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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:09 PM Original message |
On CNN: Rep. Charles Rangel says if we had a draft, we wouldn't be in Iraq. |
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EdwardM (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, I'd rather not test that theory. |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Rangle's idea of a draft is |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. And I, who have been fighting this disaster since before it began, could be there too. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. No, all a draft would do is give these people more and more people to kill. |
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EdwardM (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. I hate to break it to you but... |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 12:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. I don't think he expects any draft to pass |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 07:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. It may be true there is o such thing as a fair draft |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
41. I think Charlie Rangle is right. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:10 PM Original message |
Right, we'd be in Iran . . . |
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hansberrym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
30. you got that right nt |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. If Bush attacks Iran, we will have a draft!!! |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hey, you know what, if Rep. Rangel would introduce an anti-war resolution... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. I have to disagree. The draft didn't keep us out of Korea or |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. What? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. No I don't. I know * evaded duty as the son of a President, |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I see none of the Bush family serving. None. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. That was a technicality back then. If you joined one of the other |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Why do you pleasure in downing men who actually served |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I'm not downing anyone. I'm only stating how things were. |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. He is right it did |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. No, that's not how it was |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I know, these pro-drafters are so full of shit... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Really, and who said I am pro-draft? |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 06:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Interesting point. The draft did fuel protests that eventually led to an end |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. You didn't have to be rich to get a college deferment. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. They were the exception |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Cheney used the loopholes that everyone else tried to use |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Cheney was a GOP suckass |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. He's right. There would be so many draft-age people protesting, |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think you anti draft folks should take the time to listen and think |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Eisenhower warned against the military industrialized complex |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Well, said. The younger people here don't realize that |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 01:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. How does forcing people into today's military hurt the corporations? |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 06:52 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. You don't understand why the corporations are there. |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Then don't complain about going to war for oil. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. What we need to do is revoke their charters and confiscate the money they stole |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I would like to see the look on your face |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. They'd have to pass a law to do that |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. They already passed it |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. You seem to misunderstand one thing |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Don't get me wrong, I would love to do that |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 05:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
35. I think this is the most irrelevent post I have ever seen |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 07:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
39. I think YOu should realize that old man is gambling with THIS young man's LIFE. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. One thing is for sure: Cheney/Bush wouldn't have 'won' in 2004. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Yep. The Bush family pimped the American military |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 01:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Let's put the draft to a popular vote, then. |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. Just like having a draft stopped us from going to war... |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 05:30 AM Response to Original message |
34. Rangel's wrong. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
42. We're in Iraq because too many Dems voted for it, Charlie! |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
45. If Jenna and Barbara had been on the chopping block, |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
50. We are not fighting any more of these fucking wars! |
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