>>>>>>>>There are other laws that may come into play. For example, it's illegal for a regular business fires someone (same thing as discharged from the military), because they are pregnant. Unless there are specific laws that allow the military or government to bypass that law, they could be opening up a can of worms.
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>>>>>>>>>You'd likely be proven wrong.
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>>>>>>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice
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>>>>>>>>>Articles 92 and 120 at a minimum. IANAL.
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>>>>>>>The military is not a 'regular business' though an awful lot of people want to treat it that way.
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>>>>>>Which branch of the service were you in, Bill?
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>>>>>I never joined either. I never liked to wear a uniform and I certainly didn't like to take orders. Hey, wait a minute...maybe that's why I had it so hard at the Shurf's office? Even so, for most of my time, I didn't wear a uniform and they didn't tell me what to do, because they didn't really know what I did!
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>>>>Speaking of 'The Dance' there is worse punishment - Take a look at this picture: http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/
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>>>Jeez. Grady, thanks for that.
>>You're welcome. Ugly as it is, it is good knowledge to have.
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>When people have the stones to complain about the US policies, they need to be reminded..

It doesn't take stones to complain about U.S. policies. It was manifestly obvious to the entire world for the better part of this thankfully vanishing decade that we didn't give a rip about anyone but ourselves. "Does not play well with others," a preschool teacher might jot down before a meeting with the parents.

We finally get a President who is respectable, after decades without one, and the clamorous element of our population only becomes more entrenched. Nothing epitomes this more than the health care reform debate. Republicans are without exception against it. Their last gasp measure is to stick an anti-abortion stink bomb into a bill that has nothing to do with abortion. That is another topic for another day. Filibusters. Carefully crafted wording inserted into the bill, predominantly by Democrats, to bring the pork home to their districts without coming right out and saying so. The whole thing is disgusting. Even as someone who thinks reform is outrageously overdue, I am disgusted.

Here is an interesting column I read on the train yesterday. She is admittedly a liberal but I think her point is spot on. We can't just assume reform will happen soon if it doesn't happen now. This week is seismic. I don't like the whole bill, either, but it's a start.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/opinion/19collins.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=gail+collins+health+care+reform&st=nyt