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2005-03-08 Fifth Column

'Counter-Recruiters' Shadowing The Military

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Posted by longtime lurker 2005-03-08 11:24:26 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In the San Francisco area, members of a group called the Raging Grannies dress up in flamboyant old-lady attire (big hats, long, flowered dresses) and visit high schools.

Not to be mistaken for the Flaming Trannies who pretty much do the same thing.

Posted by BH 2005-03-08 2:05:16 PM|| 2005-03-08 2:05:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 That's all very well to produce a neatly slanted newspaper article, but out here in the 'burbs many kids are looking at military service as a post-9/11 duty. Trailing Daughter and several of her friends certainly are, and some of the older siblings have already made the move.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-03-08 2:45:32 PM|| 2005-03-08 2:45:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Note how this article paints the recruiters as 'tricking' the poor stupid recrutiee into signing up.

They simply can't imagine someone with a sense of duty and honor wanting to signup to be in the military.

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-03-08 2:56:25 PM|| 2005-03-08 2:56:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Here's a favorite joke of mine from active duty days:

Q: How can you tell if your recruiter is lying to you?

A: His lips are moving.

BTW anyone truly worth having in the ranks would kick the crap out of this POS if he tried interfering with the recruiting process.

Posted by Dreadnought 2005-03-08 3:22:54 PM|| 2005-03-08 3:22:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Raging Grannies dress up in flamboyant old-lady attire (big hats, long, flowered dresses)

seems counterproductive to me. This is just another example of the left presenting themselves as aging out-of-touch dingbats to the younger generation. Which, of course, they are. Why they want to call attention to that fact is beyond me - but I guess you have to work with what you've got, and "raging grannies" are the only old fools still stuck in that 2Oth century mindset.

The hot chicks are more interested in the soldiers these days.

Posted by 2b 2005-03-08 4:48:24 PM|| 2005-03-08 4:48:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 What? No Giant Puppets[tm]? Where's the World Famous Giant Puppets[tm]?

Just how interesting the 'Left'[tm] talks about the right to choose, but what they really mean is to choose what they, the Left[tm] wants. Sort of like the normal one-party system state method of operation.

Posted by Thrainter Cliling3962 2005-03-08 5:27:52 PM|| 2005-03-08 5:27:52 PM|| Front Page Top

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