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greblc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:33 PM Original message |
Lay off Recruiters! |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sorry, when they prey on young people behind parents' backs, they have |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. would you rather see a draft? nt |
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greblc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I'm not sure... |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. of course ... |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
61. I call bullcrap... |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
69. Excuse me, |
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BrendaStarr (491 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 02:25 AM Response to Reply #36 |
79. Well said greblc |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Probably would, actually. It is more dircect and honest. |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:40 AM Response to Reply #33 |
73. Scrw the recruiters ans especially they're bosses...! got it?!! |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
74. Screw the recruiters ans especially they're bosses...! got it?!! |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Do you think I was laying on them too hard? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. I won't lay off them as long as they are allowed free rein in our schools |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. they're predators, recruiting cannon fodder for an immoral war.... |
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Dharma_Bum (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. Their there to find kids with... |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. I disagree comletely. I WANT them to be hassled endlessly |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I agree. Universal service, implemented during peacetime. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Not with the Bushistas in power. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. And no escape routes for Fortunate Sons with party hearty life styles |
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July (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
49. Which European countries have universal service? nt |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:29 AM Response to Reply #49 |
71. Germany, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Poland, Austria, |
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Berserker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Walt I understand your point |
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leetrisck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
65. When one is assigned to military recruiter, the |
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YouthInAsia (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
51. draft. its the only way to keep it fair. And no way to get out like in Nam |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. Their tactics of late |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. hell, I was recruited by a Navy recruiter in the mid 70's... |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
60. LOL!! "...Pending legal matters and a.... |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. Young people are at an impressionable age |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. I Understand Where You're Comin' From... |
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greblc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Your right. Recruiters go to schools and colleges where they... |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. But it can't just be about peacetime or wartime. |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
58. "People of Means" and their Offspring Consider Themselves |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
52. Actually, that's not true |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Actually, I Believe You and I are Both Right... |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 04:35 PM Response to Reply #54 |
77. Indeed |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. There must be thousands of them, why don't they go to Iraq? nt |
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BlueJac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. No shit......... |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. If kids want to join they will find the recruiters, I did |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. Only when they stop lying to potential recruits |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
17. Having gone through my son's high school years BEFORE |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. You could help the recruiters satisfy their quotas by finding one.... |
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greblc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Been there ,done that. |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
20. They ARE NOT the moral equivalent of a used car salesman... |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. I am the faculty mentor for a campus anti-recruitment group. |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Strongly agree. |
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greblc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. More power to you. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. that's some pretty grim logic |
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greblc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Sorry, It's a hard pill to swallow. |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. if they cannot recruit, they will draft. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:08 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Good! Let the chicken hawks share the burden for the war for profits |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:41 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I already have one of my kids serving ... |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Think how many will turn out against the junta's war for profit |
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greblc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm not asking anyone to pitty Recruiters. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. "Good luck, play nice"?!?!? |
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greblc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Read my advice. Piss a Recruiter off and he will F*ck with you... |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. "Piss a recruiter off and he will fuck with you and your child..." |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:18 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. And intimation by a slopeheaded recruiter will just get him an invitation |
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July (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:18 AM Response to Reply #39 |
50. If it's true that they will fuck with us if we get angry, |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. I always love hearing that "trained killers" line from serviceguys |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. Just provide a real financial incentive for soldiers, ban recruiters |
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MojoXN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. Ehhhh... |
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greblc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. If were still in uniform I would fight reluctantly. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
38. Just like any group, there is good and bad... |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
41. They have no business hassling under-18s |
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demgurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
46. grblc, I am not mad at you so please do not take this the wrong way.... |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
53. NOT while they work for the Bush regime! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
55. Draft Republicans |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
56. Recruiting is one thing, being a predator is another. |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
57. ever had one lie to you? |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
62. Recruiters are not treated well by the mil at all-- |
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Ratty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
63. I see your point, but they don't get a free ride |
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Charlie Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
64. I agree w/you |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Nobody Here is "Pro-Draft". We're "Pro-Equality"... |
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Charlie Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Even if underprivilleged people are lied to and targeted |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. They Are. Plain and Simple. No "ifs", "ands", or "buts" about it. |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
67. Lay off the American People first |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
72. If what you say is true |
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Bernardo de La Paz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
75. Press Gangs. Look it up. |
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Spirochete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
76. Sure, why not? |
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Stang8az28 (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
78. dont lay them off... |
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