Letters to the Editor
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Does this mean that my sons can go around annoying people for two years and get out of the draft?
Hmmmm. I may support Mitt Romney after all. Obviously, the military draft is inevitable. So I'll just send my sons off somewhere (Like Maui) for two years to go knock on people's doors and bug the crap out of them about some gold tablets and an angel named Maroni and bullet-ridden underwear.
That should satisfy the Draft Board. Yep.
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I love our volunteer military...
As long as my family doesn't have to volunteer.
I'd attribute this quote to a particular person, but it has a tendency to come from any republican politician when they're asked about their family serving in Iraq.
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"We're on a mission from God"
"Each of my five sons gave two years of their life to the service of their church"
This is compulsory in the Mormon faith
"But I very highly value those who serve in the military."
'Cause then my sons don't have to do it.
"But it is a volunteer military and I hope that we keep it that way."
Neo. Hypo. Crite.
God help us.
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Romney
I thought we already have a Mormon president, sorry 1 Emm to many!
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Of course he hopes we keep it that way
What a disgusting coward. To equate two years of being in service to a church to being in the way of small arms fire is reprehensible. Two years in service to the hollow remains of Joseph Smith's grand scam is a terrible thing to admit in the first place, but to equate it to the service of our soldiers in war? I'll give Romney this: he's got to have the biggest set of brass ones that may have ever escaped Utah.
As long as it is a purely volunteer military, it won't be his or any other neo-con's children standing in the blast wave of an IED, being blown to pieces.
Political cowards such as Mr. Romney obviously favor a continued volunteer army, because to institute a draft would call attention to what a complete and abject failure their last six years of policy decisions have been. For mothers and fathers across the country to realize that their children were in jeopardy because of the GOP warmongering would be disastrous for the political future of the Republicans.
Let's put Mr. Romney's kids on a plane to Iraq, along with the daughters of that(those) genetic defective(s) in the White House. That's one sure way to get them to pull the plug on this tragic international play.
T
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Hope?
"But it is a volunteer military and I hope that we keep it that way."
Hope? Sounds like a little waffling waiting to happen.
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And I’m by no means a Romney fan or a Bushie.
I’ve always found this to be a ludicrous and unfair question. You can ask about a candidate’s own military service (or lack thereof), but it’s useless and inappropriate to demand that their children serve. Parents don’t “put” their kids in the army (anymore). And I actually agree with Romney when he lauds his children’s public service (which parents should encourage, whether it be Teach for America, the Army, or volunteering at a soup kitchen). Yes, the Mormon faith mandates missionary service, but it doesn’t change the fact that they’re serving the public. Not all of missionary work is proselytizing—they also do some good social work.
FYI, to everyone telling Romney or Bush to “send your own kids to Iraq,” why don’t you do the same?
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2 men on bicycles is almost compulsory
Almost all of them do it. Not 100%. In either case LDS missions can be anywhere: Kuala Lampur or Newark NJ. Big variations from case to case. But I was hoping someone would pick up on another issue: How he equates religious service with national service.
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If Chelsea Clinton did pro bono work
You could be sure that one of those closeted homophobes on Fox would be on it 24/7 screeching about commie liberal terrorist ho-mo-sex-shu-al, feminist, abortion loving yadda yadda. No - we should fairly fucking crucify Romney for this. After all persecution is a badge of honor. So his kids are cowards. Hammer that home. They probably learned it at the knees of their dad who was raking in hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Bringing YOUR religion to MY front door could be considered hazardous duty
Kind of like shoving democracy down the throats of other people who have their own beliefs and traditions....
However...I digress....I have sent two sons to Iraq, twice. (yes, Mizbinkney...a LOT of us actually have) And if Mitt Romney thinks his sons' religious service is comparable to that, he is as deluded, elitist, detached, and as big an ass as the current occupant. And I thought we had a problem with God in the White House now! Suddenly service to YOUR church of choice is the same as service to your county.
Nope.
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Cushy service.
Mormon missionaries serve in such hotbeds as Italy, Japan and Australia. You won't find them in Afghanistan, Somalia or Iraq. They live in apartments, have three meals a day, and rarely interact on any meaningful level with the people who live around them. The ones I have known overseas did not speak the local language or make any attempt to fit into the local culture. How they could be of service to anyone is a mystery to me.
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Oh yeah....there's also that LDS PTSD thing....
Oops. Maybe not so much.
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Romney is a chicken-hawk prima classe!
The Church urged Bush NOT to attack Iraq. That fact not-with-standing, a reminder to all those bible thumping zealots running in the GOP primary:
When asked about how Jesus felt about taxes (meaning all things relating to governance in Rome) he remarked: "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's"
The two are separate. Jesus wasn't talking about clothing. So serving your church has little to do with protecting your country via signing up and fighting. Just ask the Bush twins...
No. This war is about thinning out the heard of poor people.
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MizBinkley? Please could you let us know...
How does knocking on people's door to proselytize and fill you quota of new souls constitute "serving the public"? Honestly, I find that rather annoying and not at all as beneficial for example as people knocking on my door to register to vote! So please educate us!
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Because, MizBinkley,
we are not the ones supporting the war.
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How about you mizbinkly...
got any raw meat to serve-up to the Iraqi war machine? I mean you supporting pre-emptive murder and all... No , wait. We'll use your offspring in Iran. Ahhh... fresh meat for Bush's war orgasms!
He gets off on it you know. I mean in those tight fitting flight suits and that bow-legged walk. Sexy eh? Wouldn't it be great for him to actually lead your son and daughter into Iran? What fun.