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Post by Conina on Jun 4, 2006 15:27:39 GMT -5
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Post by sinful on Jun 4, 2006 16:05:53 GMT -5
It's an interesting concept thats already in place (or was) in Isreal.
But doesn't have such a large age range.At the age of 18 all Isrealites go into the military for a minumum period of 2 years after graduating high school.(may have changed in the past 10 years but i doubt it)A small country with alot of enemies they need as many military personal they can get.
Our problem here in the US is that we are too large of a country to be able to afford having that many people on the payroll for 2 years.With the down-sizing of the military as it is it will never get passed for the sheer cost of doing this. Not to mention the will of the American people and their freedom of choice will wreak havoc on Washington D.C.
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Post by Conina on Jun 4, 2006 16:26:39 GMT -5
i dont know, America has changed alot in the last 4 yrs. I think we are all just cannon fodder to the gov now. I was in the military, maybe they'll consider that time served? lol  |
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Post by Bridger - Retired Paladin on Jun 4, 2006 20:57:18 GMT -5
As an Army Veteran, I will go to prison before I ever serve for the military again.
Screw this ridiculous shit of loosing people in a meaningless war which started over American Politics.
Didn't our great leaders learn anything from Vietnam? Drafting worked so well the last time around.
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Post by Bridger - Retired Paladin on Jun 5, 2006 2:22:25 GMT -5
Just e-mailed my Representative.
Made the message something like this "that idea sucks, F-that".
However I put it a bit more eloquently like "I'm a Veteran, we cannot support freedom by taking it away and forcing our own citizens into positions which they do not believe in. I hope you Congressmen Pomeroy do not support this bill, by the way, I voted for you last election".
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Post by jerric on Jun 5, 2006 7:49:08 GMT -5
I love the date, almost makes me question if its real, or just coincidence.
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Post by corran on Jun 5, 2006 7:56:41 GMT -5
OMG, this is stupid. I'm getting a little tired of this country. I hear land in Antarctica is cheap, I think I'll move there and just play Final Fantasy. I'll tele-commute for work to pay the billz. Markus can even come live with me in Antarctica so he doesn't have to get a job. It'll be fun. My new Icy Compound will be a place where the only government is EO and we can have EO weekend retreats. No reason to put it in a nice area, since we all know all we'll do is stay inside and have a lan party anyways. Yay...
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Post by Markus on Jun 5, 2006 8:34:30 GMT -5
OMG, this is stupid. I'm getting a little tired of this country. I hear land in Antarctica is cheap, I think I'll move there and just play Final Fantasy. I'll tele-commute for work to pay the billz. Markus can even come live with me in Antarctica so he doesn't have to get a job. It'll be fun. My new Icy Compound will be a place where the only government is EO and we can have EO weekend retreats. No reason to put it in a nice area, since we all know all we'll do is stay inside and have a lan party anyways. Yay... Lmao sounds like a plan! |
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Post by Beren on Jun 5, 2006 10:31:08 GMT -5
I'll resign this morning and make some calls. South Pole here we come!
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Post by mirowr on Jun 5, 2006 10:36:05 GMT -5
S-A-N-T-A!
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Post by corran on Jun 5, 2006 11:55:12 GMT -5
Mirowr can only come if I get to go to the Poconos with him first.
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Post by nedicinevi on Jun 5, 2006 13:46:20 GMT -5
It's a political stunt -- this isn't the first time Rangel has introduced this bill.
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Post by Conina on Jun 6, 2006 18:43:53 GMT -5
I love the date, almost makes me question if its real, or just coincidence. Wow i didnt notice that, lol. |
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Post by Conina on Jun 6, 2006 18:45:15 GMT -5
OMG, this is stupid. I'm getting a little tired of this country. I hear land in Antarctica is cheap, I think I'll move there and just play Final Fantasy. I'll tele-commute for work to pay the billz. Markus can even come live with me in Antarctica so he doesn't have to get a job. It'll be fun. My new Icy Compound will be a place where the only government is EO and we can have EO weekend retreats. No reason to put it in a nice area, since we all know all we'll do is stay inside and have a lan party anyways. Yay... i'm in!!!! |
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Post by Sosa on Jun 6, 2006 23:20:16 GMT -5
...Canada?
No, seriously. I'm starting to think about changing citizenship, myself... at work today, I had to sit and listen to these two COMPLETELY IGNORANT-ASS girls I would assume were fresh out of high school. Now, I am a firm believer that everyone is entitled to their own opinion - and if your view differs from mine, I can respectfully agree to disagree... as long as you have some smattering of intelligence to justify your point of view.
For fifteen minutes, I listened to their claims that the only thing our current president has done wrong in his entire tenure was not tighten border patrols to "keep the wetbacks out of our country and stop stealing our fucking money." Yeah. Right. I had to listen to her talk about "joining the border patrol when I'm 21, so I can get a gun and just shoot some of them." I listened to her rip on every measure the democratic party has taken in 4 years (I'm not a democrat, I'm a bipartisan liberal,) without having the slightest clue what she was talking about. And the entire time, I just kept wishing I had a newspaper on me so I could show her what one looks like, and possibly explain how one goes about picking one up and "reading it." I'm sorry. If you can't name 5 countries that are NOT the United States of America, you have no right to comment on American politics... lol - -;
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