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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTed Nugent crapping his pants to avoid the draft shows why we need polls back on DU
We need to vote for who is the king of the chickenhawks, and while Nugent isn't running for office, his chicken credentials are probably the best ever.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)For every form of barbaric Cowardice .
blm
(113,065 posts)with servants because there were some Catholic nuns nearby who needed to be converted to Mormonism?
yurbud
(39,405 posts)but as far as I know, he didn't soil his shorts and go in for his military physical exam like that.
In Mitt's defense, soiling your shorts may be blasphemy for Mormons, what with their holy underwear and all.
blm
(113,065 posts)"You go fight that war and die, and I'll stay here and cheer you on and count my money."
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Some of us here at DU wound up as Vietnam War draftees, for one reason or another, and somehow missed the opportunity to live in a mansion in France...
Fortunate Son
Recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Written by John Fogerty
Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no
Yeah!
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! yoh
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, one
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no
It's a powerful song that became an anthem for us. I bolded the words that hit me the hardest...
onehandle
(51,122 posts)tularetom
(23,664 posts)spanone
(135,844 posts)Selatius
(20,441 posts)One of them can actually shoot back at you. The other, not so much.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Fozzledick
(3,860 posts)He managed to be a draft dodger AND a deserter AND a war criminal!
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)Having National Guard soldiers ,trained for Domestic duties ,and having Marines stand -down ,was like so many of his moves ,Misanthrope.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)Ter
(4,281 posts)I always her him talking about guns, but never heard him talk about wars and all.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)And, in the same High Times interview in which he described in detail the extreme lengths he went to to avoid serving in Vietnam, he said:
http://www.examiner.com/article/romney-supporter-ted-nugent-pedophile-and-draft-dodger-his-own-words
yurbud
(39,405 posts)orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)Ter
(4,281 posts)But not all. I'm anti-war and pro-gun.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)Guns aren't evil ,wars are.