my best for the cause by editing a newspaper." -- Gen. Robert E. Lee