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llmart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:00 PM
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17. It's a comin'
if * is reselected in November. They may not have plans "now" but those plans will change if they are voted in. Then we'll see how quickly all those * supporters of draft age are instant Dems.
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  -Agency initiates steps for selective draft chasqui  Mar-13-04 02:03 PM   #0 
  - Special Skills Draft  boobooday   Mar-13-04 02:08 PM   #1 
  - Plenty of unemployed folks fit this description now -  54anickel   Mar-13-04 02:14 PM   #2 
  - draft for women too?  splat   Mar-13-04 02:26 PM   #4 
  - I dunno, But just think of that "jobs machine" churning!  54anickel   Mar-13-04 03:27 PM   #14 
  - yes, the health care people  seekthetruth   Mar-14-04 12:20 AM   #42 
  - WTF  liberalnproud   Mar-14-04 08:12 AM   #47 
     - Would they do this with IT professionals, too?  alg0912   Mar-14-04 10:13 AM   #54 
  - This should be reworded to say "As of 2:24 CST, on 3/13/04,...  Gman   Mar-13-04 02:23 PM   #3 
  - I don't know why they bother selecting anyone but Republicans.  The Backlash Cometh   Mar-13-04 02:40 PM   #5 
  - They do?  mobuto   Mar-13-04 02:54 PM   #10 
  - And Republicans like me, DS1, HawkerHurricane, DemoTex  WannaJumpMyScooter   Mar-13-04 03:23 PM   #13 
  - Actually...  HawkerHurricane   Mar-13-04 09:36 PM   #24 
  - That's my thinking.  The Backlash Cometh   Mar-13-04 10:17 PM   #28 
  - Don't forget me!  teknomanzer   Mar-14-04 12:06 AM   #37 
     - And my husband  Moonbeam_Starlight   Mar-14-04 02:32 PM   #58 
  - Most of those people you mentioned served decades ago  Art_from_Ark   Mar-13-04 06:57 PM   #18 
  - Exactly. The campaign strategy from Republicans has alway to been to  The Backlash Cometh   Mar-13-04 10:23 PM   #29 
  - How many of them served since the 1990's?  The Backlash Cometh   Mar-13-04 10:15 PM   #27 
  - my dad was a military lifer  seekthetruth   Mar-14-04 12:22 AM   #43 
     - Are you sure about that?  The Backlash Cometh   Mar-14-04 07:48 AM   #45 
        - If true, then that supervisor should be brought up on charges.  HawkerHurricane   Mar-14-04 09:37 PM   #62 
           - I believe the incident occurred on a Navy ship.  The Backlash Cometh   Mar-15-04 08:10 AM   #63 
              - Still a crime.  HawkerHurricane   Mar-15-04 10:17 PM   #64 
                 - Perhaps we should start a new thread?  The Backlash Cometh   Mar-15-04 10:31 PM   #65 
  - For once I am glad  Chelzek   Mar-13-04 02:43 PM   #6 
  - Welcome to DU, Chelzek  marshallplan   Mar-13-04 03:14 PM   #12 
  - Freepers go first!  MikeG   Mar-13-04 02:46 PM   #7 
  - Even I would volunteer if they wanted someone as old as me.  RainBoy   Mar-13-04 05:59 PM   #16 
  - Welcome to DU, RainBoy!  burrowowl   Mar-13-04 11:44 PM   #33 
     - Thanks.  RainBoy   Mar-14-04 02:26 PM   #56 
        - I haven't seen you say a single critical thing about Bush  nothingshocksmeanymore   Mar-20-04 11:48 AM   #66 
  - Agreed. I just posted the Bill of Rights over there and they booted me!n/t  JohnOneillsMemory   Mar-14-04 12:09 AM   #38 
  - welp, *looks at MSCE certificatiuons on wall*  7th_Sephiroth   Mar-13-04 02:47 PM   #8 
  - Canada has an agreement  Chelzek   Mar-13-04 02:48 PM   #9 
  - i plan on marrying a canadain citizen  7th_Sephiroth   Mar-13-04 11:22 PM   #32 
  - where did you find that out?  chasqui   Mar-13-04 11:44 PM   #34 
  - be a conscientious objector  56kid   Mar-14-04 02:49 PM   #59 
  - The end of this article is very telling...  leftchick   Mar-13-04 03:07 PM   #11 
  - When they need a general draft, they just redefine to 'special skill'  daleo   Mar-13-04 05:54 PM   #15 
  - It's a comin'  llmart   Mar-13-04 06:00 PM   #17 
  - They always say they don't have plans...  PaDUer   Mar-13-04 08:41 PM   #23 
     - Just like there were no plans...  teknomanzer   Mar-14-04 12:15 AM   #40 
        - Yeah, I remember  liberalnproud   Mar-14-04 08:24 AM   #50 
  - With all the outsourcing of jobs...  freeforall   Mar-13-04 07:49 PM   #19 
  - Is a degree required for this,  kgfnally   Mar-14-04 12:27 AM   #44 
  - My brother-in-law is an M.D. in his 30s  cheryl_d   Mar-13-04 08:00 PM   #20 
  - If he tells I think they won't take him.  yardwork   Mar-13-04 08:08 PM   #22 
     - Nope.  HawkerHurricane   Mar-13-04 09:41 PM   #25 
     - Liked the Navy because there's a butt-load of gays........  pfitz59   Mar-13-04 10:27 PM   #30 
     - Hahahaaa! What a great story!  Cronus   Mar-13-04 11:54 PM   #36 
     - Hence a constitutional amendment...  teknomanzer   Mar-14-04 12:16 AM   #41 
  - It's so convenient that IT workers are the ones being laid off.....  yardwork   Mar-13-04 08:03 PM   #21 
  - Does federal financial aid for college require selective service registry?  Barkley   Mar-13-04 10:00 PM   #26 
  - I do believe that I read that somewhere.  liberalnproud   Mar-14-04 08:23 AM   #49 
  - It's definitely coming...they are just lying again.  Crachet2004   Mar-13-04 11:08 PM   #31 
  - I wish I shared your optimism.  liberalnproud   Mar-14-04 08:39 AM   #52 
     - Maybe, but many of us remember how unfairly the draft was applied...  Crachet2004   Mar-14-04 01:32 PM   #55 
        - I have been thinking about this for about a week now.  liberalnproud   Mar-14-04 02:30 PM   #57 
           - Yeah, me too. It could happen, but you just don't have that same...  Crachet2004   Mar-14-04 07:43 PM   #61 
  - A draft is a draft no matter how you spin it  Cronus   Mar-13-04 11:52 PM   #35 
  - Outsource to Pakistan and India. Save money, right? n/t  JohnOneillsMemory   Mar-14-04 12:11 AM   #39 
  - Is that the same donald rumsfeld who?  Cobalt Violet   Mar-14-04 07:59 AM   #46 
  - Hi CB. Welcome to DU. Here is a thread about Rummy's souvenirs  NNN0LHI   Mar-14-04 08:22 AM   #48 
  - Back in Nov-Dec they denied any of this.  jamesinca   Mar-14-04 08:35 AM   #51 
  - What are they going to do with more IT people?  Thor_MN   Mar-14-04 10:02 AM   #53 
  - Is this their answer to the outsourcing of IT jobs?  DrBB   Mar-14-04 03:53 PM   #60 
 

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