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Funny how threads work. We start with Ray Liotta and we end up with Rush Limbaugh's...
 
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Martycane said:
Funny how threads work. We start with Ray Liotta and we end up with Rush Limbaugh's...
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Unfortunately, there are some on this site that have to hijack every thread with their personal political views. I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, but sometimes I can't help myself. I won't post OT in this thread anymore. My apologies.
 
Jack71 said:
Martycane said:
Funny how threads work. We start with Ray Liotta and we end up with Rush Limbaugh's...
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Unfortunately, there are some on this site that have to hijack every thread with their personal political views. I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, but sometimes I can't help myself. I won't post OT in this thread anymore. My apologies.
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Well, it was an OT thread to begin with, and all the guy you have an issue posted was that Liotta was a draft-dodger, which apparently
was incorrect due to timeline that was subsequently cited.
Calling someone a draft-dodger, regardless if it was correct or not, is not necessarily partisan.
You chose to make it partisan with Rush Limbaugh/Cheney/Bush stuff.
Just saying.
 
Dingaan1828 said:
CaneFan79 said:
Gamineal said:
Martycane said:
Didn't know he was a Cane till I heard a radio interview yesterday.
Says he lacked direction but decided to enroll in 1973 because it was easy to get in. Thought he'd only last a year. Hated math, history, etc. so he signed up for Drama. Stayed four years. Had a drama teacher who helped change his life...a guy called "Buckets" Lowry...Got a Soap role. after graduation...Wonder if anyone remembers that scene at UM...
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he was a draft dodger.....plain and simple
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Nope, draft ended in 1973:

U.S. military draft ends, Jan. 27, 1973 - POLITICO
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That's right. I remember because that's when I came back from Canada.
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Underrated post.
 
MedleyCane said:
Jack71 said:
Martycane said:
Funny how threads work. We start with Ray Liotta and we end up with Rush Limbaugh's...
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Unfortunately, there are some on this site that have to hijack every thread with their personal political views. I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, but sometimes I can't help myself. I won't post OT in this thread anymore. My apologies.
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Well, it was an OT thread to begin with, and all the guy you have an issue posted was that Liotta was a draft-dodger, which apparently
was incorrect due to timeline that was subsequently cited.
Calling someone a draft-dodger, regardless if it was correct or not, is not necessarily partisan.
You chose to make it partisan with Rush Limbaugh/Cheney/Bush stuff.
Just saying.
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Trump Draft Deferment | The Smoking Gun

Lot's of 1-Ys, 4-Fs and (after 1969) high lottery numbers to ponder on a host of people born in the mid 40s to early 50s.
 
Gamineal said:
Martycane said:
Didn't know he was a Cane till I heard a radio interview yesterday.
Says he lacked direction but decided to enroll in 1973 because it was easy to get in. Thought he'd only last a year. Hated math, history, etc. so he signed up for Drama. Stayed four years. Had a drama teacher who helped change his life...a guy called "Buckets" Lowry...Got a Soap role. after graduation...Wonder if anyone remembers that scene at UM...
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he was a draft dodger.....plain and simple
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Draft ended in 1972 as I was same age as Ray and actually had an occasional beer with him at the Rat. He was just an ordinary guy named Ray.
 
Gamineal said:
Martycane said:
Didn't know he was a Cane till I heard a radio interview yesterday.
Says he lacked direction but decided to enroll in 1973 because it was easy to get in. Thought he'd only last a year. Hated math, history, etc. so he signed up for Drama. Stayed four years. Had a drama teacher who helped change his life...a guy called "Buckets" Lowry...Got a Soap role. after graduation...Wonder if anyone remembers that scene at UM...
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he was a draft dodger.....plain and simple
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Most of the draft was over by then...I think. You had lottery numbers. The real problem for draft dodgers was the period in the late '60's. Then you sweated bullets.

As far as UM back then....well, I never went to UM, but I used to hear things. I'll just leave it alone.
 
