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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:17 AM Original message |
If you have only one living son can he be drafted? |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's hard to say |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. and send me along too! |
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Joe_VB (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think their is a sole surviving son clause anymore. |
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aintitfunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, I have only one son |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That's what I thought. Thank you. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 10:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Or a parent. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yes he can. The myth that an only living son can't be drafted is exactly |
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Ernesto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 09:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Eh, not quite a myth during the Vietnam thing........ |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. But we aren't discussing exact circumstances of the only living son of |
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Ernesto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-05 10:15 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. Don't know what the rules will be in the new draft, |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. As others have said, |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Same here somewhat, |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. Oh no, remember... |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
10. yes, he can be drafted |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Asthma will keep him out... |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 08:04 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yes, but I've heard that if Rangles bill gets passed |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 08:15 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Don't worry about Rangle's bill... |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 08:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. They've been waivering asthma for years now |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 08:31 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. That's kind of up in the air... |
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ihaveaquestion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. From the Horse's Mouth |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yes. Go look at the selective service website. |
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CarefullyLiberal (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
14. News alert! There is no draft. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 08:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I know there's no draft, BUT |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 08:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. News alert! there WILL be a draft. |
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paula777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. What do you think the response from people will be if there is a draft? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 10:20 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I would RELISH tens of thousands of draft-age folks |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 08:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. dupe |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
15. Yes, and I can find the regulation if needed... |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 08:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Thank you. I don't need you to post the regulation. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
22. During the last draft.... |
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Number9Dream (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
25. Another way out... |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
27. My Dad and Uncle in WW2 |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
32. Yes and I was |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-05 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
35. No. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Then what are all these 18-yr olds registering for? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-05 10:32 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. The Selective Service is in place so that IF the draft were reinstated |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Another anti-Dem response |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Reinstating the draft would require an act of Congress |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-05 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
36. I only have one son who already is in the National Guard |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-05 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
37. I'm thinking about all of the fundie families with six+ kids, |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-05 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
38. It used to be that one could be drafted but |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-05 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
40. 1, 10 doesn't matter |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-05 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
42. A new draft would encouter many changes |
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