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RebelYell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 01:57 PM Original message |
70 year old called up for Iraq duty |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh my freaking god... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah, this administration cares about the elderly... |
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ogradda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. i can smell the desperation |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. REminds me of the scene in "The Battle of the Bulge" |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. And the winter jackets they wore |
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doubleplusgood (810 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 08:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. yes, it was the "Volkssturm" (Home Guard) |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. That has to be way past the bottom of the barrel |
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EmperorHasNoClothes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. Does this mean Poppy's eligible for recall? |
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Eye and Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hmm. Didn't the local recruiting office NOTICE something??? |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Your in the Bush world now, sorry. |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Sure, they noticed |
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Eye and Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yeah, that's their reality - LOL, dripping in irony |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. He must be ecstatic, now he qualifies for a flu shot!! |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. thank God my dad's not still alive . . . |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. No need for a draft, really |
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RebelYell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Shrub's plan to save Medicare? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 11:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Sure, my dad is 78, had a fractured pelvis |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. Unfortunately, the article doesn't say what his rank or miltary job is |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Probably a field marshall |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. LOL! Or maybe a Valkyrie! |
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LibLover (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 12:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
37. At his age? Praetorian guard! |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 09:21 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Maybe he's an old Fremen |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. If they're looking for people who still owe a few years.... |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Oh my, wouldn't that be sweet! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. He'd be fragged. |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. My testes just ascended into my body. |
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aeschylus (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. Unbelievable! |
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OutsourceBush (860 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. If this is true, and I doubt it is, we have a problem Houston |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. My dad's 82 and had |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 10:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. My father would have been 78 this year |
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KayLaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. Saw him on TV this morning |
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RebelYell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 08:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. What program was he on? n/t |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. Do you have a link to the actual article on the news site? |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 06:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Anyone find a link from an actual news site? |
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Speed8098 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 06:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Here's a link |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 08:46 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. I meant a link to an actual article, but thanks any how. |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. KGO radio in same area as KNTV...has had several calls |
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Blue Wally (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 06:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I.m a retiree |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 07:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Hi Wally... |
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Blue Wally (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 07:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Thx |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 12:05 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Good luck on going back in and "putting money in the bank" |
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Blue Wally (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 07:29 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Been there, done that |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Excuse me. I don't "believe" Urban Legends. |
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Blue Wally (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 06:42 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. This isn't the only place I post |
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bastion_last (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. Soldier Challenges Recall |
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RebelYell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 10:27 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. "Involuntary Servitude" |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
43. Oh, Boy...My dad is 73, "Mustered Out" in '57... |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
47. HOAX |
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RebelYell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 12:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Here's the quote from antiwar.com |
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