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NewJeffCT

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5. If somebody really wanted to be in the military
Wed Feb 6, 2013, 12:39 PM
Feb 2013

registering for the selective service shouldn't be a preventer of them wanting to serve. Maybe if they wanted to enroll in West Point or the Naval Academy and become an officer, it would, but if you're just enlisting to be a soldier, sailor or marine, you don't need a college degree.

My guess is that 'patriotism' to these southern white male conservatives means putting a flag sticker on the back of their pickup truck to show of their support of the first amendment, buying a few guns to protect their second amendment rights and going to church every Sunday and putting a few bucks in the hat so the church can help the poor.

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