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Selective Service was unknown to me
Jeremiah1

Posted on 10/22/2009 9:43:13 AM PDT by Jeremiah1

When I found out about the selective service registration I was devastated. I am 32 yrs. old, have a wife and three children and am struggling to make dinner much less a future. I was recently layed off for the second time in 1 yr. Going back to the unemployment office was something I dreaded. I heard that President Obama made it possible to recieve unemployment benefits while attending school to change your career!! Fantastic, I thought. After alot of thought and planning my wife and I decided this was best for our family. I went to my local college, filled out all the forms and registered. I paid the non refundable fees which left us with 60.00 to our names thinking, it will be alright. I was told to fill out an FAFSA application online to pay for the schooling, great because there is no way I could afford the schooling to become an electrical engineer. I fill it all out and am told my schooling is covered %100. Things were finally looking up until I was told that there was a problem with my application processing. I was told that I never registered for the selective service. I had never heard of the selective service before that email. I called the number in the email for the selective service. They explained this is the law and by the time your 18 and blah blah blah. No one told me, not school, not friends, not family!!! No one!!! I was told , Sir, I'm sure someone told you to go to the post office and fill out the card. No, no one did. Why wouldn't I have done it I asked. See, for me the military wasn't an option. I wanted to join the military while still in high school. My best friend entered the delayed entry program for the Marine Corps, I wanted to go Navy. All my mother had to do was sign the paperwork but she wouldn't , she said No. There was nothing the recruiter could do. I had just turned 16 yrs. old at that time. I was put out of the house that year for a multitude of reasons both my wrongs and my mothers. I was on the streets and bounced from friends houses, to the woods and then finally Jail. I turned 18 yrs. old in jail. As soon as I got out of jail I went to my local recruiters office to enlist only to find that I must first complete my 5 yrs of probation. Meanwhile it is discovered that I have bipolarism. The military wouldn't have taken me anyway. From age 17 to 26 was spent either in jail or on the street waiting for jail. I didn't have any real family or friends or any kind of hope. People didn't bother to lend a hand much less inform me of some post card. The worst part about this is that at 32 years old it is hard for me to find work even though I earned 2 diplomas in prison. I commited my last crime over 12 years ago. I now have a family of 5 that all depend on me through God and I can't return to school and become a more productive member of society like I did while incarcerated. All because of a secret post card. What may be common knowledge to some isn't so common to others. I think G.I. Joe said it best with, "And knowing is half the battle." They could've put the selective service requirements in the credits, I would've known, would be starting school in a few weeks and wouldn't be thinking of becoming a bigger criminal than I ever was before. See now I feel like I don't belong, I have never belonged and no matter what I do I get knocked down, it makes you want to knock back. Then I think of those other 4 innocent family members of mine. I just don't know what to do at this point. I will lose my home and everything I worked for to provide these 3 children the life I never had and my own government is helping that happen. To boot, now they accept felons in the service and it still doesn't help me. Isn't the service a federal job? How many enlisted felons serving in Iraq never filed a selective service registration? My grandfather, who is a WWII Veteran said with tears, "Jer, this isn't the same country I fought for and watched so much sacrificed for."


TOPICS: Humor
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To: parsifal
They were exposed as being very different from what they claimed to be. DITHF, is banned. I think. CGEB still has a profile page (I just checked), but he hasn't posted for years.
121 posted on 10/22/2009 12:38:53 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: BJClinton
You wanted PICTURES?!?!?



122 posted on 10/22/2009 12:42:03 PM PDT by shibumi (" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
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To: MHGinTN

Amazing indeed. I guess those of us who can are just a wee bit better readers than those 45%ers...eh? First time I saw this I thought...WTH is wrong with this person...lol.


123 posted on 10/22/2009 12:44:41 PM PDT by oldteen
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To: ArrogantBustard

Thanks. parsy


124 posted on 10/22/2009 12:44:47 PM PDT by parsifal (Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
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To: MHGinTN

Amazing, that is amazingly easy to read.

That must be why I miss spelling mistakes as I type.


125 posted on 10/22/2009 1:01:38 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (There is no "gray area" on issues. See things from both sides, but choose the right side.)
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To: ArrogantBustard
I think he spent it DeepInTheHurtgenForest, with a ClassyGreenEyedBlonde.

LOL

126 posted on 10/22/2009 1:03:04 PM PDT by Lorica
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To: Lazamataz

Always there to help aren’t you Laz

Next you will be asking for secret family recipes, just to keep them safe


127 posted on 10/22/2009 1:04:02 PM PDT by Taffini ( Mr. Pippen and Mr. Waffles do not approve)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

You want to tell me how to get that vision out of my head now?


128 posted on 10/22/2009 1:04:17 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (My tagline is an honor student at Free Republic Elementary School.)
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To: CougarGA7

A stumble when they’re backing the truck up?


129 posted on 10/22/2009 1:06:41 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: CougarGA7
KILL THE TELETUBBIES
130 posted on 10/22/2009 1:09:26 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

They are already trying to throw us under it anyway so why not.


131 posted on 10/22/2009 1:23:19 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (My tagline is an honor student at Free Republic Elementary School.)
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To: ArrogantBustard

OK, that was great fun. Thanks.


132 posted on 10/22/2009 1:26:27 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (My tagline is an honor student at Free Republic Elementary School.)
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To: Jeremiah1

Have you inquired about purchasing a pardon?


133 posted on 10/22/2009 1:27:16 PM PDT by matt1234
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To: Jeremiah1

Welcome to FR.
Paragraph breaks.
They are your friends.
Say.. you wouldn’t happen to know anybody named Axel Oakleaf now, would you?


134 posted on 10/22/2009 1:46:45 PM PDT by Darksheare (Tar is cheap, and feathers are plentiful.)
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To: Jeremiah1

135 posted on 10/22/2009 2:29:14 PM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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To: Jeremiah1
Thirsty? Hungry? Try:


136 posted on 10/22/2009 2:30:10 PM PDT by scottdeus12 (Jesus is real, whether you believe in Him or not.)
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To: Jeremiah1

You’re 32 years old?
Your name wouldn’t happen to be David Irvine from Honalulu Hawaii, would it?
And you wouldn’t happen to be a furry, would you?


137 posted on 10/22/2009 2:31:59 PM PDT by Darksheare (Tar is cheap, and feathers are plentiful.)
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To: Jeremiah1
Selective service ad cira 1984.
138 posted on 10/22/2009 2:43:04 PM PDT by Darksheare (Tar is cheap, and feathers are plentiful.)
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To: CougarGA7

Be sure to shoot up the sun and the vacuum cleaner ... you really have to hit the vacuum a lot to make it blow up ...


139 posted on 10/22/2009 3:02:10 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: HamiltonJay
You have 2 degrees, and you want to change careers? I understand you may wish to become an Electrical Engineer, but there has to be something you can do with the degrees you already have.

Considering how the word "degree" is now often applied to various diplomas and certificates that are not college degrees, then maybe he means, a GED "degree", and an AA dregree in 'Applied Arts'--i.e. basket making?

140 posted on 10/22/2009 3:15:53 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (God wants a Liberal or RINO hanging from every tree. Tar & feathers optional extras.)
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