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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:43 AM Original message |
Selective Service eyes women's draft (Seattle P-I) |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, whaddaya know! |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. HAHA... |
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ldf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 09:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. power to extend the age limits in EXTREME national emergencycases. |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 09:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I'd probably.. |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm surprised more people haven't read this...especially DUers under 35... |
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dawn (876 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 12:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. It's very scary. |
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T Bone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 01:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
53. Follow link to the article and email it to every college student you know |
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brokensymmetry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. An odd thing... |
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crispuss (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. They get the same benefits of freedom, they should be drafted. |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. abolish age limit |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 09:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. I'd be a great warrior during my hot flashes. n/t |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 06:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
45. Funniest thing I've heard all day! LOL! n/t |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 01:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
52. my grandfather went to the pacific theatre |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 03:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
79. Yeah, except that many of us |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Especially the kids of the rich and powerful |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 09:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. You start getting pregnant, sonny |
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Lavalamp (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 11:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Yes |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 11:54 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Some posting here CERTAINLY should not be allowed to reproduce |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 11:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Sending females into DU contaminated areas during their childbearing |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 11:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
76. Are you saying that you wouldn't welcome the invaders with flowers? |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 12:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. So you're not for equality, then? |
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Lavalamp (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 12:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Yup |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 12:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Is that like "you're with us or your against us"? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 01:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Sounds more like NIMBY, to me. |
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Mushroom (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 08:22 AM Response to Reply #27 |
83. explain further |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 12:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Damn straight! |
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neverborn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 12:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
51. Well then.. |
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MI Cherie (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 04:07 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Thank you ... |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 08:58 AM Response to Reply #51 |
59. What the hell |
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neverborn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:20 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Me? I'm a guy. |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 04:17 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I'm well aware of what DU poisoning is purported to be |
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neverborn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 05:07 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. You think that... |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 06:10 AM Response to Reply #66 |
80. Who said anything about not drafting their sons? |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 08:09 PM Response to Reply #51 |
70. Sounds like you're spewing the sexist tripe. |
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neverborn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 10:05 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Do your homework. I'm a guy. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 10:52 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. I don't care what you are - my description fits you to a tee. |
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neverborn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 12:37 AM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Your description.. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 05:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
57. How the FUCK can you use the words "freedom" and "draft"... |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 09:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
60. ROFL...I'd like to see them try to draft women |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 06:57 AM Response to Reply #60 |
81. Women are fighting and dying in combat even as we speak... |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 08:17 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. perhaps you misread my post |
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Crowdance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
65. Right, start the fight for women's equality with the draft |
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are_we_united_yet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 05:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
67. I do not want women drafted! |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. DemsWillWin has been posting about this for months! |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. Toward the end of WWI |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 09:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Ha! They drafted men who DID hold one of those vital jobs. |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
10. I hate to say this |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I would love to see the Bush girls go |
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despairing optimist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 12:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
49. Valuable assets to whom? Johnnie Walker? Jack Daniels? |
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T Bone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 01:58 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Roosevelt kids served in WWI and WWII |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 08:45 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Yeah, and General Theodore Roosevelt Jr... |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 06:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. FDR's son Elliot was flying a Mosquito on mission |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 09:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Consider that the biggest danger female soldiers face |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 12:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. and it's fair to force males to risk their lives? |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 12:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. So you're not for equality then? |
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are_we_united_yet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 11:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
75. Equality? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 12:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Males are raped, too. |
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teryang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'm totally opposed to a draft |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
19. Pass the ERA then |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 08:25 AM Response to Reply #19 |
84. Yep...I want ERA passed first then they can have the draft |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
20. Is this what they mean by retraining? |
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tlcandie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
21. Wow.. so all that computer tech outsourcing will end up being |
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Johnny Arson (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't know how I feel about women being drafted. |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
30. The draft should pass. Lower age limit should be fifty. |
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Lavalamp (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. If you ask me |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 12:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Excellent - and it would shut the armchair warriors up forever. nt |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 12:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Universal National Service |
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Classic_Liberal712 (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 01:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Whenever I feel |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Yeah, things are all going against the dems, right? |
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Classic_Liberal712 (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 12:01 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. im i middle of the roader and supported edwards |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 08:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
69. Brilliant. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
40. Don't forget to tell them you are gay! |
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PaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Has anyone here gotten on |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 04:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. If... |
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PaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. KICK n/t |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
44. Looks like they're looking at coming after folks like me. |
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richabk (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
46. Eddie Izzard's military brigade |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 03:16 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Being gay is not a problem in war time |
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AbbeyRoad (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
50. Yay! Under that proposal, I could be drafted. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
61. I run this banner on my web site |
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goobergunch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
64. Hmmm |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
71. There is always conscientious objecting |
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neverborn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 10:08 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. And then you're what? A field medic? |
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DaveSZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 03:29 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Thank you Bush |
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narcjen (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
85. Going after women and dramatically raising draft age |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:47 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Well, my babies are nurses and computer workers. We're going to get |
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