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Jimmy D Donating Member (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:36 AM
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There will be a Draft
We have to fight for it to be fair.
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mazzarro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:38 AM
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1. If fairness means drafting reThugs first of all - then I say lets do so!
eom
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Hog lover Donating Member (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:44 AM
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6. Military recruiters should go to every expensive private HS
and sign 'em up. Bet they would not get many takers - I mean, you know, actually fighting in the ole infantry is for the poor folks.
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faithfulcitizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:39 AM
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2. i'm totally with you! send those chickenhawks!
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Union Thug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:40 AM
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3. No, we have to tell people NOT TO GO.
Fuck the draft, resist. Do NOT go. Let the rich go fight their own wars. The rest of us can watch them die on the TEEEEveeeee..

I'm serious. There needs to be a massive resistance to this crap.
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Sperk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:41 AM
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5. No way in HELL is my son going to Iraq or any other place.
Send Jenna and Barbara!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Union Thug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:46 AM
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7. I'm with you. When they come for my son, I'll do WHATEVER...
it takes to stop them.

Those who start the wars should go fight the wars. Fuck this blood sweat and tears bullshit.
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jonolover Donating Member (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:59 AM
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14. Did you vote for Bush or Kerry?
n/t
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Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:41 AM
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4. Yawn.....

....let's start with all of the Bush voters.

Wake me after the first 25 million.

Cheers,
Kim :toast:
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funkhowser Donating Member (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:51 AM
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11. This scares the poop out of me
... as the father of a 17 year old daughter that is already being solicited by recruiters, I'm very uneasy. She's been telling them to stuff it (and that she has a 100% PTSD disabled uncle from `nam).

Local news this a.m. is at one of Tampa's richer neighborhood high-schools and save for one lone Kerry kid, the balance are chanting "Bush, Bush" ... yeah, you f-ing idiots keep chanting when your in the desert being shot at.
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Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 11:12 AM
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16. I hear you.....

...I've got a 16 year old (soon to be 17)and a 15 year old....I am very concered about the draft.

However, under no circumstances will my kids serve in Bush's Folly.

My daughter was the lone Kerry supporter in her class and was taunted for it...she looked like she was kicked in the teeth this morning as I dropped her off at school.

Our kids have to hang tough, they will be voting in the next election.

Recruiters have been at school trying to sign up the juniors and seniors....hope all of the Bush backers jump up today to secure a part in the next act of "Bush's Follies".

Hugs,
Kim :hug:
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aden_nak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:46 AM
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8. Get your "FUCK BUSH" shirts ready for your SS board meetings.
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CrashBurnRepeat Donating Member (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:48 AM
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9. F Bush
F Bush T-Shirt.

Check-
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:49 AM
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10. A draft will end the war
There's no way the younger generation will accept a draft. And we already see how chickenhawks shut up tight as drums when asked if they're enlisting.
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Ohio rules Donating Member (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:53 AM
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12. ONLY CONGRESS
has the authority to reinstate the draft.
not the president
not the president
not the president.


source;
govt. 101
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:55 AM
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13. With a Repub Congress - a Repub president gets what they want
Or haven't you noticed?
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Flammable Materials Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:59 AM
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15. DO YOUR BUSH-LOVING NEIGHBORS A FAVOR
Sign up their kids for the Army mailing list:

https://www.goarmy.com/contact/send_for_info.jsp
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sbj405 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 11:16 AM
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17. as a 20-something veteran,
those 18-25 y/os that opted not to vote yday get what they deserve
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tuckessee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 12:40 PM
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20. Why is that?
Both candidates said they wouldn't bring back the draft.

Both candidates had multi-year pull-out plans from Iraq.

As far as the Iraq War and the War on Terror go, how were the two candidates really any different?

If a young person was concerned about the draft, there was no reason to think Kerry would've been any different than Bush.

Kerry even touted his military leadership as a campaign point. Couple that with no concrete Iraq exit plan and a draft looks certain regardless of who wins the White House.

The sooner the Democrats understand that the lack luster stance on military adventurism cost them votes the sooner they'll be able to oust the Repugs.
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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 12:25 PM
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18. Good, Let's Have A Draft Then. The Sooner The Better
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 12:39 PM
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19. I disagree. We need to fight it every step of the way.
"making it fair" only legitimizes the draft. We should fight to stop a draft, period. If a draft is implemented, we should help people to resist it or obtain CO status.
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