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Maybe she's just a very young looking 20-something.
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If not, that's a hell of a way to tell someone!
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Her dad is the one returning from the military, AND she's pregnant, AND the father is one of the soldiers her dad commands in his platoon. You know, like in Armageddon, sort of.
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Somehow I think I'll live.
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Well, technically they are. I don't get the snark here. Most people join the National Guard because they WANT to serve and protect the country, not because they want to dodge duty like Bush.
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Well last summer the National Guard actually WAS there to aid the firefighters - and that was the first time in three decades that they had been called on to do so.
08/12/09
"In California, half of the equipment the National Guard needs is not in the state, either because it is deployed in Iraq or other parts of the world or because it hasn’t been funded, according to Lt. Col. John Siepmann. While the Guard is in good shape to handle small-scale incidents, "our concern is a catastrophic event," he said."
[thinkprogress.org]
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But the purpose of the National Guard is to serve as reserve forces for the army. They are a unit of the US Military. States have their own State Defense Forces whose only purpose is to serve the state. If a catastrophic event happens and the National Guard isn't able to help to the best of its abilities that will be terrible, but it will be because they are serving their intended purpose.
08/12/09
Yes, there are State Defense Forces in at least 20 states and in California it is the California State Military Reserve, whose primary job is to follow the orders of the Dept. of Homeland Security. They did help in Operation Fall Blaze and Operation Lightning Strike concerning fires, but many believe, myself included, that there should have been stronger aid from the California National Guard.
07/10/09
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
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06/05/09
but it in NO WAY makes up for the group of buffoons who call themselves a band. I know , I know....throngs love them but throngs of people love lots of things that SUCK
masses = asses
btw - was I supposed to get all teary at the video? I must be heartless
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