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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:29 AM Original message |
Bring Back the Draft - subject of two editorials in gulf coast paper |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. Having been drafted myself in 1969 I have very mixed feelings. |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm opposed to the draft |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. all I'm opposed to is Congress having their cake and eating it too... |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It also allowed the cabal in DC |
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Lowell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. Draft Era Veteran |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. "silverspoon congresscritters kids" |
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Lowell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Actually I served with some |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yes the generalization is incorrect. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Al Gore went |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Al volunteered, like Kerry. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Draft in alphabetical order this time, skipping "Aa" through "Bt..." |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
7. The draft will never be reinstated. I don't think it's possible to |
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enough already (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. Politically, this is just the dumbest idea of all time |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. We tend to prefer clever political strategies over the truth. |
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enough already (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Exactly, although there is nothing 'clever' about this. |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. I read somewhere... |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. I don't think it will help |
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