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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 09:35 PM Original message |
DADT STUDY: Majority Of Troops Would Not Object To Serving Alongside Gay Soldiers |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&R |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. The chain of command needs to be looked at, but it's not that simple. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. that's very pleasant to hear!!! K&R 4 |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. nice and somehow not a surprise. nt |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. But but but, I thought the survey was all a big conspiracy to keep DADT? |
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Change has come (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Do you ever notice... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I have. It's faintly creepy. nt |
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Change has come (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Agreed. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. And to think they could have just paid $50 and read the Rand study from '93 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
32. Deleted sub-thread |
msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 04:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
89. I'm the one who keeps bringing up the 'finding.' |
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yeah but that won't stop the Repukes |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Obama is free to end it . He don't need the Puke piles to slide him in. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. False. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Broken record. No basis in any fact. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:33 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I've provided many links to prove my point, including the DOJ Office of Legal Counsel. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:40 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. And yet... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. I get it perfectly fine. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:55 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Yeah. Keep that close to your breast. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. No. He could end the discharges |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I still hold he doesn't need the pukes. But there's room for argument. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. It's only confusing if you are easily confused |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Yeah, well I'm easily confused. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Does it? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yep. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
57. Well, I'm explaining it to you |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #57 |
82. They don't want it to FUCKING move at all. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:46 AM Response to Reply #21 |
39. EPIC WIN. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 03:57 AM Response to Reply #39 |
56. Damn, got me |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #56 |
80. ~*~ |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #56 |
83. ... |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. You're being purposefully dense |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #56 |
86. And speaking of courts... |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 04:39 AM Response to Reply #86 |
91. actually, unless i'm wrong an higher court has in the past ruled it contitutional |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 05:29 AM Response to Reply #91 |
92. I dunno, ask Churlanova. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 12:27 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Very well said. nt |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
64. Worst. Excuse. Ever. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. But the old geezers in the Pentagon wet their drawers in fear , loathing and confusion. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
79. stay tuned for the dvd |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. HEY! |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. back atcha |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. I asked my son today.he didn't give a crap.neither did my dad. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. Translation: It's Chickenhawks (Limbaugh, Rove) who insult our troops suggesting they're homophobic. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. Oh, the awful homophobic pentagon survey of death? |
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Change has come (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. You were'nt offended? |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. +1 - regardless of the results the "study" was homophobic n/t |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #37 |
62. Which only amplifies the result |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #28 |
59. To find out if people harbor offensive positions... |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 04:38 AM Response to Reply #28 |
90. The survey was absolutely necessary. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. I think the public opinion fight has been won for a while now |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Your understatement is commendable. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I remember very well a time, when I was growing up in the conservative South, when the battle |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
53. In this case, the political "top" lags behind public opinion. n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
26. k&r and a link to a different take on it.... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
93. it's a deleted message. |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
27. Thank you for the info. Very Fascinating. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
30. Well that's a relief. They should have taken such a survey after Loving v. Virginia. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:19 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. That's the "Truman Theory" I think. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:48 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. I think I love you. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:14 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I know I love her. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
52. They had to give them one more chance. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:59 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Who knew hate had such a short shelf life? |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
81. +++ |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
36. It appears that the study is bolstering the case for repealing DADT. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Yeah, against what they were expecting. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:09 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Your attitude doesn't seem rational to me. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:14 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Deleted message |
Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:16 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Giving the military a deadline of this year is tangible. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:21 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. The year's not over yet. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:31 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. And you know what everyone involved was expecting, because you're telepathic. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:46 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Not telepathy. Reading the survey itself |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Lol |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Actually, you have a point. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. To reinforce the fact that soldiers are perfectly happy to serve with GLBTs. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I don't buy that. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. whatever |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
65. Keep on trucking... nt |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
70. All of us who have served knew that would happen. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
38. I don't give a fuck. They're soldiers. They get orders to serve with GLBT soldiers, they do. PERIOD. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:26 AM Response to Reply #38 |
49. "Bigots don't deserve any accommodation." |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
66. +1 |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
55. Oh' yeah, almost forgot. Good for the young troops. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
58. Recommend |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
61. Well, any foot-dragging politician sure lost a great big fat excuse |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
67. My dad said that when he was in the Marines, the first thing he was told on boarding a ship was ... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 03:54 AM Response to Reply #67 |
88. The Marines are the most resistant to changing DADT. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
68. So I'm a cynic but the rights going to use the percentage that's against repeal to filibuster it |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
69. Personally, I think this study was a great idea. And I'll tell you why. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. +1 |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. +2 |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. I don't think the survey was anywhere near a good idea. But I agree with you |
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mcollins (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
76. My brother is an officer in the Army. |
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