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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 02:41 PM
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Army hard pressed to make recruiting goals for next two years
Edited on Wed Feb-23-05 02:57 PM by BOSSHOG
according to the Army's Chief Personnel Officer. This is hard to believe with all the flag waving, fist shaking patriots running loose in the streets of America. Joining the Army would be one great way to support the troops; it beats a bumper sticker. If conservatives are the bad ass, God fearing, American Loving salt of the earth that they say, then the United States Army should have zero problems meeting their recruiting goals. But this 24 year Navy Veteran views conservatives as spineless, dumbass chickenshits who can only display a backbone when in a crowd. On second thought, our Army doesn't need the likes of deserter george bush to succeed.

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Leilani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 02:48 PM
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1. How about all Senators & Representatives that voted FOR
the war send their kids to enlist?
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 02:48 PM
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2. I agree
All of them should go sign up if they really support the war. No more "I'm not a solider" or any other type of excuses freepers give. They wanted this war: they should serve.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 02:53 PM
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3. Wouldn't that be the ultimate sign of Patriotism?
Its much easier to lie about liberals than carry the load.
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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 03:09 PM
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4. i just got an e-mail from a friend which states, in part,
"I just sent out an email about how high school students are being bombarded with recruitment messages. The recruiters hound them in the lunchroom, the guidance counselor's office is plastered with recruitment posters, and Channel 1, the school news channel which they watch each morning, is full of ads from the armed services. We are quickly becoming a militarized country."

It is really frightening but many more 'Murricahns need to open up our eyes than we have up to the present. Also, the above tactic depicted in my friend's e-mail is one way to get the draft going without saying that they are DRAFTING young ones into the army.

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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 03:22 PM
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5. If conservatives walked instead of talked
the recruiters would not be put in such a desperate situation. If conservatives really loved their country then the recruiters should be swamped with applicants in their offices and would not have time to go to schools. If conservatives were real Americans the United States Army would have no trouble meeting goals which are necessary because of conservative politics. IF!!
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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 03:24 PM
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6. yeah... let's nominate jonah goldberg and the twins to head the new file
of recruits!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 03:29 PM
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7. In the true chicken hawk tradition
these young Hitler Nazi Youth may be myopic as well as, in many cases, insane. But they're not stupid either.
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