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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:03 PM Original message |
As a veteran, I'd not be offended if he HAD been talking about the troops! |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thank you for pointing that out. Well-said. |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Moreover, they have been LOWERING the enlistment standards... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. The problem with your statement is that many of these kids |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Correct. Many of them don't have the means. |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Just to set the record straight |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Rich doesn't necessarily mean being spoiled |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 01:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. This isn't RW spin |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 09:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Until you've experienced it, you don't know what hell it can be |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. see, that's why clinton was so popular, imo |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Stating the obvious pisses them off |
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Taoschick (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
9. I'd be offended |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I'm a veteran and so is Kerry. Whom are you talking about? n/t |
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Taoschick (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I'm talking about what Kerry said |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 01:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Many people do join the military because they have no other options open. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Yes, Kerry has since "apologized". |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
12. don't forget the ones |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
14. Rec #5 |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
16. Don't take it at face value, sweetums. Here is the actual joke that |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 02:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I saw that and I know he meant it as a joke |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
19. What ho? A thread started by a sane person? Who also, you know, |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. remember Jesse Venturi's interview after he won in MN?? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
21. the draft first then the thought of maybe some more education |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
22. I figured he was talking about kids like my oldest son |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
23. I Guess You Have To Make An Exception For The Academies... |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
24. Good post. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
25. I'm a vet, and I'm not offended either. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I was drafted out of college in 1969 because I let my grade average get down. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Thanks for posting about your experience, too. n/t |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. Veteran here! I agree wholeheartedly. nt |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. UUUUUUUUUUUOOOOOOOO! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. bush cutting Pell grants and aid to education has forced many |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Rich man's war, poor man's fight |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Yes, that needs to be shouted from the treetops. |
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