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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-11 09:11 AM
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President Obama is withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. But I offer a way to end both wars

IT'S CALLED A DRAFT!



A lottery type draft, where the kids of politicians and ultra-wealthy families become eligible to go overseas and die, would end both wars rapidly.
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-11 09:14 AM
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1. Now just wait a second.

The last time that happened it led to masses of people challenging a range of assumptions about how we as a society operate.

Can't have THAT!

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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-11 09:15 AM
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-11 09:28 AM
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3. +2
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-11 10:32 AM
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4. it's already happening on a variety of levels. But few people realize its consequences at this time
Edited on Thu Jun-23-11 10:33 AM by Jeffersons Ghost
Those who refuse to look at or hear the truth will miss the obvious. Those who refuse to learn from the past are destined to repeat it.
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-11 10:44 AM
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5. How Tent Cities Are Revitalizing Sit-In Activism
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-11 11:58 AM
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6. the harder times become the more protests there will be, until...
There's total anarchy in the streets all over America.

Trolls seem to be keeping this OP down. Can anyone help?
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-11 12:04 PM
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7. We already have a draft
Its called an economic draft.

Don
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