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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:15 AM Original message |
My son is prime draft age, is your kid? |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. oh, the future draft will go up to age 42 or so, and will include women |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. My other son is 35, daughter 36, I guess they're all targets. |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I have a daughter who turns 20 next week |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. My daughter turns 20 in October |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. My niece arrived in Iraq last week, she's 31. |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I wish her saftey and a swift end to the war. |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Great. That includes my husband and I. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. Send him to Brazil |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Ghhhaaaack!!!111 |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. So wait how many is a Brazilian again? |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. That Brazilian thingy |
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MisterHowdy (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 07:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Now there is milk all over my keyboard. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
10. My step son 1s 18 |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, both of them. |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
13. No, but I am. |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. America has put up with a lot of crap lately. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. And yet we still get chewed out for "not being out in the streets" |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. No kidding |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. . . two sons, 18 & 20 |
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momzno1 (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. my boys are also 20 and 18 |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
16. My son is 28 with a baby on the way and working on his masters.. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. My 2 children are prime age for the draft. |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
18. I have grandsons and grand nephews that are of draft age |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
19. 2 currently draft age, one soon will be there. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
21. Two sons 17 & 21 |
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tnlurker (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
23. Two |
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mindfulNJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
24. daughter 24, son 22 here... |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
25. My only son is 18 and they will have to pry him out of my cold, dead arms nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. They won't in the history of American Drafts |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
26. No, not yet. |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
27. My son is pushing 14. |
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DeeDeeNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
28. I think my son may be exempt |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
29. My grandson just graduated from high school |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
30. I'm prime draft age myself (20) |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
31. I'd feel terrible if it were for a war like this. I still don't think the draft is coming back 'tho |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
32. My Son is 2 and luckily has dual citizenships. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. My son is only 10 but goes to a school that is K-8. I knew this would come in handy. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
35. Note this, DU: Objections to "this particular war" does not give you or |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
37. Yes, she is. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
38. Two nieces and the kids from my brother in law's |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
40. So, is there something more that can be done ... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Most folks don't get it |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. It's the myopia of individual self-interest to the exclusion of a common wealth. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Thanks to ronnie reagan |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. That we have |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. Well, for the scenario you want . . . |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. With that perspective, it can only get worse. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. I wonder what the folks at Valley Forge |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. I have three... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
42. My kid sucks, I wish they'd draft her to get her goldbricking ass out of the house! |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
43. I have 3 sons well within the draft age. |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
45. I have two sons, 29 and 26 |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
46. No, but I'm in the middle of my 20th year right now. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
53. My daughter is 27, my son-in-law is 30. |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
54. 11 years off, still |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
55. My Son Is 20 |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
57. My kid is 26 |
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