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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:25 PM Original message |
Vietnam veteran, 53, called to active duty |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. We are now truly scraping the bottom of the barrel |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. When will the Shit Floats Vets get their papers? They're a pretty gung-ho |
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rkc3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. He's still in the Guard - not like they're calling up random vets. |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Not yet anyways |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 02:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. True, don't panic ... yet disconcerting. |
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Ernesto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 05:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Well, this is to be expected isn't it? |
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George_S (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 05:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Why don't the freepers enlist... |
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democrat in Tallahassee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. did cha vote fer bush? then don't worry, there won't be any married |
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Not Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. My sentiments exactly... |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 03:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. I live relatively close to this guy. |
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canadianbeaver (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. Every day something else makes me say..... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. Oh, no! |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. The man called up was a sergeant in the national guard |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yes but, usually peiople this old are kept in the states for training |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. hmm... my dad is in his 50's, and in the Guard... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 05:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. If he doesn't want to go |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 08:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. Call him, ask him and please tell us. |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. WHAT ABOUT BUSHITLER? |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 02:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Turkey delivers Turkey |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 02:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Hi cyberpj!! |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Thanks |
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George_S (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 05:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. No need. |
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treading_water (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. Operation Dragoon? |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. why? what's the significance of that word? |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 03:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Dragoon as a verb means |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. It doesn't say on what basis he was called up. |
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From the south (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. He is a 1st Sergent in the National Guard |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Well, I don't know about him |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. Two heart attack deaths so far (we know of) - over 50 and in Iraq |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. If this doesn't prove the absurdity of the 'war' |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. Leave my generation the fuck alone!! |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yup. This doesn't surprise me. |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 05:18 PM Original message |
Oh please everyone - get a grip! |
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George_S (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. Sure, it's legal and all... |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 05:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I'm with you there George_S |
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AlFrankenFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. Oh shit...my retired Marine step-father, a vet of the Gulf War is only 46 |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 05:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Hey I'm 46 and a former Army Officer ... |
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AlFrankenFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 05:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. he served for...twenty years n/t |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 05:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. My husband is a retired Marine (served for 20 years) |
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AlFrankenFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 07:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. So did my step-dad |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. As an almost 53 year old.... |
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snippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
38. This is pathetic. Just like Bush. n/t |
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vet 65 69 (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 07:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. i have a friend in the navy |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
42. Would you mind closing the window... |
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shesemsmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
43. *&(%%$#@* |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
45. Next to the bottom of the barrel, they are scraping. When they take those |
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moroni (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
46. Retired military members have been asked to return to duty... |
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Ima (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
47. .. |
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