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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:37 PM Original message |
To Rangel re Military Draft: YOU WILL NOT GET MY CHILD |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. "He" who ? |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Charles Rangel |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. If you don't want your child to go to war then don't vote for chickenhawks. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Half of our dems voted to authorize |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. Democrats can be chickenhawks just as easily as repubs. |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. yes, I can think of a better way... |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Or how about this? |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. If you can name ten senators and 50 congresspersons willing to do that... |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Impeachment will take too long. Even Levin & Biden are stupidly talking |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
44. So what's the smart plan? |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Announce *now* that we are pulling out - and withdraw in a timely, |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. It's not a debate about WHETHER we should leave Iraq, but how quickly. |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. How does this stop the next chickenhawk? |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. I have an idea. |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Good idea... Or how about... |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. And they're working on that now, but it won't stop the next one, will it? |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. Uh, what if we vote for Rangel and the children still go to war? |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Wars will happen. Sometimes they're necessary. |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Uh, my point is, at this point, we'd be aiding the real hawks. |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #39 |
59. Cutting the defense budget is silly? |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Seriously thinking the US would cut its defense budget in half is silly. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
52. We just voted to give Democrats control of the House and the Senate. |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Rangel wants the entire US to react exactly the way you did... |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. The rich have loopholes like BUSH DID |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. The Draft has been updated. There ain't loopholes like Bush & Co. got any more |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Either way... |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. agreed |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Yes, and when there are too many COs and not enough |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Bingo |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Then be sure to sign your children up tomorrow |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. No one's children are going to sign up n/t |
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Ninja Jordan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. Bye bye Democratic majority (nm) |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
53. The people are ALREADY standing up and demanding an end to the war. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
54. The people are ALREADY standing up and demanding an end to the war. |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. What would the Neocons do if their children had to fight and serve, |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. NO ONE's Child Should Have to Die In A War |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. OK , Stay the course,, continue with Pre-emptive War, |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Tell that to the DRAFTED who died in Vietnam, |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I was drafted in 1971, thank you. |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. So was my friend's brother... |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
51. they won't... |
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esterDU (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. war-tax instead |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. The draft is political suicide... |
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rollin74 (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. So the Democrats are... |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Makes perfect sense. |
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sillyparty (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
28. Go Rangel |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. And see riots in the streets n/t |
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sillyparty (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 05:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. We Should Have Rioted in 2000 |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. NOT a good idea . . . if the Democrats propose a draft, and it's enacted . . . |
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sillyparty (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 05:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. So no draft for political reasons |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. hope I'm not naive . . . if the Republicans do institute a draft, then . . . |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. Rangel offers this every term, knowing it won't pass. |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Then he should drop it n/t |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 05:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Rangel wasn't a committee chairman before! |
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election_2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
48. Everyone here who supports a universal military draft..... |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
49. Guys, I respect Rangel's attempt to stop the war like this, but... |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
50. Reactionaries on DU tonight are making me laugh |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
55. It is not a serious bill, it won't pass |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:33 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Then they need to stop pulling our chains for political reasons |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Welcome to politics. |
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Cascadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
56. Get your child to learn Spanish and get him a one-way ticket to Santiago. |
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sillyparty (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
60. So It Is Ok |
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Jai4WKC08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
61. By the time your "child" is old enough to be drafted |
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