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[vicarz]

Holy shit - the draft inches closer! You thought I was exaggerating about how dangerous the Bush cabinet members were?
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/164693_draft13.html
Skilled draft - not like the old blue-collar draft! Unlike the Bush years, rich guys can't use the Natl. Guard to dodge it either.

Thanx syn9, who also gave us this little not-worksafe (language only) link: http://www.updater.co.uk/ Unbleeped!

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[shadow27.livejournal.com]

Kewl by me. What are the chances they'll really need illustrators with extensive basic HTML and advanced coffee drinking skills?

[pisicutsa.livejournal.com]

That sucks! So they could actually try and commander me because I know 8 languages?! That can't be legal... it discriminates against the educated.

[djpsyche.livejournal.com]

Thanx syn9, who also gave us this little not-worksafe (language only) link: http://www.updater.co.uk/ Unbleeped!

That's a spoof of channel 4 adverts where newsreaders give 2-second statements about their favourite whatevers, or when they were the happiest. I wonder how they did it!? Looks very real!

[n8-zilla.livejournal.com]

so i guess that's how they plan on replacing all those arabic speaking gay folks they kicked out last year...

[kattrags.livejournal.com]

Back in the olden days when I was a military liguist, they just used to offer you incentives like an "elistment bonus" and a "re-enlistment bonus". Seemed to work okay, plus you get to go to the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA for a whole year to learn Arabic before having to actually do real work. It's actually a pretty sweet deal. Well, except maybe for that going-to-war thing, but many linguists ply their trade from behind computers, or from ships and aircraft. The Army interrogators are probably on the ground in not-so-nice places. The military could go a long way toward keeping good people if they didn't treat enlisted ranks like first-graders. I liked my job a lot but didn't care for the crappy barracks and inspections. Also, that anti-gay thing is a bunch of crap and needs to go. There were so many gay linguists at DLI when I was there (20 years ago) that if they'd have thrown them all out, there wouldn't be anyone left.