http://statenews.com The U.S. military branches have had their fair share of scandals in the last few years. But now for the latest shocker: felons in the military. en-us Foundry4 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:42:44 -0400 Wed, 07 May 2008 13:38:28 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16444/view Or the fact that the military might be able to help provide these people with some structure and discipline… something they clearly lacked before. It is not unheard of for a juvenile’s sentence to be waived if they joined the military. “But convicted felons? They won’t let people with allergies to bee stings and peanut butter in the military, but they’ll allow those who’ve committed crimes?” -This is the first time I have agreed with the State News in a long time. What’s ridiculous is that many people in the military develop problems that they would normally be excluded for. But since they are already in the military they will not drop them, they will allow them to continue to serve. But if you had it before joining (and were overly honest and told them about it) then you be penalized and won’t be allowed to serve your country. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:27:31 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16444/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16452/view So? what do THIS editorial board know about the military that protects them? answer: nothing. even worse, none of them are YET taxpaying contributors who would give them at least a hint of a standing to criticize. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:10:32 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16452/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16454/view Check out these recent ‘opinions’ this ‘editorial board’ has put out recently: Recruiting felons for military risky, unavoidable Earth Day must be more effective to be useful Room rate hike needed, may make students flee No easy answer for responding to graffiti threats Extending Mich. bar hours has perks, problems Students should respect professors in class Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:15:45 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16454/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16482/view I attempted to sign up for the Army a couple years back but when I was honest with my recruiter and told her I had an allergy to bees/wasps and seafood, I wasn’t allowed to continue in the process. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:13:38 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16482/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16485/view Yeah, funny they’ll allow convicted felons to serve and not openly gay people… Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:25:23 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16485/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16487/view The recruiting of felons in not uncommon in US military history. Years ago judges often gave the choice military service or jail time to defendants before the bench. R. Lee Ermey of “Full Metal Jacket” fame was one such person; and a great uncle of mine choose the Navy over time in a U.P. county jail. In the Navy he was able to learn a trade (electrician) that he would not have learned in jail. If you tour the USS Constitution at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, the docents – who are active duty Navy Sailors – will tell you that many of the crewmen of the ship came from questionable backgrounds as well. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:35:24 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16487/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16495/view Champ: Not sure how paying taxes qualifies a person to know anything about the military either. If ya’ ain’t done it, you know absolutely nothing about it. Hint: It’s not like the cartoon movies made by John Wayne, Ron Reagan, Gary Cooper, etc. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:26:40 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16495/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16514/view Bleed Green: it’s simple. felons are notoriously tough people. “openly” gays are notorious flaming wimps. the military fights wars which generally calls for tough guys. no? so the rule makes good sense. i suspect you fall into the openly wimpy category. zing! Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:06:55 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16514/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16517/view Brilliant logic there, Barry. Have you ever actually met a gay person? And you can suspect what you will, but I won’t dignify that “zinger” with further response. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:36:13 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16517/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16548/view Bad news for you Barry. A couple of hard ass Marines I knew in Vietnam, guess what? Turned out they were gay, moved to Frisco, the whole nine yards. Could’ve knocked me over with feather, had to redefine, re-evaluate the whole gay (back then we didn’t use that word if ya’ get my drift) thing of what gay meant and who they were. Also knew some “felons”, most fought hard, some were cowards. Mostly people are people and come in all the shapes and colors of the rainbow. You’ll figure it out when you get a littel more grown up. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:38:14 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16548/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16568/view the internet’s biggest liar revealed, ladies and gentlemen! you guessed it: bbwhine. based solely on the above recent comment. what a crock! Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:33:12 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16568/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16779/view okay well how about this – using felons to commit crimes… then you dont have to worry about new criminals doin it. ha ha ha !! imagine tho seriously if u had the oompa loompas from charlie charcoal factory and they was felons then youd have a really bad case of stinky chocolate river!!! ha ha ha remember wen this girl she ate the blueberry and they rolled her out what if they rolled a joint!! Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:08:45 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16779/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16780/view how about they just put everyone else in prison and let the felons go— so then the free people will make prison like a 5 star hotel like the East Lansing Motel 6 and then the felons would be like ‘hey we want in cuz thats where all the free people are’ and then they just trade places and then bam!! we got the felons in prison and they WANT to be there you know? Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:14:17 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16780/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16854/view Sorry Barry, didn’t mean to rock your concept of what it means to be a dude and all. It’s easier to call me a liar then accept the fact that not everything fits your notion of how the world works. At first it was a bummer for me too but as time went by it just no longer mattered. Wed, 07 May 2008 13:38:28 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16854/view