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40. Same here again
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 11:16 AM
Mar 2020

The military needs more than just grunts to do their thing. All them fancy weapons systems that help protect our troops and that taxpayers pay dearly for don't exactly grow on trees so they're always looking for guys who can do that for them. I figured I could help them develop their missiles and rockets and lasers but I'd much rather do it without somebody shooting bullets or lobbing mortars at me at the same time if at all possible...LOL.

Much safer being a civilian engineer than a combat one...and the pay's a little better too! No free food or clothing or housing though so they got that going for them, as Bill Murray would say. I almost ended up in northern Israel if we had deployed a weapons system we worked on that President Clinton started back in the 90s...they woulda had to buck up bigtime if I was gonna let Hezbollah fire Katyushas at me from Lebanon. But the program ended up getting mothballed and I avoided having to decide what to do.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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EXACTLY instead of just Cancelling. Cha Mar 2020 #1
If they really want people to vote Cha still_one Mar 2020 #17
Right.. instead of forever having Cha Mar 2020 #18
The judge is right, there is no certainty that things will be better on June 2 still_one Mar 2020 #19
Precisely.. we hope they will but Cha Mar 2020 #20
How hard could they be to print? fierywoman Mar 2020 #2
They send it to all registered voters who haven't already voted. It may require the Ohio still_one Mar 2020 #12
We send the option for absentee ballots only for presidential contests Maeve Mar 2020 #3
I understand the bouncing around they are doing to the poll workers and voters, and the frustration still_one Mar 2020 #6
Oh, I'm not arguing with what might be the better choice Maeve Mar 2020 #8
I suspect you are right still_one Mar 2020 #10
Other states do vote by mail. Excellent time for states like Ohio to adopt the procedure. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2020 #4
If they are extending the election to June 2, plenty of time to mail those mail-in ballots out to still_one Mar 2020 #9
It is 3:19 A and I don't know if I'm voting erlewyne Mar 2020 #5
Bear in mind I am not from Ohio, but I would think calling the register of voters, or going to the still_one Mar 2020 #7
Poll workers were told to stay home Maeve Mar 2020 #11
Here is a detailed article describing timeline of how election was cancelled. LisaL Mar 2020 #43
Because a ton of people don't keep their registration address up-to-date Recursion Mar 2020 #13
I don't know how voting is done in Ohio, but in California registered voters are sent voter still_one Mar 2020 #14
New update True Blue American Mar 2020 #15
That is the way to do it, and they have until June 2 so there is plenty of time still_one Mar 2020 #16
Republicans HATE That Idea MineralMan Mar 2020 #21
OH has absentee voting. LisaL Mar 2020 #22
They could send them now...this is political and shows why DeWine is a bad guy...he had me Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #26
Was just thinking of this BidenBacker Mar 2020 #23
How would the state know that a person has reached voting age. Blue_true Mar 2020 #27
Can't imagine it's all that difficult BidenBacker Mar 2020 #30
I turned 18 when Selective Service registration was still active, as was the Draft. Blue_true Mar 2020 #32
I remember when I was a kid BidenBacker Mar 2020 #33
The only scary part for me was getting drafted and having Blue_true Mar 2020 #35
Sounds like we are about the exact same age BidenBacker Mar 2020 #36
One of the things about me is that I was an exceptional student. Blue_true Mar 2020 #37
Same here again BidenBacker Mar 2020 #40
My guess is that if we had gotten drafted, we wouldn't have ended up in combat. Blue_true Mar 2020 #42
We have to send them in with pics of our ID Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #24
Forgot to add BidenBacker Mar 2020 #25
Ohio, and every state that hasn't voted yet. They should just send ballots to every registered Meadowoak Mar 2020 #28
Absentee voting for all now in Michigan ...Simple Iamaartist Mar 2020 #29
I called my Board of Elections clm0805 Mar 2020 #31
+++ still_one Mar 2020 #34
Because they want to help Trump's favorite candidate LongtimeAZDem Mar 2020 #38
In Arizona we check a box for absentee ballots on our registrations card... grossproffit Mar 2020 #39
+++ still_one Mar 2020 #41
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