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SimpleC

(279 posts)

10. Just because we're bored

Reply to shockey80 (Reply #8)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 01:33 PM

Nov 2018

we're going to do something awful...

NO.... I sat there and watched oil wells burn.... and not once did I think about doing something awful...

I didn't like your message....

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As a veteran, I can honestly tell you the soldiers Trump sent to the border are pissed off. [View all] shockey80 Nov 2018 OP

And yet, I bet anything if you walk up to 10 rump veteran supporters Eliot Rosewater Nov 2018 #1

No... SimpleC Nov 2018 #4

Our son wasn't, and nor were most of those he served with. Hortensis Nov 2018 #38

What the fuck do you mean by that... SimpleC Nov 2018 #2

You dont think soldiers are mad as hell to be used by the traitor in the WH? Eliot Rosewater Nov 2018 #6

Spending time with their families is not always possible for soldiers lunatica Nov 2018 #3

But if you're going to be deployed paleotn Nov 2018 #9

A soldiers life is hard, you can't use them, it's the worst thing you can do them. shockey80 Nov 2018 #5

I was there for bush's bullshit,,, SimpleC Nov 2018 #7

SimplyC, I don't know what you are talking about, explain. shockey80 Nov 2018 #8

Just because we're bored SimpleC Nov 2018 #10

SimpleC, I should have explained what I meant. I assumed people would get it. shockey80 Nov 2018 #11

Some of them ARE women you know. cwydro Nov 2018 #39

SimplyC, We are not talking a war time situation here. shockey80 Nov 2018 #12

Sadly... :) SimpleC Nov 2018 #14

SimplyC, I was lucky, I never was sent to fight. I would have fought. shockey80 Nov 2018 #16

it's probably best you didn't explore combat... :) SimpleC Nov 2018 #23

Missing Thanksgiving with their families as part of a poltiical stunt would make anyone mad Gothmog Nov 2018 #13

it will be more likely they will vote against him. That's what drump doesn't demigoddess Nov 2018 #21

I bet Trump comes to visit them sarah FAILIN Nov 2018 #34

I didn't appreciate your message.. SimpleC Nov 2018 #15

I think you misunderstood blugbox Nov 2018 #37

They're sloshing around in mud now, doing shit details. Kingofalldems Nov 2018 #17

I believe they are living in tents. shockey80 Nov 2018 #18

Maybe Dubya will show up with a fake turkey. GreatCaesarsGhost Nov 2018 #19

Don't they volunteer to be used? 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2018 #20

NO SimpleC Nov 2018 #24

Well, since there's no longer a draft, they volunteer. 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2018 #33

Hello. mahina Nov 2018 #27

Surely they know there is a good chance 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2018 #32

Well, I have kicked people out of my house for less. mahina Nov 2018 #35

It is not my fault. I'm not asking them to and I don't want them to. 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2018 #40

Nobody likes shit rolling downhill JonLP24 Nov 2018 #22

Nothing for them to do? Brother Buzz Nov 2018 #25

My neighbors daughter is deployed Wellstone ruled Nov 2018 #26

Bless her. How in the hell can we put up for-profit detention centers but not have logistics nailed mahina Nov 2018 #28

Well, Wellstone ruled Nov 2018 #29

Right. My Dad was in the Northern Highlands of Vietnam mahina Nov 2018 #30

they are going to miss thanksgiving, sitting in tents on the border Takket Nov 2018 #31

I've been trying not to think about that... SimpleC Nov 2018 #36