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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:18 AM Original message |
Felons helped Army meet recruitment goal |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. Somehow I don't think this bodes well for the long term reliability |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. Great idea! |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 04:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Even Better |
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monktonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. So Blackwater goons are joining the army now?? n/t |
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CRK7376 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. No way.... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. it is the other way arond. the OJT low pay training in the army |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Lets Face It, The Mental Stability Of Anyone Joining The Armed |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. That's Nonsense, and You Know It |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. Whats wrong with the military recruiting criminals? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 05:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Is a person considered a criminal once he/she has served their time???? |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Well when you consider |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I think for the most part your examples are fringe cases and I agree. But for the |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. gang banga's and gansta's in the army? |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah but..... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. Back int he seventies, several of my Friends were caught in a |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 03:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Regardless, you'd be hard pressed to find ONE person who would like to be your average FELON'S |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
10. Where is our sense of JUSTICE? These are people |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 05:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. well said. (I wrote my post below before reading yours) |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Then you must not be aware of the history of "slack recruitment standards" especially in the 60s. |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 05:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
37. I wouldn't let my son anywhere near the current day |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. I see nothing wrong with this---why continue to punish people by denying them |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Great, you go "on point" and lead these (violent felons) ARMED men to recon the streets of Baghdad. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. many post-prisoners were not sent to jail for violent crimes. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
16. ...with criminals ultimately responsible for the recruitment goals in the first place. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yes, and "criminal minds" on meth make for the best kind of Brownshirt Enforcers. |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
18. Catch-22 the book, coming to a war near you soon |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
20. More experienced troops can't like this at all. nt |
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Maq (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
21. FRAGGING of the enlisted |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
22. K&R |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
24. At least Blackwater has some hiring standards. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
25. They took votes away from felons so that they wouldn't ORGANIZE themselves against .... |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
28. The Amermacht and the Blackwatershirts |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
29. Felons in the Army that bodes badly for the caliber of soldier |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. those that can't cut boot camp will find their way back to prison |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Has the military lowered the boot camp requirements |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
30. Ramzi Yousef is willing to sign up I bet |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. There are a lot of criminals in the Army who just haven't been caught yet. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
36. If you hand a gun to a criminal |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
38. o yeah. felons can serve in the army, go to iraq and die there for bush's oil ... |
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