Marine Corps General Reinwald was interviewed on the radio the
other day and you'll love his reply to the lady who interviewed him
concerning guns and children. Regardless of how you feel about gun
laws you gotta love this. This is one of the best comeback lines of
all time. It is a portion of National Public Radio (NPR) interview
between a female broadcaster and US Marine Corps General Reinwald who
was about to sponsor Boy Scouts visiting his military installation.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: So, General Reinwald, what things are you going
to teach these young boys when they visit your base?

GENERAL REINWALD: We're going to teach them climbing, canoeing,
archery, and shooting.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Shooting! That's a bit irresponsible, isn't it?

GENERAL REINWALD: I don't see why, they'll be properly supervised on
the rifle range.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Don't you admit that this is a terribly dangerous
activity to be teaching children?

GENERAL REINWALD: I don't see how. We will be teaching them proper
rifle discipline before they even touch a firearm.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: But you're equipping them to become violent killers.

GENERAL REINWALD: Well, ma'am, you're equipped to be a prostitute, but
you're not one, are you?

The radio went silent and the interview ended. You gotta love
the Marines!

Brilliant!

I listen to NPR, though I've become frustrated with the horrid slant they try to put on everything. My favorite time when they totally had that blow up in their face was when they were trying to show 'good hardworking people' who couldn't get back into public housing in New Orleans, even though much of it was undamaged. While I sympathize with the victims, the spin they were trying to put on it was sickening. But it blew up on them, and it was hilarious. I pulled this directly from the NPR transcript.

AMY GOODMAN: Now, Lafitte wasn’t destroyed by the hurricane.

ALVIN FRANKLIN: No. No, it was not.

AMY GOODMAN: So why couldn’t you just move into your apartment, move back in?

ALVIN FRANKLIN: That’s the question everybody’s looking for, because the majority of the residents are sleeping maybe like about a half-a-mile under the bridge from the project, when they could be back in their own apartments.

AMY GOODMAN: Where do you sleep, Alvin Franklin?

ALVIN FRANKLIN: Sometimes, you know, thank God for the Salvation Army. But when I’m not able to hustle up money, I sleep in Duncan Plaza right in front of City Hall.

AMY GOODMAN: Each night?

ALVIN FRANKLIN: Each night, yes, ma’am.

AMY GOODMAN: What jobs did you have? What were you doing before the hurricane in New Orleans?

ALVIN FRANKLIN: Well, for a drug, I smoked me some marijuana.

I respect Mr. Franklin's honest candor.

HOO-AH! Go Marines for snappy come-backs.

Also, yay for honesty!

I had a marine call my office the other day, the discussion went something like this:

Him: "Hello, is Mr. Somebodyelse available?"
Me: "Sure, may I tell him who is calling?"
Him: "Yes."

After about ten seconds.

Me: "That's your queue to give me your name."
Him: "You didn't ask."
Me: "So what can I do for you?"
Him: "I already told you I want to speak with Mr. Somebodyelse"
Me: "No you didn't."

Jerkass.