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[Palehorse]

The guy in the commercial has been a drill Sgt in a couple movies I think.

R. Lee Ermey IS a retired Marine Corp DI!

Ronald Lee Ermey (born March 24, 1944) is a retired U.S. Marine Corps drill instructor and later a Golden Globe Award-nominated actor.

Ermey had often played the roles of authority figures, such as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, Mayor Tilman in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning, Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine and Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake.
He has hosted two militainment programs on the History Channel: Mail Call, in which he answered viewers' questions about various militaria both modern and historic; and Lock N' Load with R. Lee Ermey, which focuses specifically on the development of different types of weapons.

Ermey was a drill instructor at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California, and Parris Island, South Carolina from 1965 to 1967. In 1968, Ermey arrived in Vietnam where he served for 14 months with the Marine Wing Support Group 17. He then served two tours of duty in Okinawa, Japan, during which he rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant (E-6) and was medically retired in 1972 for several injuries incurred during his tours. . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Lee_Ermey

[Bo D]

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman:

"Today... is Christmas! There will be a magic show at zero-nine-thirty! Chaplain Charlie will tell you about how the free world will conquer Communism with the aid of God and a few Marines! God has a hard-on for Marines because we kill everything we see! He plays His games, we play ours! To show our appreciation for so much power, we keep heaven packed with fresh souls! God was here before the Marine Corps! So you can give your heart to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the Corps! Do you ladies understand? "

"If you ladies leave my island, if you survive recruit training, you will be a weapon. You will be a minister of death praying for war. But until that day you are pukes. You are the lowest form of life on Earth. You are not even human, fucking beings. You are nothing but unorganized grabastic pieces of amphibian shit. Because I am hard you will not like me. But the more you hate me the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair. There is no racial bigotry here. I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops or greasers. Here you are all equally worthless. And my orders are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to serve in my beloved Corps. Do you maggots understand that? "

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: How tall are you, private?
Private Cowboy: Sir, five-foot-nine, sir.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Five-foot-nine, I didn't know they stacked shit that high.

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Were you born a fat, slimy, scumbag puke piece o' shit, Private Pyle, or did you have to work on it?

(courtesy of http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/quotes )

[followsthewolf]

Some of that was standard rhetoric at the time I went to uniform.

I don't think most of that diatribe would meet approval today, although back in the day, we expected it and were proud to have lived through the worst they could throw at us.

[The Troll]

Some of that was standard rhetoric at the time I went to uniform.

I don't think most of that diatribe would meet approval today, although back in the day, we expected it and were proud to have lived through the worst they could throw at us.

  And to think, while we were in basic training, a prisoner had it better than us and they had more rights than us.

  Because we sign up and we took the oath.  But we stood the test and came out better for it.  Nobody can tell us, that they love this country any more than us.  U.S Army.

[Bo D]

  And to think, while we were in basic training, a prisoner had it better than us and they had more rights than us.

  Because we sign up and we took the oath.  But we stood the test and came out better for it.  Nobody can tell us, that they love this country any more than us.  U.S Army.

I salute you, my friend!

[me]

It's finally rainin' 

[Palehorse]

It's finally rainin' 

Not here yet. . . but big surprise. . . the wind  is howling! 

[Locutus]

Tonight is the night we find out if Miami gets the trinity.   

[Sandy Eggo]

Tonight is the night we find out if Miami gets the trinity.   

President Obama Mentions He'd Like To See LeBron James In Chicago, Also That He's Leader Of The Free World

[me]

 

[Sandy Eggo]

It was satire, me

[me]

It was satire, me

I didn't even notice that was The Onion.....   Now I'm gonna have to go back and read it instead of just commenting on the headline....LOL 

[Locutus]

'Eff the Pacers.   

There's a holy trinity in my town now.    

[me]

'Eff the Pacers.   

There's a holy trinity in my town now.    

[Bo D]

Now I'm gonna have to go back and read it instead of just commenting on the headline....LOL

Typical ...