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hadrons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:40 PM
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Recruiting age limit raised to 40; who can we help enlist???
Yesterday, defense officials worried about recruiting announced that they will raise the age limit, from 34 to 40, for enlistment in the Army Guard and Reserve.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48306-2005Mar18.html

1) Jonah Goldberg (spawn of Lucianne and all-around a-hole)
2) Curt Shilling (Red Sox pitcher, fundie, Bush shill)

Who else between the ages of 34-40 have been shilling for Bush but been too old to enlist until now?
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:47 PM
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1. Here are a few
Hannity, Malkin, Brooks, most golf pros, NFL quarterbacks.
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chicagojoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 02:20 PM
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7. Hannity is under 40?!?!
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 02:40 PM
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8. Maybe all that hatred turned his hair prematurely gray?
Seriously, I have no idea how old the bastard is.
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Coastie for Truth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:49 PM
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2. Not sure how they will screw it up - but this was openly talked about
Edited on Sat Mar-19-05 12:51 PM by Coastie for Truth
for:
Doctors
Dentists
Nurses
Psychologists
Farsi and Arabic Translators
Cryptographers and cryptologists
Computer scientists in defined specialties (cryptography? DBMS?)
Engineers in defined specialties.

This rumor has been making the rounds - and has been implemented for volunteers on an individual basis.

They are even taking 60 year old burn reconstruction plastic surgeons.
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PROGRESSIVE1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:51 PM
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3. Most sports players are physically fit, under40, and Republican...
so let's send them in!
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:53 PM
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4. This is very serious indeed
It's time to start using the term "when" rather than "if" in the context of a draft, unless we can find a way out of this mess.

I'm straining like hell to see, but damned if I can detect any 'light at the end of the tunnel' (to resurrect a Vietnam "happy phrase").
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 01:07 PM
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5. I keep army enlistment forms in my car and put them on the windshields of
those with Bush stickers, support the troops magnets, especially the very unChristian 'Power of Pride' stickers, the flag horse stickers, etc...
I don't think these people see it as any of their business though. They are so disconnected from reality.
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 02:16 PM
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6. This is great!
I can hand them to any freepers at the protest today, and let them know that they just raised the age limit! Now they can put their $life$ where their mouth is.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 02:42 PM
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9. Please take Ann Coulter.
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 02:47 PM
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10. Yucca mountain is closed - what else can we do with her?
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 03:50 PM
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11. New Military Enlistment Oaths
These are the new enlistment oaths for various branches of the service.

New Enlistment Oaths
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sueh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 12:01 AM
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12. There must be a passle of Bush nieces and nephews under 40.
First one that comes to mind is Jeb's son, George P.
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Liberty Belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 12:13 AM
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13. Jeb's daughter, the druggie.
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