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I snickered a bit:
>> >> Dan Rather, Peter Jennings, Cokie Roberts, and a tough old U.S.
>> >> Marine
>> >> Sergeant were all captured by terrorists in Iraq. The leader of the
>> >> terrorists told them that he would grant them each one last request
>> >> before they were beheaded
>> >>
>> >> Dan Rather said, "Well, I'm a Texan; so I'd like one last bowlful of
>> >> hot
>> >> spicy chili." The leader nodded to an underling who left and
>> >> returned
>> >> with the chili. Rather ate it all and said, "Now I can die content."
>> >>
>> >> Peter Jennings said, "I am Canadian, so I'd like to hear the song "O
>> >>
>> >> Canada" one last time." The leader nodded to a terrorist who had
>> >> studied
>> >> the Western world and knew the music. He returned with some rag-tag
>> >> Musicians and played the anthem. Jennings sighed and declared he
>> >> could
>> >> now die peacefully.
>> >>
>> >> Cokie Roberts said, "I'm a reporter to the end. I want to take out
>> >> my
>> >> tape recorder and describe the scene here and what's about to
>> >> happen.
>> >> Maybe someday someone will hear it and know that I was on the job
>> >> till
>> >> the end."
>> >>
>> >> The leader directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder and
>> >> Roberts
>> >> dictated some comments. She then said, "Now I can die happy."
>> >>
>> >> The leader turned and said, "And now, Mr. U.S. Marine, what is your
>> >> final
>> >> wish?"
>> >>
>> >> "Kick me in the ass," said the Marine.
>> >>
>> >> "What?" asked the leader? "Will you mock us in your last hour?"
>> >>
>> >> "No, I'm not kidding. I want you to kick me in the ass," insisted
>> >> the
>> >> Marine. So the leader shoved him into the open, and kicked him in
>> >> the
>> >> ass.
>> >>
>> >> The Marine went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9 mm
>> >> pistol
>> >> from inside his cammies, and shot the leader dead. In the resulting
>> >> confusion, he leapt to his knapsack, pulled out his M4 carbine And
>> >> sprayed the Iraqis with gunfire. In a flash, all the Iraqis were
>> >> either
>> >> dead or fleeing for their lives.
>> >>
>> >> As the Marine was untying Rather, Jennings, and Roberts, they asked
>> >> him,
>> >> "Why didn't you just shoot them in the beginning? Why did you ask
>> >> them to
>> >> kick you in the ass first?"
>> >>
>> >> "What, "Replied the Marine, "and have you three Assholes report that
>> >> I
>> >> was the aggressor?
[ January 29, 2007, 07:04 PM: Message edited by: n8y8 ]
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