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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on June 16, 2008, 05:56:25 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3462219
Oh my.
In case anyone's forgotten, the dumbgirl primitive's the one who wanted to give U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia a piece of her mind, and advertised it in advance all over Skins's island. The college made her behave during the visit.
demgurl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 10:55 AM
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My nephew joined the National Guard. I am soo upset!!!
I understand it is someone else's life and that I can not live it for them but I can not believe how the rest of the family has let him do this.
About two weeks ago my nephew told me he joined. His boot camp starts in September. He knew my concerns and said that they PROMISED him that he would not go overseas to Afghanistan or Iraq. I knew Army recruiters had lied about this but I was just not sure if Nation Guard recruiters had been lying. I know I was not ready to trust anyone who gives an absolute in the military, especially under this administration!
He is young and stupid but it is his Mom for whom my stomach is churning over. She is very smart but she signed for him to be able to enter the NG at an early age rather than waiting for him to come of age. She told us he signed up to make up for stealing something from his brother and his Mom's boyfriend! Surely there are better, safer, ways to make up such mistakes.
Meanwhile, my nephew has already spent his $20,000 "signing bonus" in his imagination. He has been looking at truck after truck!
I have looked up information and found that 20% of our military over there is made up of the National Guard and there is no reason why my nephew should be exempt from that.
I wrote to his grandmother last night and gave her tons of information. (he is living with her right now) She wrote me back seemingly not that worried saying we will have to pray for him!
I have never ever had ulcers but after hearing this news and fretting for him, I have developed ulcers and they hurt a LOT. We try and tell him they lied to him but he laughs because I guess teens know better than adults. I am so sick with worry over this!
It's a very large bonfire, so only the primitives of prominence:
nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 04:36 PM
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51. By the way, read about his life... and at times, as much as you may hate the service
this may be exactly what he needs and the ANG has the least risks.
It is something that may help him to focus on life.
That said, Boot will be hell for him... (as it is for most folks) so the best you can do at this point is be the support he obviously will need and is not getting from his closest family
nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 02:35 PM
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36. As enlisted he'd not fly anywhere
it sounds like he will be doing Logistics Support, and that mostly means working at a warehouse somewhere
nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 04:33 PM
Response to Reply #46
50. The Air guard... in another time I'd say less chance these days... nobody should promise anything. After all, we've lost submariners in Iraq and trust me, there is no place for an LA class to surface in that sea of sand.
That said, he is going to boot in september, and to A school later on... by the time he gets out of A school, assuming we pull out immediately, he should be able to dodge that bullet.
Ooops, as it turns out, only one primitive of prominence at the bonfire.
There's a great deal of primitive squibble-squabbling, armpits-wiggle-waggling, but only those in the military, or who've been in the military, can possibly understand all the technical details the primitives offer.
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Where did the ****ing Air Guard come into her post? I didn't see it. ...and even if he's in the Air Guard, he won't fly? It's not just officers in planes. They have load masters, other crew, gunners in the AC-130's, etc. If she's talking about the guard, in general, I was just at an Army National Guard installation who is deploying.
Why don't these morons learn a damn thing about the military before posting such stupid shit?
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Why don't these morons learn a damn thing about the military before posting such stupid shit?
They're primitives, after all. They lack the cerebral capacity to understand complex things and complicated ideas, as Pedro Picasso showed the other day.
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She developed an ulcer in 2 weeks....? :bs: :bs: :mental:
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I have never ever had ulcers but after hearing this news and fretting for him, I have developed ulcers and they hurt a LOT. We try and tell him they lied to him but he laughs because I guess teens know better than adults. I am so sick with worry over this!
Enlightenment is the end of suffering. --Buddha
Jus' sayin'... :-)
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If he starts boot in September, he'll be there at least 3 months (any vets can give me an exact number of weeks), so he'll be done in late Nov./early Dec. Then there's his specialized school, which probably takes a few more months to a year. By then, Barackstar Hussein Osama will have ended *'s unjust and illegal war of aggression against the peaceful nation of Iraq. I don't see what she's so concerned about.
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...."She told us he signed up to make up for stealing something from his brother and his Mom's boyfriend!"....
I wouldn't worry to much about this winner. Sounds like he may be into drugs or something. Anyway, if he does drugs or takes those sticky fingers to boot camp with him, he'll be home soon with an "Dishonarable Discharge".
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...."She told us he signed up to make up for stealing something from his brother and his Mom's boyfriend!"....
I wouldn't worry to much about this winner. Sounds like he may be into drugs or something. Anyway, if he does drugs or takes those sticky fingers to boot camp with him, he'll be home soon with an "Dishonarable Discharge".
But remember, sir, this is a story told by a primitive.
I wondered about that when I first read it, and then figured, nah, the dumb girl primitive just made that up.
Probably whatever the kid's motivation for joining the National Guard, good or bad, it wasn't this.
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She acts like enlisting is such a terrible fate, and I'll bet diamonds to donuts she's another one who supports and has the utmost respect for our military, "just not the mission." :whatever: This numb twit must be one of John Kerry's joke-writers.
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My nephew joined the National Guard. I am soo upset!!!
I understand it is someone else's life and that I can not live it for them
Shoulda just shutup at this point.