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Doodle Town by Melissa Lomax
The Doozies by Tom Gammill
About Doonesbury
"Welcome to 'Classic Doonesbury.' In selecting the strips for this retrospective journey, we're going deep, literally back to Day One. Revisiting four weeks of strips from every year of syndication, I hope to hit many 'Doonesbury' high points, focusing on how the characters (over 75 of them) got involved with one another. Since their lives have always been bound up in the events of the day, it should be a kind of déjà vu for my peers, and maybe a 'What were you people thinking?' for newer readers. I hope all of you will enjoy the trip." - Garry Trudeau "Garry Trudeau is the premier American social and political satirist of his time." -Newsweek Doonesbury has managed to be articulate, abrasive, political, compassionate, misunderstood, misprinted, and outrageous - but one thing it's never been is complacent. Garry Trudeau's creation has chronicled American history and culture in a parallel universe. And through it all, Doonesbury has always been honest, entertaining, and thought-provoking.
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Orion said, about 2 years ago
Might wanna also skip out on mentioning the wonderful pay, PT tests, the likelihood of having poor quality officers, and people who claim to support you but who really can’t stand you, what you stand for, or what you do.
Orion
kittenpah said, about 2 years ago
Stick to the good parts; guns and blowing stuff up.
dtroutma
said, about 2 years ago
Sounds like a recruiter, actually.
Jenn said, about 2 years ago
IOW, don’t tell these kids the truth, until they’re being scared to death by a drill sergeant.
Sterling said, about 2 years ago
@kittenpah
actually the army can even take the fun out of blowing stuff up.
Bill Weinberg said, about 2 years ago
Messed up, but so accurate.
HectorGonzalez said, about 2 years ago
Avoid talking about the sexual harassment, the rapes, the suicides, the drug and alcohol use and that the transition back to civilian life isn’t made easier by not having learned a civilian skill.
We’d like it to be a St. Crispen’s Day scenario. Rather it is sleepless nights of survivor guilt.
dukedoug said, about 2 years ago
Recommend that, IF they enlist, learn a trade like helicopter maintenance and stay away from the deadly stuff. They get all the drill, learning to kill and other stuff but hopefully come back alive (not in a box) and have a skill for the rest of their lives. Just hope that the PTSD can be turned down to a dull roar.
leftwingpatriot said, about 2 years ago
It is going to be a short presentation.
Finbar Gurdy said, about 2 years ago
@Orion
You mean all the wonderful perks of working for a venture capitalist?
babka
said, about 2 years ago
hope the kids will see through both of them. and ask the right questions….
Larry said, about 2 years ago
Tell them is is easier to get 100% service-connected disability if you become a paranoid delusional schizoid than if you have your arms and legs blown off.
chicken 33 said, about 2 years ago
He is probably there also. Didn’t he meet her once?
uh-oh
said, about 2 years ago
Tell the truth. Let those in power fight their own war.
Craig Linder said, about 2 years ago
@uh-oh
I’ve often thought that when leaders create unnecessary conflicts, the best solution would be to put them in a ring and let them have at it to decide the outcome. It would save a lot of death, heartache and money, and it would provide incentive for leaders to stay in shape and avoid war except as a true last resort.