malaise
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Wed Aug-01-07 08:39 PM
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Where is the Minnesota National Guard |
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In Iraq? I'm sure the citizens would love their equipment and manpower at this time.
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Rick Myers
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Wed Aug-01-07 08:41 PM
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1. What time is it in Baghdad? |
dflprincess
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Wed Aug-01-07 08:41 PM
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2. Actually, a lot of them just got home |
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after a record setting deployment in Iraq. I believe I heard that, if you count the time some of them spent training in the states before shipping out, some of them were on active service for 2 years.
From what I see on the local news though, this hasn't risen to a "call out the Guard" disaster. (Yet anyway).
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malaise
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Wed Aug-01-07 08:44 PM
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partylessinOhio
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Wed Aug-01-07 08:45 PM
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4. Our National Guard guards Iraq for the most part. They are stretched |
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too thin.
We need to bring them home NOW, Madame Squeaker and Company. NOW!
America is first, or should be and must be.
What a spectacle we have become for the world to see.
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Wed Aug-01-07 08:48 PM
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It sort of depends on the time they started their tour in Iraq. But most states are functioning on depleted capacity, if not all. It's definitely bad for security.
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Thu Aug-02-07 01:37 AM
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6. Actually...they sent a helicoptor to do a press conference... |
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it was sitting on the brige waiting for instructions when they were interviewed. Don't know if they actually got to do anything or if there wre more.
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Thu Aug-02-07 02:03 AM
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7. Minnesotan checking in. Yeah, the Guard |
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is in Iraq. It looks like the local law enforcement and the authorities of the relevant agencies are on-scene, and of course, the Media. It's really a horrible and tragic accident, at this point, no knows yet why the bridge failed, but all of the components of the bridge fell in relatively shallow water. It will be a lengthy investigation, I'm sure. I'm glad it didn't collapse the one evening back in 1987 when a MN State Trooper pulled me over on it for speeding. Thanks to the drunk chick I was taking home, he let me go, no ticket. So far 7 have died. At least 50 vehicles went down today. We in the Twin Cities used to sit on that bridge in rush hour, every weekday, (3PM-7PM M-Fri), creeping along @ 12mph @ best. I almost wish I was stuck on it right now with an over-heating radiator! From what I've heard on radio and TV, the I-35 bridge was last thoroughly inspected by the MN-DOT in 2001. The bridge was found to be A-OK. I hope nobody I know was on that today...
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