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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 06:14 PM
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Poll question: What Will You Do When The Draft Comes?
In light of this...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2481787

...what will YOU do if called to kill and die for American imperial interests?

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MsUnderstood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 06:27 PM
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1. Other
I'm sticking with the don't ask don't tell policy.

And I'm gonna tell them all about my gayness.
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Shoeempress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 06:35 PM
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2. Too old for the draft, but I will be protesting
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ogradda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 06:38 PM
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3. i'm 44
but my son (24) says he will serve. my daughter (22) will go to relatives in canada.
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geomon666 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 06:45 PM
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4. Jail
Canada isn't an option so off to jail I go. It's ok. Jail is perfectly acceptable as an alternative to killing innocent people.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 06:55 PM
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5. Too old this time around. I'll stay here and work to reverse this
calamity.

Looking forward to a vacation in Guantanamo.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 07:50 PM
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6. Enjoy the girlfriends of stupid and callow bush supporters
call me Jody
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pauliedangerously Donating Member (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 02:24 AM
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18. You and me both, Jody!!!
:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:
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Beacho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 08:04 PM
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7. Chose 'underground' because I will help run it(too old for draft)
Already talking to others about it and what we will do when the time comes...
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 08:12 PM
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8. I'm assuming Kerry wins
and that there will not be a draft. If Kerry brings our nation back on the road to recovery, and there was an actual need for people to serve, I think my sons would join. Our family has a long history of military service. But not for Bush/Halliburton. No way. I'd set my sons up in another land. I'll stay and engage in non-violent activities outlined in the Bill of Rights to try to make America live up to its potential.
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Pegleg Thd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 08:32 PM
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9. I don't know how much
damage a crippled old man with heart problems can do to pukes but we would have to find out...:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 08:46 PM
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10. When I read your post,
I thought, "Hey, I don't have heart troubles! ... do I?" Then I realized I might not be the only old-timer with a physical disability on here. (grin)
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Pegleg Thd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 09:26 PM
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13. You are not alone!
I am the grandfather of 13. The great grandfather of at least 2. I have had 3 heat attacks and 3 strokes. Have gout in both feet and legs. Have had 2 heart catherizations in the past 23 years. Also have had hardening of the arteries for over 10 years. Every day that I can get thru without being measured for a box is a good one!!
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quaker bill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 09:02 PM
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11.  I will be counseling potential inductees
On how to best make a case for Conscientious Objector Status. Our Meeting has a number of members that have volunteered and taken the training. We are ready to go.
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 09:04 PM
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12. good for you!!!!
very, very important work. I have the manual, and am doing some work in that area now. Young men need to be preparing now, just in case.
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ogsball Donating Member (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 09:51 PM
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14. You don't have claim to be Gay.
What are they gonna do make you prove it?

Nice body Sarge.
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Solar Donating Member (261 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 09:56 PM
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15. I should be able to get out of it
back before my conversion, I wanted to join the Army as a chaplain, but they turned me down. If they wont accept me for that kind of job in peacetime, then they wont want me in combat. Ive also got Dont Ask Dont Tell.
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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:55 AM
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16. Wow - six votes for enabling war crimes.
Sad.

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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 01:00 AM
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17. Canada won't work?
I was under the impression Canada was still accepting refugees of the draft.
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bobbieinok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 03:13 AM
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19. I think right after 'inauguration', W made some sort of treaty with Canada
that Canada would have to return any American the govt asked for
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andino Donating Member (668 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 03:15 AM
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20. Too old
:(
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AntiFascist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 03:36 AM
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21. If they don't call it a "draft"
Edited on Wed Oct-13-04 04:16 AM by AntiFascist
what if they call it something 3rd Reichian like the "Bush Youth" act,

or perhaps Orwellian like the "Peace Service".
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