On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:21:39 -0700 (PDT), "
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On Apr 10, 2:27?pm, wrote:
PIRATES AND PRESIDENT PANTYWAIST

The opening stanza of the Marine Corps hymn is: "From the Halls of
Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, we fight our country's battles in
the air, on land and sea."

The "Halls of Montezuma" refers to the assault on Chapultapec Castle
on September 13, 1847 during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), by
the small Marine contingent led by Captain Silas Casey in Gen.
Winfield Scott's army. ?Ninety percent of the officers and NCOs who
led the assault were killed. ?The red stripe on the dress uniform
trousers of Marine officers is in commemoration of the blood their
predecessors shed that day.

"To the shores of Tripoli" refers to the Marine role in Thomas
Jefferson's war against the Barbary pirates. ?Now we are faced with
another war with pirates. ?Will the current president learn any lesson
from history?

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A message to retarded ****nuts like you: Drop dead.

You hate the truth, don't you.

The Dukester, American-American
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"The Mass is the most perfect form of Prayer."
Pope Paul VI
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