 Rep. Rangel Seeks to Reinstate the Draft |
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| Rep. Rangel Seeks to Reinstate the Draft |
 Nov 19 2006, 05:29 PM
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Nov 19 2006, 05:59 PM
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 DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
at the rate the republican party wants to "win the war on terror" we're going to fucking have to here pretty soon ...
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Nov 19 2006, 06:16 PM
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There are about a billion draft bills that go through Congress every year... I see no reason to worry about this one in particular.
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Nov 19 2006, 07:29 PM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
Reinstating the draft = political suicide
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Nov 19 2006, 07:52 PM
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QUOTE said Sunday he sees his idea as a way to deter politicians from launching wars. what an asshole. he wants to institute a draft just to deter war?? |
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Nov 19 2006, 08:25 PM
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Hey, heres an idea for preventing wars... have a poorely trained and under-funded military at all times. That way when some war mongering politician wants to protect our country with "war", he'll have to remember we have a worthless, angry to be there, army...
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Nov 19 2006, 08:57 PM
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Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
Usually when you reinstate the draft, you are not looking to deter war...
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
-Philip K. Dick |
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Nov 19 2006, 09:04 PM
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  Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
how bout some guys with cheap guns and friggin huge tanks going for the slow walk of artillery obliterating enemy territory and surrounding the city.
restrict access to said city, when people exit that city zone blast them. wait until they agree to the demands. if they take too long consider them a lost cause and level the city. a video of that with the benny hill theme would be fun. -------------------- 32-bit whore
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Nov 19 2006, 10:33 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
QUOTE (Dr. Gonzo @ Nov 19 2006, 08:57 PM)  Usually when you reinstate the draft, you are not looking to deter war... Not according to Rangel  Dogmeat, that's not a very valid argument... -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Nov 19 2006, 11:17 PM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
Rangel does this every year.
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Nov 20 2006, 05:53 AM
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eh, his intentions are in the right place, but wouldn't work like that.
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Nov 20 2006, 06:13 AM
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Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
I think his intentions are evil and corrupt. Let's blackmail the American people into not supporting war, it does not sound very american to me. If we want to reinstate the draft let's at least have the right intentions. In many countries, it is mandatory for all youth to serve in the military. Perhaps we should do the same thing, if we are even considering such a move. But to reinstate just to avoid war is retarded. I fucking hate the two party system.
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
-Philip K. Dick |
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Nov 20 2006, 09:30 AM
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QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Nov 19 2006, 06:16 PM) There are about a billion draft bills that go through Congress every year... I see no reason to worry about this one in particular. while it does seem a bit far-fetched..it's getting a LOT of media attention. front page article on both cnn and drudgereport. --------------------  |
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Nov 20 2006, 10:14 AM
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I was raised on the dairy, BITCH! Group: Members Posts: 3,080 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Cedar Park Member No.: 49 |
QUOTE (Dr. Gonzo @ Nov 20 2006, 06:13 AM) I think his intentions are evil and corrupt. Let's blackmail the American people into not supporting war, it does not sound very american to me. If we want to reinstate the draft let's at least have the right intentions. In many countries, it is mandatory for all youth to serve in the military. Perhaps we should do the same thing, if we are even considering such a move. But to reinstate just to avoid war is retarded. I fucking hate the two party system. With the amount of people that dislike us right now, forcing kids into the military would probably give a good reduction to our population. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. -------------------- "Ah, y'know it's funny, these people they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good. They wake up the next day and they're on fire."
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Nov 20 2006, 12:18 PM
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it's hard enough motivating all-volunteer guys to do the hard shit.
imagine if you were dealing with troops who were forced to. terrible idea. |
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