Obama To Disband the Marine Corps

[ashling]

On a flight home I sat in between two individuals, a Marine and boxing promoter. The boxing guy was an older gentleman, and told interesting stories, such as meeting Don King. Both men were very pleasant and that helped make time pass on the flight. We were all combat veterans and all Southerners, so we had a lot in common. Then the discussion, inevitably, turned to politics.

The older guy turned to the Marine and said "You know Obama is getting rid of the Marine Corps, right?"

The Marine was puzzled. He hadn't heard this news. Neither had I. "Yeah, Eric Holder just had a meeting with the Joint Chiefs. Obama is going to disband them by Executive Order."

Hooooo boy. We are going to do this now, are we? Putting aside for the moment why the head of the DOJ would be involved with restructuring a military department in the DoD, I said: "I don't think any president can just disband a branch of service. Also, this would be pretty big news. Don't you think it would be all over the news instead of a message board?" I assumed it was a message board because I follow GOP conspiracy theories on rightwing sites, and never heard of this one. Even the Marine, who was no Obama fan, agreed this sounded very stupid and we moved on to other topics.

We all parted ways and thanked each other for the talk. I told the Marine I'd see him on my flight back since there soon wouldn't be a base for him to go to.
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[rurallib]

1. no matter how outrageous the lie they have to get it out

and see if it has traction.

[easychoice]

2. Wait til they find out he is turning the Sun off to raise oil prices.

I swear to god we're surrounded.Never underestimate the stupidity of the american public.

[YvonneCa]

3. ...

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[irisblue]

4. Who'll fly his helicopter then?

[pinboy3niner]

5. All the other branches have bands, why can't the Marines?

[ashling]

6. The marines have a band

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[pinboy3niner]

7. I know; I've seen them perform. But now the president want to disBAND the Corps!1!!

Leave the Marine Corps Band alooooooone!

[ashling]

8. Maybe we should have a celebrity benefit for them

call it Marine Band Aid