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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:11 PM Original message |
IMO, * will call for a draft in Aug while Congress is out of town, They aways tell us what they |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Don't Worry! The Battlin' Congressional Dems Have Our Backs! |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The draft is already on the books, they have nothing to do with it. Except |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. In All Seriousness - Starting A Draft Will Rapidly Lead to Impeachment |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I disagree. It will change the campaigns, the draft will suck all the oxygen until Nov 08. n/t |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Boy I Hope You're Wrong! |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Here’s a link to the 1970 military draft lottery......... |
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partylessinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. CNN reported this about Lute/draft earlier this evening. |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Prime the pump, CNN. n/t |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Good. Watch the younger generation take an interest in politics now. |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. It will certainly set the iPhones a jingling. n/t |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. I certainly hope so for perhaps 'mom and pop' citizen will extract their heads from their asses |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. They will get my sons (29 and 32) over my dead body |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The current draft law on the books sets the range for 19 to 24 males to be drafted first. |
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ellaydubya (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I, also have two sons...... |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. They're safe for the moment |
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ellaydubya (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 11:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Thank you |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. The law on the books is the old draft and is for males only. All it takes is for * to notify the |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. We also have a 20 year old daughter |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Your daughter can not be drafted under the law as written. Misinformation |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 11:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. luckily your sons are gay, right? (shhhh---just SAY they are, wink wink) |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 02:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Less stigma now about being gay... |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Why is there an assumption that they would only draft men??? |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Because that is the draft law on the books, dates at least to '73. It is a law |
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Dan (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Agreed! |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
21. Not going to happen. Only will guarantee a Democratic landslide in 2008 |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Do you think Chimpy really cares about '08? {nt} |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
23. Not going to happen. |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. "They can't do that", * has feelings, the GOP will do the right thing, people won't put up |
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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 12:07 AM Response to Reply #23 |
42. You make a great point for doing a Rovian ploy FOR the draft... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Well all around here they have been recruiting replacement for the |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
29. Unfortunately, I think a draft is the ONLY way to get American's |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. That's not America's top priorities, just what's easy for the media to focus on |
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Timmy5835 (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. Folks...CALM DOWN |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Sorry but you are wrong, the draft law is on the books, and * just needs to activate it via ex order |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. No, they won't. They will not walk into the cage |
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Timmy5835 (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Jack, with all due respect........ |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. You are correct, but how do you know that? |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Wait a minute.....My profile has always been blank. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. My 20-year old roommate said "I'd just show up" if there was a draft. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
39. The draft would be the best way to end the war quickly |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I have given up on the general "population" they seem to be brain dead right now. The world |
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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
43. Seriously though, just why would a Bushie throw this turd in the punchbowl? |
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