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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-01-09 12:14 AM
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9. It is a 'poverty draft'.... many see no other option.
They are undereducated and living in economically depressed communities.
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  -Soldier mom plans to report for duty with kids kpete  Feb-28-09 07:30 PM   #0 
  - This will end badly, I'm afraid  Cirque du So-What   Feb-28-09 07:39 PM   #1 
  - Such strong family values, huh?  Tumbulu   Feb-28-09 07:45 PM   #2 
  - And yet they'll punish "adulterers"  shadowknows69   Mar-01-09 07:56 AM   #11 
  - I'm rooting for this mom and hope that someone will step in and  midnight   Feb-28-09 07:55 PM   #3 
  - Brilliant!  Bunkie0913   Feb-28-09 08:16 PM   #4 
  - I had a top notch, indispensible key employee a few years ago who  kestrel91316   Feb-28-09 08:18 PM   #5 
  - I see at least two issues here.  SheilaT   Feb-28-09 08:31 PM   #6 
  - Abstractly, it's really not a bad idea: it means that in a real war emergency,  struggle4progress   Feb-28-09 09:11 PM   #7 
  - You're right  Catch22Dem   Mar-01-09 09:24 AM   #15 
  - Here's a thought....  mrbarber   Feb-28-09 11:08 PM   #8 
  - It is a 'poverty draft'.... many see no other option.  alittlelark   Mar-01-09 12:14 AM   #9 
  - when people still have no other options  davidinalameda   Mar-01-09 01:02 AM   #10 
  - I would reword it  Catch22Dem   Mar-01-09 09:20 AM   #14 
     - Why you did it and what you were used for  Karenina   Mar-01-09 09:52 AM   #16 
        - It's kinda funny you think that  Catch22Dem   Mar-01-09 07:41 PM   #25 
           - Not funny at all...  Karenina   Mar-02-09 12:10 PM   #30 
  - She's going to lose this fight.  CRK7376   Mar-01-09 08:53 AM   #12 
  - I'll bet you she wins  Tempest   Mar-01-09 11:20 AM   #19 
     - Then that opens them up to other troops showing up with their kids  rainbow4321   Mar-01-09 02:40 PM   #22 
     - Calling up IRR's for active duty should have stopped the second Obama took office  Tempest   Mar-01-09 03:57 PM   #24 
     - I'll take that bet....  WriteDown   Mar-01-09 07:57 PM   #26 
        - We're about to find out  Tempest   Mar-02-09 10:03 AM   #29 
        - You know what GALLS me, Tempest  Karenina   Mar-02-09 05:16 PM   #33 
        - I win, pay up  Tempest   Mar-02-09 04:53 PM   #31 
  - Does she plan on stashing them in her luggage?  marshall   Mar-01-09 08:59 AM   #13 
  - It sounds like the husband is being the real asshole here.  alarimer   Mar-01-09 10:04 AM   #17 
  - It happened to my uncle and he had been out for 17 years.  angrycarpenter   Mar-01-09 10:04 AM   #18 
  - "I don't have a choice"  Igel   Mar-01-09 01:16 PM   #20 
  - Why put the kids thru that?  rainbow4321   Mar-01-09 02:38 PM   #21 
  - As a retired Navy guy, the whole Individual Ready Reserve is horseshit, but...  rd_kent   Mar-01-09 03:18 PM   #23 
  - UPDATE (2 hours ago): NC military mom heads for Fort Benning with kids  IndianaGreen   Mar-01-09 08:05 PM   #27 
  - Doesn't sound like her husband is with her....  WriteDown   Mar-01-09 08:12 PM   #28 
  - The military is discharging her  Tempest   Mar-02-09 04:57 PM   #32 
 

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