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Mad Men: "Seven Twenty Three" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 11.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 1960s, Military Draft, Liberal Republicans, Nelson Rockefeller, Robert Morse, Jon Hamm, New York, Elisabeth Moss, Andy Warhol, Roger Sterling, Matthew Weiner, Betty Draper, Advertising, Don Draper, January Jones, John Slattery, Rockefeller Republicans, John F. Kenendy, Bert Cooper, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, Environmentalism, David Ogilvy, Conrad Hilton, Mad Men Episode Recap, Mad Men Recap, Mad Men Season Three, Entertainment News
William Bradley

What "Seven Twenty Three" is is Don Draper's Waterloo. Or I should say, Dick Whitman's Waterloo. That's the day in 1963 on which Don Draper/Dick Whitman gets lassoed.

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Military Contractors and Our Buck-Stops-Nowhere "Wars"

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Draft, US Military, Republican Party, Democrats, US Marines, Private Security Contractors, Blackwatter, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

I have less and less respect for the way our civilian leaders lack the courage to tell the truth about our wars.

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Service Members, Vets, and Families Marching for Justice

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deferments, Doma, Enda, The Scarlet Letter, President Obama, Obama-Dadt, Military Draft, Senator Reid, Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, National Guard, Victor Fehrenbach, Stonewall Riots, Steny Hoyer, Vietnam, Hester Prynne, Rachel Maddow, White House March, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

The protests against these shameful, archaic rules are growing louder by the day among progressives of all stripes, gay and straight.

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McCarthyism with Lipstick

James Love | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin, Draft, Military Draft, Vietnam War, Mccarthyism, Politics News
James Love

Sarah Palin is discovering now her abilities to engage in the type of character assaults that one associates with Joe McCarthy -- guilt by association.

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Jason Linkins

McCain's Lobbyists, The Draft, And Dungeons And Dragons On Crappy Hour

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Jezebel, John McCain Lobbyist, Military Draft, War in Iraq, Barack Obama, Politics News

This morning, I had the opportunity to join one of my favorite writers and thinkers, Megan Carpentier, for Jezebel.com's daily feature, Crappy Hour, t...

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Is McCain Flip-Flopping, Calling for Draft, or Just in Fantasy Land?

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, John McCain, John McCain 2008, Afghanistan War, Admiral Mike Mullen, Military Draft, Afghanistan, Iraq, Politics News
Jon Soltz

If McCain is serious about an indefinite commitment to Iraq, with no timetable for when the troops come home, then he doesn't have the troops to make any meaningful "surge" in Afghanistan.

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Beautiful Bella

Hal Donahue | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, National Guard, US Military, Jenna Bush, Military Draft, Barbara Bush, Fourth of July, President Bush, Veterans, Politics News
Hal Donahue

Photo: Scranton Times-Tribune Sacrificing So Jenna and Barbara Bush can be free Her mother, a sharp, attractive lady, walked into my office las...

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McCain: World War III Would Justify Draft

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain on the Draft, Military Draft, Mccain World War Iii, World War III, McCain Draft, Mccain Wwiii, Mccain Reinstate the Draft, John McCain, Mccain Military Draft, Politics News

John McCain said last night during a campaign tele-conference that he would bring back a military draft in the United States only in the case of a 'Wo...

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