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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:01 PM Original message |
Analysis: Study shows 41% drop in number of black Army recruits since 2000 |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Who can blame them? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. The military is growing hostile to minorities. The testimony is in |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. there was an excellent but shocking story |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 06:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. They are all over and you can't hear a peep from the media about it. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Blacks make up 15% of the U.S. population IIRC |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 10:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
39. It's actually around 12%. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. good |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's alarming? |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 06:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
36. Squeeze the balloon on one end it gets bigger at the other end. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. 1500 people have died and tens of thousands wounded |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. They know they will be the first to be sent to get killed. |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Best way to integrate an army is to have a need for boots on the ground |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Actually... |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. GOP is manipulating the casualty list at all costs |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. You're right.... |
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NEOBuckeye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 05:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. My answer to Bush Eugenics? CASTRATION of all Bush males |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 11:18 AM Response to Reply #27 |
40. Yes. And the Bush family is the perfect arguement for retroactive abortion |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. who wants to die in the war based on a lie? |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Especially if "your kind" already died in Vietnam, to "free" others |
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CitySky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. "No single factor explains the drop" |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Yes, they do. nt |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 11:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Yes, it is like "Hello Captain Obvious" isn't it. n/t |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. they are all in jail |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You've predicted Bush's next "big idea" |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. there you go, and they also won't be able to vote because they |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. Oh-oh the Army sees me as an influencer. |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. Those mysterious "other influencers" |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. It Means They're Not Brainwashed Yet |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 06:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Thanks for the link--that's very sobering information |
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hadrons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. African-Americans are wising up as some said .... |
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justjones (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. You would think that we would sign up in droves.... |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. When I was in the Guard in the 1980s, the Blacks in the regular Army were |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. Easy answer |
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DeaconBlues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
26. Good for young African-Americans |
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NEOBuckeye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. When Bush and Cheney get on the front lines like Aragorn and LEAD a charge |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 11:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
43. That about sums it up in one sweet sentence. Nice. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. Calling all rednecks. Unca Dick wants you n/t |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
31. Down to 13.9% |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. I ain't got no quarrel with those Vietcong |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
34. Hell's bells, that's some of the best news I've heard all day. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
37. Number of black Army recruits declining |
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American Tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
38. Great news. |
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Career Prole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
42. “It’s alarming,” said Maj. Gen. Michael D. Rochelle, |
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barbaraann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
44. "other influencers" = rappers |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
45. That makes sense. |
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