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serryjw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:17 PM
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We all talk about leaving..Lets hear from parents if kids get drafted
I spoke to a friend today whom said that many of her friends are prepared to leave the country (for good!) with their kids whom are of draft able age.....

How many of You have kids that COULD get drafted. what will you do?
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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:18 PM
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1. not my kids
but ME

i'm 19, completely healthy, and have absolutely NO reason why i would not be drafted...but like fuck am i going to fight in a war, ESPECIALLY for *.

if there is a draft, you'll find me in the local federal penitentiary
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:21 PM
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2. Both of my sons
18 and 20 will be in the cells next to you. We have had this discussion and that is what they have decided.
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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 12:23 AM
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27. The same ages as my two sons. Both want to go to Canada.
I have faith that Kerry is going to win, however. And win big.

Kerry, a former successful prosecutor, & Edwards, another successful lawyer, will not stand for another stolen election.
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:24 PM
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3. I've already left
for the time being anyway. I'm also in good health and of draftable age. I don't know if I'll be moving back at all, actually. All of my friends consider me to be more than half European already. I prefer mayonnaise with my freedom fries. :)
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serryjw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:26 PM
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7. Not very Kosher!
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:31 PM
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11. Not at all
so I guess I'm some sort of commie pinko by repuke standards. I'd rather be a communist than a fascist anyway! :7
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serryjw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:54 PM
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17. I was referring to your new found taste
in FF and mayo! Ohhhh my!
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 12:09 AM
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24. Ah, OK
Edited on Wed Sep-29-04 12:14 AM by theexpat
I love it actually. I was never too keen on ketchup. The dutch mayo is tailor made for fries though. It's a lot different than the stuff back in the states, so stop making that disgusted taste! :silly:

Oh yeah, I think the repukes would still call me commie for not liking good ole' american ketchup, despite the fact that it's red.
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antigone382 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:24 PM
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4. I'm 20
And being female isn't going to help me this time, it seems. Ma is already working on getting us passports, and if B*sh gets re-selected, my 18-year-old brother and I will be leaving as soon as we're done with this year of college, probably for New Zealand or Norway.


But he's not going to get re-selected, so I'm not worried.
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Elginoid Donating Member (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:26 PM
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5. New Zealand or Norway...
those are our top two prospects as well.
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:36 PM
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14. Eh, why Norway?
I've never been there myself, but I have nothing but good things to say about the Norwegians I've met.
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antigone382 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:56 PM
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18. Norway is a great country
It's one of the most liberal, as well as one of the most prosperous countries (for its size), in the world. Don't get me wrong, it's not perfect, but it's a heckuva lot better than what America will be like if Bush gets four more years...which provided the election doesn't get stolen from us again, he won't
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:59 PM
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21. Good point
and they have ski-jumping. I love watching that. I've also heard stories about Oslo being full of heroin addicts though :( Haven't heard anything to disprove the stories either.
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libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 06:38 AM
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34. Don't all the Scandinavian countries have mandatory military service
requirements? I know Sweden does.
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camero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:26 PM
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6. I have 3 draft age siblings
16,17, and 24 are their ages. I feel I should get them out. Hoping Kerry makes that point moot by winning.
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alexisfree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:27 PM
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8. Iam bless to be 33
I can not imagine have my husband to go and get sacrifice for the goods of massdeception.we are bless that he are in late 33 and fat plus two little girls to take care..i will leave this country yes wherever it takes ....
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:30 PM
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9. I have heard that with the "skills draft"..............
they are proposing, they will be taking folks up to age 34.
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genius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:30 PM
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10. I'm leaving if Bush stays in. Don't know where
I'll also be bringing all my relatives and some of them are Senior Citizens so New Zealand's out. Any suggestions?
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:33 PM
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12. The Netherlands!
It's great! Cheese, beer, and tulips. The weather in the winter gets kinda cold and rainy, but if you're in the south it isn't as bad.
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strategery blunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:35 PM
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13. I'm draft age, 19
I'm going to pull out all the stops for a 4-F deferment...like raising my blood pressure to 180/120 for my medical exam (lots of caffeine and running to the draft board should do it), not wearing my glasses so they think I'm blind, making them think I'm insane, etc.

