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Yeff > wrote:

> On Wed, 31 May 2006 13:15:52 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>
> > In other words, you did not have the money to send her to a good
> > college... and were not poor enough to qualify for pel grants.
> >
> > Sorry.

>
> You missed the point entirely. Enlisting isn't something she wants to
> do in lieu of a good job or a college opportunity, it's just something
> she wants to do.


So, she is risking her life.... for what?

I'm sure you are proud of her, she sounds like a fantastic kid.
But that won't be much comfort if you, like a couple of thousand parents
in our country, are placing flowers on her grave.

It's really none of my business and I certainly respect individual
decisions but I personally feel (please keep in mind it's personal for
ME not YOU) that anyone that enlists right now is a bloody fool.

We have a retarded psychopath for a CIC. He's another damned Hitler.
It's just.......

wrong.
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Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson
 
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