[geeks] Special skills draft?

[Dan Duncan]

On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 05:52:43PM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> According to the D.I. in "Full Metal Jacket", all of the sucessfull
> asssins of U.S. Presidents were ex-Marines. Maybe not a very usefull skill
> in the U.S., but I'm sure you could market yourself in the "third world". :-)

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Has anyone fact-checked that claim, though?

As I recall, the DI doesn't claim that.  He does acknowledge Private
Snowball's claim of the shooter from the "book suppository building"
(Oswald) and the shooter from the tower at the University of Texas
(Whitman) being USMC vets.  (both true)

The Gunny's introduction to his maggots is one of my favorite
MP3 tracks.  I keep it in my regular rotation.  Heh.

-DanD

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