Marine recruiter just came to my door

[Bjornsdotter]

...asking for my 17 year old. I can't fucking believe it...didn't get past me. I was polite but firm, not a chance in hell.

This kid told me we had the right idea about Iraq, in other words..we should be there. Also told me we really weren't killing very many Iraqis. I asked him how long he spent in Iraq...no time there at all.

I just can't believe they came here, I'm not sure why I'm shocked, but I am.

Cheers

[ThomCat]

1. Talk to your son. You know they'll keep tracking him down.

Please make sure he's prepared to fend them off.

[Bjornsdotter]

8. That's the strange part

When I opened the door I thought he was here because of my 18 year old son; he was here for my daughter!

I think that's what froze my brain for a moment.

Cheers

[ThomCat]

10. Wow. Be doubly careful.

I can't imagine why anyone would join the military right now, but kids must be doing it for some reason.

[OhioChick]

2. Get used to it.........

They've been hounding my kid (through calls, mailings, etc.) since he FIRST entered high school. :mad:

[PennyK]

3. I got a phone call last week...

...a recruiter wanting to talk to my daughter. I told him NO! and that we believe in peace.

[Bjornsdotter]

16. Yep

I'm with you.

I told him that we were a "diplomacy first' household and that the current administration's foreign policy is against everything we stand for.

Good luck with yours and cheers

[AngryOldDem]

4. That takes some big balls

I've never heard of them doing that before.

I'd call the local recruiting office and raise hell, not that it would do any good.

I'm also extremely offended by his "sales pitch." If things are so damned good over there, then the recruiter should go.

[OhioChick]

6. They sure are going door to door........

My kid's friends are getting visits quite frequently.

[Bjornsdotter]

17. It's scary n/t

[AngryOldDem]

39. Thanks for the warning. Seriously,

I also live in Ohio, and have a daughter who will be a high school sophomore this fall.

[Bjornsdotter]

11. This little shit

..actually rolled his eyes at me, when we were dicussing Iraq. Actually told me that Iraq was a threat to the US.

He kept asking to speak to my daughter, I told him she was a minor and I forbid it.

Cheers

[AngryOldDem]

40. Good for you!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Ezlivin]

5. He'll be back.

Recruiters are often like the Terminator. They can't be reasoned with and they will not stop until they get their quota.

Next time send your son to the door in drag and holding a bong. That should quell any further recruitment attempts.

[Bjornsdotter]

13. Lol!

I have a lovely evening gown that would look quite dashing on my son...but they were here for my daughter.

I told him she was blind in one eye...okay she has very limited vision in one eye.

Cheers

[arcane1]

36. it's a cult n/t

[Poll_Blind]

7. They'b bust down the door and take them if they could get away with it.

  The wolves are hungry, very hungry. It's worth telling your children about the dangers of drugs- and it's worth it to spend time talking to them about watching out for these recruiters.

  They will put more pressure on your child than any drug dealer will and they will lie, threaten, cajole, whatever it takes to get them signed up.

  Tell your child NOT TO EVEN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT with them- I've heard audio of a recruiter threatening a kid with going to jail if they didn't keep the appointment. Total lie, but that doesn't stop them...


PB

[Bjornsdotter]

15. Thanks!

When he came to the door and asked for my daughter, I thought it was someone she went to school with...boy was I wrong.

Thankfully my daughter is pretty savvy and has a strong bullshit meter, they'll have a real hard time trying to convince her...that is if they ever get to talk to her face to face.

Cheers

[Poll_Blind]

21. BTW, here is a link to the story (and audio of the threatening message)

Recruiter Who Threatened Jail Gets Promoted

LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE Consider playing it for your daughter.

PB

[Bjornsdotter]

25. Thank-you

I certainly will make both my kids and their friends listen to it.

Cheers

[Ian David]

9. Well, if he doesn't recruit enough cannon fodder, he'll get his turn soon

[Bjornsdotter]

32. Part of me

...wishes he does get his turn, part of me wishes he never does. Although if he comes back I'll drop that last part in a hearbeat.

Cheers

[Dhalgren]

12. A recruiter called about my daughter a while back.

I told him she wasn't interested and had just started college. He said, "Oh, so she's going to college?" I said, yes. He hasn't called back. Solution - the recruiters are only looking for kids whom they perceive as having no future. If they can get to a kid with no money or no support, they circle like vultures, but give them a kid with options and they fade fast...

[Bjornsdotter]

18. Good to know

I'll be sure to bring that up if it happens again.

Cheers

[indygrl]

20. They are recruiting on collage compasses too/,nt

[Dhalgren]

26. All I know is after that conversation, we have gotten no further

contacts.

[Nickster]

30. I can attest to that. Every "Job" fair they have at my school, the

recruiters are there. I normally chat with them since I'm prior service and ask how things are going etc. Last time around I got pressed to join up again because I'd of course only have to work as an instructor at the base nearby, blah blah blah. I just kinda laughed and said, no thanks.

