| 9/27/2008 8:57:17 AM |
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arkielady
Austin, AR
age: 70
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One of my older friends sent the following to me. Do you think there is any truth in this? Of course it was sent as a joke...so please receive it light heartedly. 
DRAFTING MEN OVER 55 YEARS OLD
I am over 55 and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down terrorists. You can't be older than 42 to join the military. They've got the whole thing ass-backwards. Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join a military unit until you're at least 35.
For starters:
Researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy.
Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is adangerous soldier. 'My back hurts! I can't sleep, I'm tired and hungry' We are impatient and maybe letting us kill some a**hole that desperately deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for a while.
An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10 a.m. Old guys always get up early to pee so what the hell. Besides, like I said, 'I'm tired and can't sleep and since I'm already up, I may as well be up killing some fanatical son-of-a-b*tch.
If captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd forget where we put them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser.
Boot camp would be easier for old guys. We're used to getting screamed and yelled at and we're used to soft food. We've also developed an appreciation for guns. We've been using them for years as an excuse to get out of the house, away from the screaming and yelling.
They could lighten up on the obstacle course however. I've been in combat and didn't see a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training.
Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too. I've never seen anyone outrun a bullet.
An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to shave, to start up a conversation with a pretty girl. He still hasn't figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes, not the back of his head.
These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into harm's way.
Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten coward terrorists. The last thing an enemy would want to see is a couple of million pissed off old farts with attitudes and automatic weapons who know that their best years are already behind them.
If nothing else, put us on border patrol....we will have it secured the first night!  
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| 9/27/2008 9:28:52 AM |
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ladygodiva1
Fredonia, TX
age: 72
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I think this is so very funny, but on the serious side, it mght not be a bad idea. Some seasoned men in our armed forces could make a vast difference.
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| 9/27/2008 9:41:39 AM |
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aliveankickinto
Tucson, AZ
age: 77
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Just so they don't draft the men over 70. There are so few of them. Seems on here we only have 2 or 3 and I'm not sure what help they would be. Seems they only have loven on their minds.
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| 9/27/2008 10:07:44 AM |
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minette20
Oxford, PA
age: 73
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Now, 18-year-olds thinking about sex every 10 seconds I believe, but guys over 55 thinking of sex a couple of times a day, I want to meet HIM!!!
M. 
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| 9/27/2008 1:51:14 PM |
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johnnyreb37
Nashville, TN
age: 71
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Sorry, I have already served my time in Viet Nam. Draft the women.
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| 9/27/2008 1:53:33 PM |
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newlady2
Goldsboro, NC
age: 71
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Women are drafted !!
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| 9/27/2008 1:59:42 PM |
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johnnyreb37
Nashville, TN
age: 71
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You heard her newlady volunteers, give her a rifle and a helmet.
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| 9/27/2008 2:02:12 PM |
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newlady2
Goldsboro, NC
age: 71
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Reb....too late 
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| 9/27/2008 2:56:35 PM |
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kittysu
Stillwater, OK
age: 68
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No one is drafted yet I believe they are all Volunteers...
Aren't they and yes women are just as important to the military as men!
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| 9/27/2008 3:55:06 PM |
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aliveankickinto
Tucson, AZ
age: 77
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Sorry, I have already served my time in Viet Nam. Draft the women.
 If they draft the women, what would you do without us?
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| 9/27/2008 3:58:11 PM |
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johnnyreb37
Nashville, TN
age: 71
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Better
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| 9/27/2008 4:02:28 PM |
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aliveankickinto
Tucson, AZ
age: 77
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You mean you would like a world with no women in it?
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| 9/27/2008 4:06:29 PM |
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johnnyreb37
Nashville, TN
age: 71
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None over 55? That is the draft age we are talking about. All the women left would be under 55? Let me think about that.
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| 9/27/2008 4:15:51 PM |
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aliveankickinto
Tucson, AZ
age: 77
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When you catch one of those under 55, you'll have to more than think.
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| 9/27/2008 4:20:34 PM |
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johnnyreb37
Nashville, TN
age: 71
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It would be fun to find out.
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