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   Gore Bane said, 6 months ago

   For all who have served:

   “In World War II, 11.2% of the nation served in four (4) years. During the Vietnam era, 4.3% served in twelve (12) years. Since 2001, only 0.45% of our population has served in the Global War on Terror. These are unbelievable statistics. Over time, fewer and fewer people have shouldered more and more of the burden and it is only getting worse. Our troops were sent to war in Iraq by a Congress consisting of 10% veterans with only one
   person having a child in the military. Taxes did not increase to pay for the war. War bonds were not sold. Gas was not regulated. In fact, the average citizen was asked to sacrifice nothing, and has sacrificed nothing unless they have chosen to out of the goodness of their hearts.

   “The only people who have sacrificed are the veterans and their families. The volunteers. The people who swore an oath to defend this nation. You stand there, deployment after deployment and fight on. You’ve lost relationships, spent years of your lives in extreme conditions, years
   apart from kids you’ll never get back, and beaten your body in a way that even professional athletes don’t understand.

   “Then you come home to a nation that doesn’t understand. They don’t understand suffering. They don’t understand sacrifice. They don’t understand why we fight for them. They don’t understand that bad people exist. They look at you like you’re a machine – like something is wrong with you. You are the misguided one – not them.

   “When you get out, you sit in the college classrooms with political science teachers that discount your opinions on Iraq and Afghanistan because YOU WERE THERE and can’t understand the macro issues they gathered from books, because of your bias.

   “You watch TV shows where every vet has PTSD and the violent strain at that. Your Congress is debating your benefits, your retirement, and your pay, while they ask you to do more.

   “But the amazing thing about you is that you all know this. You know your country will never pay back what you’ve given up. You know that the populace at large will never truly understand or appreciate what you have done for them. …… you know that in some circles, you will be thought as less than normal for having worn the uniform. But you do it anyway.”

   These are the words of none other than General David Petraeus, formerly excoriated by children like Nancy “Betray Us” Pelosi and currently the subject of yet another machination on the eve of his testimony to Congress. Who thinks this is coincidental?
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   Radish said, 6 months ago

   The republicans did everything they could to stop votes.
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   MortyForTyrant said, 6 months ago

   It’s a bad thing that soldiers can’t vote. The solution is surprisingly simple: bring them all home…
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   Mhic Dhu Ghaill said, 6 months ago

   I never was denied a chance to vote in my 28 years in USAF. There were absentee registration drives and assigned(extra duty) Officers & NCOs to do it. I voted absentee it Texas from the first time I was eligible(1960) until I bought a house in VA (1981) and registered locally. I guess TX just thinks it is important even when it was a blue state.
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   rvernon said, 6 months ago

   Ramirez is a hack if – in the face of millions of mainly poor and minority citizens having to wait seven hours in line to vote – the only form of voter suppression he sees fit to comment on is that of a demographic that votes Republican. The armed forces don’t just fight to protect their own rights they fight to protect EVERYONE’S rights. Ramirez doesn’t seem to realize that.
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   Michael wme said, 6 months ago

   Every Republican pundit knew for certain that all the polls (once corrected for bias) showed that Romney would win by a landslide.

   
   And, in fact, Romney had more than enough votes for a landslide victory, but the military absentee ballots arrived one day too late, and the dim libs refused to count them.

   
   And this has been confirmed by a reputable fact-checker!
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   lifebyc said, 6 months ago

   This is misleading tripe. The only debate is whether to stop reading Ramirez’s crap, or continue so I can call “bull.” The soldiers vote overseas. Votes are counted at home. The outcome is determined beyond mathematical doubt before overseas votes are counted. No reason to count them. If the election was close, they would be counted. This also happens to any civilian who lives in a remote area – Northern Alaska, Catalina Island, the Florida Keys. The ballots are not counted IF and ONLY IF there is ZERO chance of them affecting the election – ALL of the items on the ballot. Further, it is my understanding that they DO eventually get counted for demographics, historical, and statistical purposes leading into the next election cycle. I don’t understand with all of the legitimate criticisms Ramirez could make, why he insists on spraying feces. It’s truly sad for such a talented artist.
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   bobwinners said, 6 months ago

   Our military has been turned into a ‘volunteer’ agency composed of people who need a job and will do whatever is necessary to have one. Sad
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   Dredpiraterobt$ said, 6 months ago

   Sacralige alert!!!
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   Our soldiers haven’t fought against any enemy that had even the slightest chance of denying our rights at ALL let alone our right to vote since they defeated Hitler and Tojo in WWII.
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   Nothing against the soldiers themselves. But this mythology that they are the only thing that stands between us and sharia law is rubbish!
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   If you want to see where your rights have gone, read this The P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act
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    chasches said, 6 months ago

    @Michael wme

    Er…you realize that the Duffel Blog is a parody site, and that the Snopes page verifies that article as false, right? Ramirez apparently doesn’t. That chicken hawk got punked! That’s funnier than a whole year’s worth of sleepy-eyed stickbug Obamas! Hahahaha!
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    bubkes39 said, 6 months ago

    @Michael wme

    The fact checker labeled this as false! Learn how to read!
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    lonecat said, 6 months ago

    @bubkes39

    Learn how to read Michael’s posts. The key here is the word “reputable.” Well, also the whole first paragraph. He’s joking, as usual.
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    Newshound41 said, 6 months ago

    @bubkes39

    Michael wme is topping satire with more satire. He is one of the good guys.
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    feverjr said, 6 months ago

    @Michael wme

    The story is pure turd blossom…..
    …………………………………..
    http://factcheck.org/2012/11/did-undelivered-military-ballots-give-election-to-obama/
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    feverjr said, 6 months ago

    @Gore Bane

    The RNC has a long history of caging votes and that includes the military.
    ……………
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caging_(voter_suppression)
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