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Old 03-02-2006, 03:59 PM
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Navy SEALS are always taught:
1) Keep your priorities in order
2) Know when to act without hesitation.

A Navy SEAL 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
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 SEAL 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 SEAL 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
SEAL and asked, "What the hell is the matter with you? Why did you did
that?" The SEAL calmly replied, "God was too busy today protecting
America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say stupid **** and act like
an *******. So He sent me
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