Normally I trash fwd.s, this one was good.
> U.S. Marines are always taught:
>
> 1) Keep your priorities in order; and 2) Know when to act without
> hesitation.
>
> A U.S. 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 a vowed atheist and a
> member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
>
> One day he shocked the class when he came in, looked to the ceiling,
> and 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, watching over
> America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say stupid shit
> and act like an asshole. So He sent me! "