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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-21-07 05:26 PM
Response to Reply #14
17. At your door??
Omg - If they show up at my door, you may be reading about me in the paper.
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  -The phone rang a few minutes ago. It was for my daughter. pirhana  Sep-21-07 05:10 PM   #0 
  - Under "No Child Left Behind", schools MUST provide student lists to recruiters  hatrack   Sep-21-07 05:11 PM   #1 
  - Maybe I did - but this time it hit home.  pirhana   Sep-21-07 05:13 PM   #2 
  - This is pretty unerving  lips   Sep-21-07 05:16 PM   #7 
  - Dear Senate: Censure this person...!  regnaD kciN   Sep-21-07 05:18 PM   #9 
  - Count your blessings  proud2Blib   Sep-21-07 06:09 PM   #31 
  - I'm surprised they haven't yet...  regnaD kciN   Sep-21-07 05:14 PM   #5 
  - yes they do  sandnsea   Sep-21-07 05:14 PM   #3 
  - They do have to give you the option to opt out  Goblinmonger   Sep-22-07 11:51 AM   #51 
  - write the school and tell them you want her off the list.  ourbluenation   Sep-21-07 05:14 PM   #4 
  - ask the school for an opt-out form  AtomicKitten   Sep-21-07 05:16 PM   #6 
  - They're getting desperate for body-bag fillers.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Sep-21-07 05:17 PM   #8 
  - AARP can find anyone based on every American's age. Why would you think armed services are any  Robbien   Sep-21-07 05:18 PM   #10 
  - Oh - don't worry about her.  pirhana   Sep-21-07 05:23 PM   #15 
  - Ah, well there's that  Robbien   Sep-21-07 05:31 PM   #20 
  - Funny. I'm 27 and have been getting AARP mailings  Scooter24   Sep-21-07 06:07 PM   #30 
  - Imhad a recruiter calling me when I was 17  junkiebrewster   Sep-21-07 05:19 PM   #11 
  - Good for you!! That was quick thinking!  pirhana   Sep-21-07 05:27 PM   #18 
  - They are desparate  marlakay   Sep-21-07 05:21 PM   #12 
  - At 18, your daughter has to opt out, if you want recruitment efforts stopped.  Fridays Child   Sep-21-07 05:23 PM   #13 
  - Thank you -  pirhana   Sep-21-07 05:24 PM   #16 
  - But I know of people who went through all that paperwork "opting out" and STILL got called at home.  Idealist Hippie   Sep-21-07 06:00 PM   #27 
  - My daughter did that...  Juniperx   Sep-21-07 06:11 PM   #33 
  - I feel your pain  Bjornsdotter   Sep-21-07 05:23 PM   #14 
  - At your door??  pirhana   Sep-21-07 05:26 PM   #17 
     - Yep  Bjornsdotter   Sep-21-07 05:36 PM   #21 
  - I feel so violated!  Zywiec   Sep-21-07 05:27 PM   #19 
  - You should have kept her on the phone  Stuckinthebush   Sep-21-07 05:38 PM   #22 
  - Tell her school you want an opt out form.  RestoreGore   Sep-21-07 05:44 PM   #23 
  - I opted my young'uns out of NCLB and then followed up with  tnlefty   Sep-21-07 05:45 PM   #24 
  - Yeah, they called for my caughter last year  JNelson6563   Sep-21-07 05:52 PM   #25 
  - What data are you using to determine joining the military means  Zywiec   Sep-21-07 05:55 PM   #26 
     - Look here -- Dead: 3,794 (Official) Wounded: 27,936 TOTAL: 31,730  IdaBriggs   Sep-21-07 06:16 PM   #34 
     - Re: This is not Clinton's Army  mvccd1000   Sep-22-07 03:50 AM   #41 
     - "Before you say anything silly like..."  IdaBriggs   Sep-22-07 08:11 AM   #43 
     - I bet you play the lottery  Zywiec   Sep-22-07 11:30 AM   #47 
     - LOL! No, I don't play the lottery -- I was just doing some quick playing  IdaBriggs   Sep-22-07 02:39 PM   #54 
        - I was never commenting specifically on Iraq  Zywiec   Sep-22-07 03:26 PM   #56 
           - I understand what you are saying. Unfortunately, the folks in Iraq and  IdaBriggs   Sep-22-07 04:14 PM   #57 
     - Hmmm, let me play with those numbers  Bucky   Sep-22-07 12:07 PM   #52 
        - Bucky, your percentages are most likely more accurate than my "quick play"  IdaBriggs   Sep-22-07 02:44 PM   #55 
     - Are you serious?  JNelson6563   Sep-21-07 07:23 PM   #37 
     - What's your point? n/t  Caretha   Sep-21-07 07:49 PM   #38 
     - Unbelievable.  AngryOldDem   Sep-22-07 08:51 AM   #46 
        - Thank you for excoriating someone for asking a factual question  Bucky   Sep-22-07 12:10 PM   #53 
  - "Oh, hang on. Let me get her".. Then, put phone next to stereo for 35 minute Grateful Dead jam.  impeachdubya   Sep-21-07 06:01 PM   #28 
  - They'll call again. They are like stalkers.  PA Democrat   Sep-21-07 06:03 PM   #29 
  - Stalkers is absolutely the right word  Rosemary2205   Sep-22-07 11:43 AM   #48 
     - Good for those parents, but shame on the military for letting it get  PA Democrat   Sep-22-07 11:47 AM   #49 
  - "Montoya" calls regularly for my daughter...  Juniperx   Sep-21-07 06:10 PM   #32 
  - Just Wait 'till College  Riktor   Sep-21-07 06:26 PM   #35 
  - I sometimes wonder how many kids today would understand that "Starship Troopers" is a parody...  calipendence   Sep-21-07 06:39 PM   #36 
  - next time ... put them on hold  shireen   Sep-21-07 08:00 PM   #39 
  - That would creep me the  zidzi   Sep-21-07 08:02 PM   #40 
  - I had a recruiter pull up into the drive way.  Nutmegger   Sep-22-07 03:59 AM   #42 
  - Jello Biafra said it best:  Echo In Light   Sep-22-07 08:16 AM   #44 
  - Opting out doesn't work, they get the info anyway. I have two that  pdxmom   Sep-22-07 08:36 AM   #45 
  - Yes... they do have a list of people  Dorian Gray   Sep-22-07 11:48 AM   #50 
 

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