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former9thward

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14. There is no point.

Reply to dembotoz (Reply #10)

Thu May 7, 2015, 11:12 AM

May 2015

And your math is terrible. The military only needs 2% of high school graduates to fulfill its quota. A tiny amount. Those "poor folks" in Baltimore are likely to be h.s. dropouts and thus ineligible for the military. The military rejects more people than they accept. You are living back in the 60s. This is not the Vietnam military.

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If I hear one more person talking about Baltimore’s missing fathers, I am going to blow a GD gasket [View all] phantom power May 2015 OP

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The Iraq war is the reason no fathers in Baltimore?? former9thward May 2015 #4

Where did I say that? malaise May 2015 #6

The amount of fathers killed in wars former9thward May 2015 #15

his point has some validity since going to a volunteer army recruitment in the inner cities and very dembotoz May 2015 #10

There is no point. former9thward May 2015 #14

Did you miss the word "also?" treestar May 2015 #16

Baltimore has a population of 620,000. former9thward May 2015 #17

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Amazing how little discussion on these facts took place malaise May 2015 #8

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