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Pez Donating Member (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 10:21 PM
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2. i'd sign up
don't know what they could use a musician for though heheheh ;-p

great line from the speech:

Under this Administration, service is for those who cannot afford to be served... and patriotism is defined as the many sacrificing for the few.

it sounds like it could be a useful way of increasing grants for non-profits as well... which would always be a good thing, considering the dismal amount that is available now. it's also a great way to relieve a lot of the pressure and responsibility for troops, which could reduce the stress of being spread so thin. then we wouldn't have to have them perform extended duties like in our current situation.

it's a similar plan to kerry's public service plan but more based on military models (without the guns and bootcamp). i like it no matter who says it.
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  -Civilian Reserves - What do you think? Catch22Dem  Oct-14-03 10:00 PM   #0 
  - The terminology absolutely REEEKS of a militaristic society.  hedda_foil   Oct-14-03 10:19 PM   #1 
  - well in the event of something like 09.11.01...  Pez   Oct-14-03 10:30 PM   #4 
  - i'd sign up  Pez   Oct-14-03 10:21 PM   #2 
  - i think it's a bad idea, lacking checks and balances  dfong63   Oct-14-03 10:21 PM   #3 
  - Part of the problem is in proposing it as a federal program  starroute   Oct-14-03 10:41 PM   #5 
     - i like the idea of an organized citizen response...  Pez   Oct-14-03 10:46 PM   #6 
  - We don't have enough militarism now. This will fill the gap.  Jim Sagle   Oct-14-03 10:49 PM   #7 
  - Yeah, something like the Hitler Youth  JackSwift   Oct-14-03 10:50 PM   #8 
  - Volunteer means, uhh, volunteer.  mikehiggins   Oct-14-03 11:13 PM   #9 
  - it's not like the peace corps  dfong63   Oct-15-03 12:04 AM   #11 
     - Is that a good thing?  mikehiggins   Oct-15-03 12:34 AM   #15 
        - some people think it is what Clark is talking about  dfong63   Oct-15-03 12:58 AM   #18 
  - favorable to it  JI7   Oct-14-03 11:41 PM   #10 
  - CREEPY  Oreegone   Oct-15-03 12:15 AM   #12 
  - I think it neutralizes the Bush type of Patriotism....  Frenchie4Clark   Oct-15-03 12:23 AM   #13 
  - You would be right if  mikehiggins   Oct-15-03 12:39 AM   #16 
  - It beats Bush's idea...  rsammel   Oct-15-03 12:24 AM   #14 
  - I love it  RandomUser   Oct-15-03 12:57 AM   #17 
  - I signed on and here's why  robbedvoter   Oct-15-03 06:01 AM   #19 
 

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