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<blockquote data-quote="James" data-source="post: 913" data-attributes="member: 2">One sunny&nbsp;&nbsp; day in January, 2013 an old man approached the White House from across&nbsp; Pennsylvania Avenue&nbsp;&nbsp; , where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U.S. Marine&nbsp;&nbsp; standing guard and said, &quot;I would like to go in and meet with&nbsp; President&nbsp;&nbsp; Obama.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The Marine&nbsp;&nbsp; looked at the man and said, &quot;Sir, Mr. Obama is no longer president and&nbsp;&nbsp; no longer resides here.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The old man&nbsp;&nbsp; said, &quot;Okay&quot;, and walked away.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The following&nbsp;&nbsp; day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same&nbsp; Marine,&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;I would like to go in and meet with President Obama.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The Marine&nbsp;&nbsp; again told the man, &quot;Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Obama is no longer&nbsp;&nbsp; president and no longer resides here.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The man&nbsp;&nbsp; thanked him and, again, just walked away.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The third&nbsp;&nbsp; day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very&nbsp; same U.S.&nbsp;&nbsp; Marine, saying &quot;I would like to go in and meet with President&nbsp;&nbsp; Obama.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The Marine,&nbsp;&nbsp; understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said,&nbsp; &quot;Sir,&nbsp;&nbsp; this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to&nbsp; Mr.&nbsp;&nbsp; Obama. I've told you already that Mr. Obama is no longer the president&nbsp; and no&nbsp;&nbsp; longer resides here. Don't you understand?&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The old man&nbsp;&nbsp; looked at the Marine and said, &quot;Oh, I understand. I just love hearing&nbsp;&nbsp; it.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The Marine&nbsp;&nbsp; snapped to attention, saluted, and said, &quot;See you tomorrow, Sir.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James, post: 913, member: 2"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]One sunny day in January, 2013 an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue , where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Obama."[/COLOR][/COLOR] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Obama is no longer president and no longer resides here."[/COLOR][/COLOR] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]The old man said, "Okay", and walked away.[/COLOR][/COLOR] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Obama."[/COLOR][/COLOR] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Obama is no longer president and no longer resides here."[/COLOR][/COLOR] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.[/COLOR][/COLOR] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same U.S. Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with President Obama."[/COLOR][/COLOR] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Obama. I've told you already that Mr. Obama is no longer the president and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?"[/COLOR][/COLOR] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it."[/COLOR][/COLOR] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow, Sir."[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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