Unfortunately, I have not the resources or contacts to leave the United
States.

If that doesn't work, it's immolation, Theraveda Buddhist monk style, time.:nuke::nuke::nuke:
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:42 PM
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15. Advice to those leaving-
Edited on Tue Sep-28-04 11:43 PM by BeHereNow
Start moving your money out of US currency now.
They are fully aware of that many of us plan to leave
their nightmare. One of the ways they will try to
stop you is financially.
Start now.
Time is running out.
You can't move a large amount all at once-
so start with whatever you can spare on a weekly basis-
If you have a friend you trust in another country- have them
open a bank account in their name- send them
money to deposit for you so it will be there for you when you
arrive.
BHN
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:57 PM
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19. Not necessarily
there will be alternate means of transferring money. And I remember the limit that transactions get checked are at $10,000 dollars. If you really wanted to, I think you could wire more, it would just take longer. If you want a larger degree of secrecy involved, set up a corporation! This site can get you incorporated as a Delaware based LLC within a few days. http://www.delawareinc.com/ I met the owner a few years ago. He's a bushie, but a nice guy for being one. He told me how using corporations set up in Delaware you can discreetly move money overseas. The US govt doesn't know who controls the company because of the very favorable corporate law in Delaware.
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 12:03 AM
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22. Thanks for the link!
and more information...
I am leaving- I have a soon to be eighteen year old
daughter. I don't think they will draft women right away
mind you, I think they will move that direction gradually
because the public will not accept it, although who knows with these satanic minions.
However, I am certain they will draft women, one way or another.
There is no way my kid would go, so she would be looking at prison
time- since this country is no longer the country I grew up in,
I have no hesitation about leaving it. It's going to get far worse
here, not better. Not in our lifetimes.
BHN
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 12:10 AM
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25. No problem
I wish you the best of luck.
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seventhson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:43 PM
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16. Can't we all just say we're GAY??? Or our kids?
That should give the repukes the willies. If EVERYONE signed up as gays then they's HAVE to accept gays in the military!

Ohhhhh....

Nevermind. Maybe only a few of us should tell our kids to do that.

BUT

I do know one mom who said she maim her kids before letting them go to war for these bastards.


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antigone382 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 11:59 PM
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20. I've thought about getting myself knocked up
It would keep me out for at least nine months...

But it's an incredibly selfish and cruel reason to bring a person into the world.
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Fuzzy LaRue Donating Member (132 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 12:04 AM
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23. My daughter is 23.
Don't worry much about her being drafted though. She was wounded in a grenade attack in Iraq and is blind in one eye now.
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 12:17 AM
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26. That's terrible
You have my deepest condolences. It pisses me off so much that so many are getting wounded and killed for an illegal war. :mad:
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Technowitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 12:52 AM
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28. As I responded in another thread...
I have no kids, nor am I and my same-sex wife likely to have any (mutual choice).

However, we both have nieces and nephews, plus other relations of potentially draftable age.

(Worse yet, one of my wife's nephews is, in fact, in Bagdad right now, in the 1st Infantry out of Fort Hood. Luckily, he's still okay.)

If that draft comes, we'll establish residency in Canada, and probably eventual citizenship.

And then if any of our young relations needs a place to live... well, who are we to turn them away?
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mel1234 Donating Member (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 01:05 AM
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29. What do you want?
I am not trying to cause any disrespect or issues, but my husband did serve as a Marines. Funny thing is, the same got question posed to his mom,and I cannot quote her. But she would not ever change what she did as a mom or what Scott did.


He served his country, and if anyone that questions anyting other than that is "crap"!