[kcass1954]

38. An Army recruiter (among others) told me one day that they had money

for college. Told him we didn't need it. Asked how we were going to pay for college. Told him it was none of his damn business. I said that if my son decided on a military career AFTER college, that's just fine with me, but he's going to college first. This guy gave up. I wish he'd given the message to the Navy guy who continued to call for about 8 months after that.

[Cybergata]

14. John Stewart had a piece on...

marine recruiters stalking young people at malls. At least your children have you to block the soul snatchers. They know a draft will only turn more Americans against the war, so they are trolling for recruits.

[Bjornsdotter]

24. I can see how that happens

I listened to this kid (young man) twist the truth. If someone doesn't really follow what's going on a teen could easily believe the recruiter.

What I still don't know...How did they get my daughter's info? She attends a private school and I have informed the school that no information regarding my children is to be released without my permission.

Strange that it was my daughter and not my son.

Cheers

[OzarkDem]

19. I live in a "conservative" high income suburb

Our kids never, ever get stalked by recruiters. They have recruiters at the high school, and occasionally there are mailings, etc. but that's it.

I have a feeling the military is being told to stay away from GOP dominated communities.

[Bjornsdotter]

28. We live in an upper middle class subdivison

...our children attend private schools and my whole area is very strong GOP.

When I vote, they blow the dust off the Democratic ballot and everyone whispers and stares.

Cheers

[hopeisaplace]

46. great visual, lol..a rotted ole ballot with thick dust being hauled out

and someone blowing the dust off only to have it cloud up their
face as they cough and stare while handing it to you...:patriot:

[MarkDevin]

22. They're going door to door now?!

During my senior year of high school, I had military recruiters constantly phone me at home, but they never came to my door. The military must really be desperate for recruits!

Funny how the Bush-lovers haven't all rushed down to their local recruitment office to help their beloved president in his time of need. Yeah, war is great as long as someone else is fighting it. Right, chickenhawks? :hide:

[Bjornsdotter]

31. I almost told

...this young man to get back with me AFTER he spent some time in Iraq.

<sigh> All I could think of was that he was someone's baby too and I just couldn't wish it on him....now if he was older, no problem. He was just so young.

Cheers

[malaise]

23. I wonder when they'll start kidnapping people's

kids.

[Cybergata]

47. I have to laugh at them since...

with all the negativity about Mexican illegals in the U.S., they were so thrilled to find them fighting in Iraq, and made them citizens with GW there making a speech. What hypocrites. I wonder how many illegals even voted for Bush? Hum, you just might be surprised.

[pdxmom]

27. My daughter is also 17, and she has asked me to let her handle

the recruiters. Any mailings, she does a happy dance while putting through the shredder. Any calls, she says "Leave me alone and don't ever call back." None have come to the door yet, but I'm afraid what she'll do if that happens...the dog doesn't like strangers.

[Bjornsdotter]

29. Lol

Agreed...my daughter wouldn't have been half as nice as I was, good thing she was still sleeping.

However, I made it very clear that my daughter is still a minor, therefore under my care and I would not allow any form of the military to speak with her.

Good luck to yours and cheers

[roamer65]

33. Don't even try to reason

with these twits. Just tell them that they are trespassing on private property and unless they leave immediately, you will call the police. The cops may not sympathize, but they will have to ask the recruiter to leave. Enough cop calls and the recruiters will stop going door to door. The cops will get sick of the calls and complain to the recruiting office.

[Bjornsdotter]

34. Thanks

..another good idea!

Cheers

[arcane1]

35. FUCK BEING POLITE!!!!!!

it's a good thing I wasn't there :grr:

[Bjornsdotter]

41. Lol

I think if the recruiter was closer to my age it would have been easier to be rude, but I just kept thinking he was a baby.

Actually it's a good thing my husband wasn't here...he was really angry when I told him.

Cheers

[arcane1]

42. baby = ripe for learning

the last thing that dip-shit needs is citizens NOT blatantly denouncing his "cause"... anything to make him go "hmmm"

:evilgrin:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

37. The kid (19) next door told me he was thinking about joining the Suck.

Which is what we inmates called it when I was in back in the early '60s. I shared my thoughts and experiences with him.
He's dumb enough that he may still join the military, but he's discarded the glorious Marine Crotch idea.

[Sinti]

43. They very nearly got my boy - $10,000 sign on bonus they said

if he agreed to go to Iraq. It was BS of course, but at the time he couldn't find a job, and had been searching for several months. It was a scary moment.

Then I made him watch "Fallujah: The Hidden Massacre" No more questions were asked - no war no way.

If they have questions, make your kids watch this video - it's halfway down the page.
http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm

[Bjornsdotter]

44. Thank-you

...for the link, I'll have them watch it.

Cheers

[MrScorpio]

45. Yep, they're tracking your kids

But you still have the right to fight them off

Bush broke the military. This crap is going to stay like this for a long time