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In reply to the discussion: This should go viral: [View all]jaxexpat
(7,794 posts)56. Thats the elementary school explanation.
The electoral college was invented because the founders needed to seduce southern slave holders to go along with the "united" part of the United States. We still have it today because it satisfies the desires of a powerful minority, the 0.1%.
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That's true about family members' reasons to remain in any capacity of military service...
Backseat Driver
Aug 2024
#33
And if he thinks there's one particular plane that gets designated as Ait Force 2 throughout an administration,
soldierant
Aug 2024
#45
What you say is true. Service people (past and present) would definitely take a second look...
chouchou
Aug 2024
#3
I wish it said "highest enlisted rank available in the US Army" rather than "highest rank available in the US Army"
33taw
Aug 2024
#11
This meme is starting to go viral. I hope it gets modified, because MAGA are looking for anything to pick on.
33taw
Aug 2024
#14
I was drafted into the U S Army in 1970, served 2 years and was honorably discharged as E-5.
surfered
Aug 2024
#26