posted December 30, 2002 08:57 PM              

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http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/29/mandatory.military/index.html

if this goes through im starting a riot.

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posted December 30, 2002 09:39 PM              

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He has a point, though. If the people in Congress got a wiff of their kids having to go off and get shot at, bombed, and chemicals dumped on, they would sure think twice about being trigger happy in the Middle East.

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posted December 31, 2002 12:01 PM              

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Yeah, from what I understand from the interview that I saw w/ this dude, he's suggesting it primarily so rich congressmen and lobbyists, et al, would have to think about their kids on the front-line along w/ the working-class kids that went in for the education $$, instead of being secure in the fact that they're safe in their Ivy-League schools or backpacking through Europe.

Bravo to him.

I have quite a few friends and acquaintances
that'll probably come back in body bags or w/ next-Gen Gulf War syndrome (which, I assure you, isn't a figment of soldiers' imaginations) if this thing that's building-up comes to a head.
Rich fu*ks should have to think about their own over there, too.

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posted December 31, 2002 12:02 PM              

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But, to be fair, anyone w/ an ounce of power and/or influence will prolly find a way to usher their kiddies into the Coast Guard...

(Ew, I'm getting a bit hostile, aren't I?)

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posted December 31, 2002 01:02 PM              

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nothing wrong with hostility when its directed toward such an idiotic idea as this

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posted March 16, 2003 02:06 AM              

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I haven't heard anything further about this. I know that in Israel everyone has to serve in the military (I think it's for 2 years, but I'm not sure)-male and female.

My friend's father got out of the draft by not showering for a couple of weeks and then peeing on himself at the enlistment office. Supposedly, anyway.

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posted March 16, 2003 04:23 AM              

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Hey N_wEvil, not to worry, the important people aren't interested in Rangel's proposal.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,75387,00.html

CNN is pretty much to the left, their news is very one sided.

It is better to get news from MSMBC or FoxNews, they report more sides.

Donna

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