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phantom power

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2. One of the evil and cowardly moves I'll never forget was deploying the national guard...

Reply to malaise (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 9, 2013, 10:23 AM

Apr 2013

to avoid a military draft. Not that the 1-percenters don't have ways to avoid such things, but they knew a draft would force the kind of gut-check on those bullshit wars that Americans would say "no" to, just like in Viet Nam.

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Phil Donahue: Bush used other people’s kids to prove he’s tough [View all] phantom power Apr 2013 OP

Well the children of the 1% don't join the army malaise Apr 2013 #1

One of the evil and cowardly moves I'll never forget was deploying the national guard... phantom power Apr 2013 #2

That was sickening malaise Apr 2013 #3

As far as the upper 1% is concerned we're expendable to them. Initech Apr 2013 #17

Expendable, hell they SELL them down the drain, Haliburton profits go up. xtraxritical Apr 2013 #20

BUSH AND CHENEY ARE PROFITEERS AND USERS HowHasItComeToThis Apr 2013 #21

COULD you and I please find the answer to that? Mira Apr 2013 #37

We are soul mates duhneece Apr 2013 #39

Right on!!!!! hodger Apr 2013 #40

I thought after Vietnam, parents wouldn't let their kids enlist. valerief Apr 2013 #23

... and its only going to get worse ... Myrina Apr 2013 #24

Same here malaise Apr 2013 #26

Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose noted how the Dallas Cowboys got national guard slots Kolesar Apr 2013 #4

Molly Ivins also used to tell how young George Bush would pick a fight MurrayDelph Apr 2013 #5

Then and Now... AnneD Apr 2013 #18

Ivins: "GWB was born on 3rd base, and thinks he hit a triple." lindysalsagal Apr 2013 #30

Wounded national guard troops were sent to places like Fort Knox and warehoused Hekate Apr 2013 #16

Irony Alert. Georgie Porgie the DimSon avoided the Viet Nam War by joining the National Guard. rhett o rick Apr 2013 #32

no no no no lemme set you straight. NOBODY joins the military pasto76 Apr 2013 #7

One of my nephews is a veteran of the illegal Iraq war n/t malaise Apr 2013 #10

But the 1% don't even travel in circles where they might KNOW someone whose kids enlisted. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2013 #13

How do they sleep at night? young_at_heart Apr 2013 #6

They have no empathy and are evil sociopaths with no remorse or sence of quilt Auntie Bush Apr 2013 #12

Sleeps like a baby and paints puppies, nice life for a war criminal. nt Mnemosyne Apr 2013 #19

I think they would have difficulty to sleep at night... 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2013 #36

thank you Phil Donahue grasswire Apr 2013 #8

Go Phil! knr joeybee12 Apr 2013 #9

Draft rich kids. Wars end. Period. NT broadcaster75201 Apr 2013 #11

In drafts, rich kids almost unanimously don't get drafted. Dash87 Apr 2013 #14

You are SO right! nt caledesi Apr 2013 #25

R#35 for, hie thee back onto the t.v., Phil!1 n/t UTUSN Apr 2013 #15

K&R Solly Mack Apr 2013 #22

K&R! n/t Lugnut Apr 2013 #27

His firing was a shameful episode. Union Scribe Apr 2013 #28

TOTALLY!!! calimary Apr 2013 #29

Ohio daybranch Apr 2013 #31

The title alone says it all. grantcart Apr 2013 #33

This needs to be said over and over. Criminals, posing as commanders... HCE SuiGeneris Apr 2013 #34

he's a mass murderer. that whole crew deliberately sent young people to be killed on the basis HiPointDem Apr 2013 #35

To be fair to George W. 4bucksagallon Apr 2013 #38

Phil nails it with this comment duhneece Apr 2013 #41

Addicts are like that: "We think if we say it, it’s true,” he added. " raccoon Apr 2013 #42