On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:00:52 -0600, "n5hsr" <n5hsr@comcast.net> wrote:
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>"Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:04:39 -0500, "CIL" <Get_bacon@pork.org> wrote:
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>>>The draft was the best thing that happened to me. I joined the Air Force
>>>to avoid the draft and spent 4 years away from home, parents etc. Learn a
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>> Would you really want some of these Dims in a fox hole with ya? LOL
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>> I was drafted in Navy Boot Camp, so I was going no matter what.
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>>>"JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>news:mF28h.5749$Ka1.5414@news01.roc.ny...
>>>> "CIL" <Get_bacon@pork.org> wrote in message
>>>> news:GA28h.10344$f12.10253@newsfe21.lga...
>>>>> [url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/19/AR2006111900376_pf.html[/url]
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>>>> I agree, except for one thing: If a politician votes for a war, every
>>>> eligible person in their family should be IMMEDIATELY enlisted. No
>>>> exemptions of any kind. And, as soon as the shooting starts, the get
>>>> assigned to the most dangerous job possible. I don't care if they're
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>>>> & deaf and missing a leg. They can wash dishes in a mess hall near the
>>>> front lines.
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>> Scott in Florida
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>I was planning on going into the Coast Guard Academy. I was on track to be
>admitted when I got washed out for medical reasons. They ended the draft
>before my 18th birthday, too. My dad was very disappointed in me for years
>afterward and we didn't talk much.
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>Charles of Schaumburg.
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Why would he be disappointed in you? It was not your fault...
Sometimes parents don't make much sense...LOL
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Scott in Florida
