"X ` Man" wrote in message
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On 11/11/11 7:11 PM, Eisboch wrote:


"X ` Man" wrote in message
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On 11/11/11 6:41 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:59:34 -0500, wrote:


I decided to do my own "fact checking" about these claims. Turns out,
it's
BS.



The Heritage Foundation? hehehe. If it said the sun were shining at high
noon, I'd look out the window to be sure.

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I'll repeat my response to whoever "You.Don’t.Need@ToKnow" is:

The Heritage Foundation is one of the web sites I read (because it
popped up in the Google search) however knowing it's reputation among
some, I also searched for and read several others including the
Department of Defense military personnel and demographics
statistics. The numbers vary only slightly.

Interestingly, as I was on my laptop doing the search, I had "Morning
Joe" on the television and was half listening to it.
At one point Joe Scarborough started reciting some of the same
statistics I found. Now, I know Joe is a Republican, but I
don't think he's exactly a "right-winger".

Eisboch


Joe is a decent right-winger, meaning he is a sort of old fashioned, not
insane right winger. He's mellowed some since his terms in the U.S.
Congress. The military demographics started changing some during the
Bush Administration, when job creation fell into the gutter.

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That's true and the statistics I found reflect *today's* military ...
meaning mid 2000's and newer.
It certainly wasn't true back in my era in 1968. We were just a bunch of
knuckleheads.
It's one of the reasons I am so impressed and respectful of today's
volunteer military.

Eisboch