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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Evolving on the issues is a good thing. [View all]
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that just went through your mind benefited you. Because I heard it from here.
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Well, it's probably not as cool as arranging to have a child in order to lower one's exposure to
MADem
Nov 2015
#4
Being married gave one a draft deferment. Being the father of an out of wedlock child didn't....
marble falls
Nov 2015
#64
As I've said--and I'll say again -- JAG is a great gig. It's not like the real military.
MADem
Nov 2015
#43
Yes and they had so many men applying right out of college that they could afford to turn away..
Kalidurga
Nov 2015
#48
And the idiotic strawman that somehow we're dismissing sexism in the military.
beam me up scottie
Nov 2015
#18
I feel sorry for the one in this thread claiming Bernie had a child just to get out of serving.
beam me up scottie
Nov 2015
#22
Didn't you get the memo? Anything that makes HRC look bad is sexist. n/t
winter is coming
Nov 2015
#20
The services were in the throes of a drawdown. They were getting rid of "defendants" left, right
MADem
Nov 2015
#63
And it's difficult to see a new bride with an ivy league education wanting to join the Marines.
beam me up scottie
Nov 2015
#34
Not really, I don't think the recruiter would have turned her away either.
beam me up scottie
Nov 2015
#39
Evolution doesn't have a direction. Up/down, Left/Right, Forward/Backward.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Nov 2015
#21