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libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 06:43 AM
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36. I don't think anyone here thinks it is dishonorable to serve the country,
I think it is the situation's bush* is putting our children in that concerns everyone here. He is "wasting" the lives of perfectly good American servicemen and women. I served in the USNavy and there is NO WAY I'd serve NOW for bush*'s self-serving agenda!!!
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 01:10 AM
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30. I'm a parent of two children, either draft age or soon to be draft age.
I will send them wherever I need to send them to be safe - Canada, wherever - and support them entirely for as long as it takes, to keep them alive. I will not give the Bastard Bush my children.

See my thread in this forum for further comments.

Bake
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 02:12 AM
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31. A war for corporate fascists? We are out of here.
George is leading in a very bad direction. He has disregarded the CIA and the FBI, not to mention the Pentagon. Not with my children. We know his won't go. They are way to young and irresponsible, by their own admission.
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ausiedownunderground Donating Member (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 03:32 AM
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32. Your all very welcome here in OZ!!!!
People, don't panic!! If the rethuglicans close the northern & southern borders you can all sneak over here to Australia - Homeland Security (i.e by the way that was the initial name Adolf Hitler gave to the SS )will never work that one out. Hey were fighting those nasty terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan and all the other "stans" as well. For some reason though non of our troops get killed??? We must be bloody cowards!
Anyway we have excellent weather (i.e Hurricane friendly),great beaches,top music,beautiful cities,an education and health system second to none,a very small all volunteer armed forces,exotic flora and fauna (i.e very multicultural),liberal social policies and not only do we love a laugh,we badly need Skilled workers in most areas of the economy!!!! So we can probably offer you all a job!
Unlike Norway we don't have much oil and we've never been invaded. I think its something to do with the fact that nobody knows where we are?? Could be an option for youse all?
I'm also told that if nuclear war breaks out and Cheney and Co won't let you in to their shelter the only place to survive is OZ!
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 06:56 AM
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39. Hey, how easy is it for someone with an EU citizenship
to get into Aus-land?
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KayLaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 05:53 AM
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33. I don't know yet
I had a dream the other night that Bush won the election then died leaving Cheney in charge. After that, most Americans wanted to flee but his military wouldn't let us. It was just awful. I wouldn't mind leaving the country but it isn't that easy as other countries have immigration laws too.
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libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 06:41 AM
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35. I can't afford to leave the U.S., unfortunately.
I know a little Spanish, French, Japanese and Swedish, but I'm only fluent in English.
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sweetheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 06:54 AM
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37. Get in to a foreign university, not canada
Canada will return draft age kids to the US. They'll plug that
hole, these nazis... and don't trust that it'll be there.

I would recommend to a draft age person, or parents of draft age
kids, to get thee to a nunnery. :-)

Nunnery, as in a non-american university... like in europe,
australia, china, japan, or india. You could attend university in
Finland or somewhere seemingly exotic... wait out the draft, maybe
even get an advanced degree and work abroad.

There is a link on this page for this very thing: www.scotland.gov.uk
(on the right column)
Remember that school tuition for a university abroad is like 10,000
dollars for teh whole 4 years.... much much cheaper than US tuition,
so the financial hurdles are much more sensible than you might think.

And worse case, you can return to the USA, a few years from now,
wiser, and more employable, with international experience and
connections.

Pick a university and get in NOW. Everything else, from visas,
to bank accounts is sorted out once your'e in.

BTW, someone mentioned that cash is an issue.. not. Don't use cash,
wire money to the university... (a very legal thing). Get your
bank account in that foreign country, when you arrive for school,
and, like many foreign peoples do in america, recieve a tithing from
mom and dad.... or if you're doing it on your own, get under the
table jobs to cover your living expenses.

Where there is a will there's a way. Why sit in prison when you
could get a quality education instead.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-04 06:54 AM
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38. Two lovelies to Germany
post haste. BIL lives there.

I would not have a problem with them serving or doing compulsory PEACE service under 'normal' circumstances (say under a President Clark, Dean or Kucinich) but they are not wasting their lives to advance Bushler's Oily War of Resources.
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