Yosemite Sam
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Ted posted this recently...Sadly, red flag laws are going to be the death of a lot of innocent people. I am confident it will cause more crime than it will prevent. Civil forfeiture is state theft.
Ted posted this recently...
Nugent is f'n chicken hawk but he speaks the truth at times.
Sadly, red flag laws are going to be the death of a lot of innocent people. I am confident it will cause more crime than it will prevent. Civil forfeiture is state theft.
Nugent is f'n chicken hawk but he speaks the truth at times.
I was 17 during Operation Desert Shield and ready to be drafted (I broke up with a girl over it). Am I a Chicken Hawk then? There are Patriots that didn't have the chance to serve, but are willing if need be. Disclaimer: Ted may have dodged the Draft in the late '60's, I don't know.
From the article it looks like this guy has lead a full and complete life. He's contributed to society in a positive way. Even if he did want to end his life, and I'm not saying he does, as long as he's capable of rational thought, he should have the right to decide to end his life.
I'm not advocating letting young people with a life ahead of them be allowed to end their life because they got dumped. But if an elderly person, who has little to look forward to, other than a slow failing of the body and mind, stretched out by medical technology, would prefer to die with some dignity. We as a society owe that respect to them.
OK, a little off topic.
Jersey homeboy Bruce Springsteen and "Rambo" Stallone were also draft dodgers. Springsteen faked mental illness at his physical and was rejected as unfit. Stallone hid out in Switzerland, teaching phys ed in a boarding school for girls.Caussius Clay dodged it the same and was applauded for it, so take that as you will.
I didn’t. Am I any less of a man?Nugent (and others) ARE gutless draft dogers,! did you actually enlist? "Ready to be drafted" means nothing, unless you actually were drafted and served your full term. I enlisted on the tail end of the Vietnam conflict and I haven't never claimed to be a Vietnam Vet because I did not go "In country". A whole lot of good men those days served in Europe facing a creditable threat of being steamrolled by Russian tanks. The better part of my enlistment was during the cold war. But all that was, was the everyday threat of immediate nuclear annihilation. So yeah, Ted was a gutless draft dodger. Puts him in the same book as Jane Fonda. I lived on rocks like Adak, Alaska and Diego Garcia when I served. You "broke up with a girlfriend". The "chance to serve" is a choice. Either you did or didnt.
I didn’t. Am I any less of a man?
And sandalsWell you are wearing a dress in your avatar picture...
Only if you are publicly claiming you were "read to serve" but didn't. (exception if due to medical reasons)I didn’t. Am I any less of a man?
Jesus Christ, in a sane world there would be a knock at the door, the cops would chat with the man for a couple of minutes, thank him for the coffee and wish him well. That what a wellness check should be. Any deviation from that is tyranny.
Nugent (and others) ARE gutless draft dogers,! did you actually enlist? "Ready to be drafted" means nothing, unless you actually were drafted and served your full term. I enlisted on the tail end of the Vietnam conflict and I haven't never claimed to be a Vietnam Vet because I did not go "In country". A whole lot of good men those days served in Europe facing a creditable threat of being steamrolled by Russian tanks. The better part of my enlistment was during the cold war. But all that was, was the everyday threat of immediate nuclear annihilation. So yeah, Ted was a gutless draft dodger. Puts him in the same book as Jane Fonda. I lived on rocks like Adak, Alaska and Diego Garcia when I served. You "broke up with a girlfriend". The "chance to serve" is a choice. Either you did or didnt.
For the record, like I said I never served and I regret it to this day.Only if you are publicly claiming you were "read to serve" but didn't. (exception if due to medical reasons)
Now "ready to be drafted" just doesn't make sense. A draft by it's nature is involuntary and since we have all registered, technically we are all ready to be drafted. Kind of like saying you're ready to be in a car accident.
This is the part of the process I do not understand, carelessly damaging nice guns.