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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 10:47 AM Original message |
Marines offered as much as $30,000 to reenlist |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Joey! Not the mutual fund! Buy Euros! Wedding ring? Sure, nice idea. |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 08:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Joey! Not the mutual fund! Buy Euros! |
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rainy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. Its probably more like "take the money or we will put you on the |
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Ima (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 04:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. And.... |
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coreystone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. Reenlistment incentives for "combat arms grunts" is equal to the ... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. "'the wife" |
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argento101 (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 12:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. maybe |
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Bush was AWOL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 07:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Oh, Please! |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. Gosh! Our troops might make a slightly larger fraction... |
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L84TEA (668 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
6. hmmm... 30,000 to risk my life? |
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IowaGuy (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 12:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Yaeah, but... |
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GiovanniC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. Your Life for 30K |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 01:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Well, if that's all the value these poor schlubs put on it, okay, I guess. |
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ilovenicepeople (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 02:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Let me guess, |
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GiovanniC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. That's Like a Poor Man's Survivor |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 09:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. It's not just that. |
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Paranoid_Portlander (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. Bush might use $$$ to avoid imposing the draft. |
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coreystone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 12:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. SSHHHHHH!! Not right after the election.///// |
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Barkley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. $30,000 to re-enlist but no extra money for Pell Grants for college |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. H.R. 4200 was signed recently into law |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. uh.... this may seem like a VERY |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. There is nothing wrong with your comparison |
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Chicago Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. AMERICA - THE NEW ROME.... Let's bring back the Praetorian |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. My life for 30K( tax free), nope, not gonna happen. n/t |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. Does the family or the Marine |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 04:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well, that's how they do it for combat pay. They pro rate that |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. That should cover their funeral expense (n/t) |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. At least this should stimulate the economy a bit |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
25. So, that's why we have such a huge deficit!!! |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. Wow, 30 grand for a year |
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signmike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 09:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. I don't know how they work it these days |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
27. Jays'us fucking christ 'ya know the U.S. is hard up when offering |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
29. Why reenlist? Become a merc; evil pays better that way. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 07:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. KILLS ME,...those RW war-profiteers, masters at mass manipulation, |
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cynthia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
31. yet |
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dave123williams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. 30,000 Euros might persuade me... |
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pinkpops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
34. mahogany casket |
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stevekatz (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 11:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Re-enlistment bonuses are nothing new |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
39. That breaks down to: |
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talk hard (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-04 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
40. Hmmmm .. $30,000 or by gunpoint. |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-04 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
41. Who wants to be a Millionaire is much safer and easier. |
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