Thing I most remember about the draft was the draft card. Everybody had the fervent hope they could find a reliable, authentic-looking phoney draft card, so you could get in drinking places. I think the drinking age was still 21 back then, and a friend in Miami sold me a knock off draft card for membership in the "Hawks Club," whatever that was. It looked more or less like a draft card. So, I stupidly put it in one glassine window in my wallet, with my regular draft card with my real age in the next one. I went with a bunch of friends to go to that club on that causeway (don't remember the name) where the white James Brown used to perform. I think his name was Wayne Cochran. The bouncer flipped from the Hawks Club card to the next window and saw my real draft card. I was turned away. My friends were more adept and they got through. They were ****ed when we all had to leave.

I'll never make that mistake again.
 
TheMatador said:
Thing I most remember about the draft was the draft card. Everybody had the fervent hope they could find a reliable, authentic-looking phoney draft card, so you could get in drinking places. I think the drinking age was still 21 back then, and a friend in Miami sold me a knock off draft card for membership in the "Hawks Club," whatever that was. It looked more or less like a draft card. So, I stupidly put it in one glassine window in my wallet, with my regular draft card with my real age in the next one. I went with a bunch of friends to go to that club on that causeway (don't remember the name) where the white James Brown used to perform. I think his name was Wayne Cochran. The bouncer flipped from the Hawks Club card to the next window and saw my real draft card. I was turned away. My friends were more adept and they got through. They were ****ed when we all had to leave.

I'll never make that mistake again.
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lol
 
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Gamineal said:
Martycane said:
Didn't know he was a Cane till I heard a radio interview yesterday.
Says he lacked direction but decided to enroll in 1973 because it was easy to get in. Thought he'd only last a year. Hated math, history, etc. so he signed up for Drama. Stayed four years. Had a drama teacher who helped change his life...a guy called "Buckets" Lowry...Got a Soap role. after graduation...Wonder if anyone remembers that scene at UM...
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he was a draft dodger.....plain and simple
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Draft was done by then, and the last couple of years there was no college deferment anyway. I know, I wanted one as I was as 1A as they come and got a lottery number of 39. Didn't realize my knee injury from football would 4F me anyway.
 
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Many people don't know this scene was filmed in Coral Gables. J/K
 
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MedleyCane said:
Jack71 said:
Martycane said:
Funny how threads work. We start with Ray Liotta and we end up with Rush Limbaugh's...
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Unfortunately, there are some on this site that have to hijack every thread with their personal political views. I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, but sometimes I can't help myself. I won't post OT in this thread anymore. My apologies.
Click to expand...

Well, it was an OT thread to begin with, and all the guy you have an issue posted was that Liotta was a draft-dodger, which apparently
was incorrect due to timeline that was subsequently cited.
Calling someone a draft-dodger, regardless if it was correct or not, is not necessarily partisan.
You chose to make it partisan with Rush Limbaugh/Cheney/Bush stuff.
Just saying.
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Right, ... There's nothing partisan at all about the Vietnam War and those who chose not to fight in it. And I'm sure calling out the apparent "Hollywood liberal" as a draft dodger had no partisan connotation to it either.

To the OP, I know I said I wouldn't post off topic again, but since the subject was carried on by others, I figured it would be ok.
 
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Jack71 said:
Gamineal said:
Martycane said:
Didn't know he was a Cane till I heard a radio interview yesterday.
Says he lacked direction but decided to enroll in 1973 because it was easy to get in. Thought he'd only last a year. Hated math, history, etc. so he signed up for Drama. Stayed four years. Had a drama teacher who helped change his life...a guy called "Buckets" Lowry...Got a Soap role. after graduation...Wonder if anyone remembers that scene at UM...
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he was a draft dodger.....plain and simple
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Says the guy who probably voted for GW (Texas Air National Guard) Bush and **** (I had other things to do) Cheney, and listens to Rush (anal cyst) Limbaugh.
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go on? as too Clinton and Obama please grow up...
 
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