MARINES are always taught:
1.) Keep your priorities in order and
2.) Know when to act without hesitation
A MARINE was attending some college courses between
assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU. One day the
professor shocked the class when he came in, looked to
the ceiling when he flatly stated, "God, if you are
real, then I want you to knock me off this platform.
I'll give you exactly 15 minutes."
The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin
drop. Ten minutes went by and the professor
proclaimed, "Here I am God, I'm still waiting."
It got down to the last couple of minutes when the
MARINE got out of his chair, went up to the professor,
and cold-cocked him; knocking him
off the platform. The professor was out cold.
The MARINE went back to his seat and sat there,
silently. The other students were shocked and stunned
and sat there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the MARINE and asked, "What the hell is the
matter with you? Why did you do that?"
The MARINE calmly replied, "God was too busy today
taking care of America's soldiers who are protecting
your right to say stupid s*** and act like an a**h***.
So He sent me."