[geeks] Special skills draft?

[Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez]

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:32:57 -0600 (MDT)
  Dan Duncan <dand at pcisys.net> wrote:
> 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.
> 

"... I will personally skull fuck you..." One of the 
greatest one liners in the history of cinema IMHO.