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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 08:57 AM Original message |
Does anyone else here think our military is a socialist run structure |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yep |
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BobRossi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. It was when I was in. |
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Mixopterus (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. Perhaps |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Maybe in traditional warfare, but that isn't the kind we have now |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. Not to quibble, but the most accepted definition of Socialism is.... |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. +1 n/t |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Security. What does a teacher produce? A fireman? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Theft.... |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. Please provide a link to your definition |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. It's my definition |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. "If you want to force me to come up with someone elses definition" |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Do you think for yourself? |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. I have to wonder how many of the gun-totin', town hall disruptors are really veterans. |
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lewismo (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. socialist military |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I find nothing wrong with Socialism |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. not only that, but the military contracting industry are the single BIGGEST |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
11. No I don't... |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Can you expound further? |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
16. Of course it is. I'm surprised you would ask such a question. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. That's the point I'm tryng to make |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Oh. Duh. I'm so dense sometimes. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
17. Our military people pay for their uniforms with their own money |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. And where do the military get their money? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Yes, but they have to do actual work before the money and benefits are distributed to them |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. If we admit to doing Socialist things it helps to understand the concept of Socialism |
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reformedrethug (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I am one of those Disabled Vets |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I hope you get an increase in your pension |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
21. The Military has ALWAYS been a job program for young conserative and mostly rural republicans, |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
22. No |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. the military doesn't make the decision to send it's soldiers to war |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
23. Why do miltary members have to pay taxes on their salary? |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Because the IRS says that all revenue is considered income and therefore taxed |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I know, I was putting that question to the OP. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I am the OP |
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reformedrethug (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
32. Not to nitpick but there is one thing wrong in your OP |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I'm truly sorry you had to pay for your uniform |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. It is not socialist, but instead a parasitic structure |
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