Change.......Don't get misty-eyed and emotionally carried away with all the thundering oratory about "change" in this campaign. The attached email was from a Marine. Underneath the offbeat humor there is real truth.
Editor:
The buzzword of this election is "change." Candidates toss it around without saying what they want to change to.
Years ago, there was an old tale in the Marine Corps about a lieutenant who inspected his Marines and told the "Gunny" that they smelled bad. The lieutenant suggested that they change their underwear.
The "Gunny" responded, "Aye,aye, sir. I'll see to it immediately." He went into the tent and said, "The lieutenant thinks you smell bad and he wants you to change your underwear. Smith, you change with Jones, McCarthy, you change with Witkowskie, Brown, you change with Schultz ..."
A candidate may promise change in Washington but the stink of years will remain. Semper fi,
Col. James "Wes" Hammond, Jr.
USMC (Ret.) Reno
