<p>OP, I’m a right-leaning moderate, if that helps! :p</p>
<p>I love Google :-). One of my friends who works there says that very few general users know about quotation marks and other qualifiers, but it really helps. I also like the minus sign for excluding terms.</p>
<p>Adding an on-topic note - I’m a total lefty, and this is the most conservative group of people I’ve ever encountered in my sheltered Bay Area life. That includes a finance site I read regularly, which was the most conservative group I knew until I came here.</p>
<p>Calreader-
Could you start a separate thread on “an insiders guide to nifty google tools/tricks”. That would be really helpful!</p>
<p>Calreader,</p>
<p>No it wouldn’t, because those are my words. You forgot that my original post included the phrase “in essence,” which jym left out when she misquoted, or paraphrased me.</p>
<p>I don’t recall any specific words used, so I don’t know how I would go about finding those old posts. Again, I remember “the essence” or “gist” of what was written, and my feelings upon reading them. If you prefer to shoot down my recollection because i can’t back it up with any specific links to real posts, then please go ahead. I don’t have a problem with that at all. I cannot understand why someone might think I’m making this all up. I don’t have a single relative in the military. I have nothing personally to protect (other than my aged, fading memory). Again, please feel free to discount everything I’ve written. Just know that I won’t be re-reading every post written since Nov 2006, in hopes of finding examples.</p>
<p>Yikes. There are only a few extra features that I use regularly. But maybe I could do it if I check with my friend first to see if I’m missing anything really good.</p>
<p>Bay-
Here’s a thread, but its from 2005. I think that is before your time (ie before your join date) <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/service-academy-parents/89321-convincing-parents.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/service-academy-parents/89321-convincing-parents.html</a></p>
<p>Also, my quick search pulled up a link to the “entitlement” thread. Might you have seen something in that thread from a month or so ago?</p>
<p>Mildly conservative libertarian here.</p>
<p>I usually stick to the service academy/rotc threads and gun control (when that comes up). Those are areas where I feel comfortable talking, and have more than a passing interest…at least in relation to most of the threads around here. I generally stay away from the political conversations, unless something really catches my interest.
(Yeah, I found this thread because of a hit for “rotc.”)</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/328678-don-t-black-kids-deserve-chance-think.html?highlight=military+recruiters#post3948814[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/328678-don-t-black-kids-deserve-chance-think.html?highlight=military+recruiters#post3948814</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/306847-val-salutatorian-d-getting-shafted-9.html?highlight=military+recruiters[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/306847-val-salutatorian-d-getting-shafted-9.html?highlight=military+recruiters</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/294243-liberalism-gliberalism-campus.html?highlight=military+recruiters[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/294243-liberalism-gliberalism-campus.html?highlight=military+recruiters</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/292292-air-national-guard-funding-college.html?highlight=military+recruiters[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/292292-air-national-guard-funding-college.html?highlight=military+recruiters</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/292292-air-national-guard-funding-college.html?highlight=military+recruiters[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/292292-air-national-guard-funding-college.html?highlight=military+recruiters</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/287912-trouble-ahead-trouble-behind.html?highlight=military+recruiters[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/287912-trouble-ahead-trouble-behind.html?highlight=military+recruiters</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-confidential-cafe/283148-s-time-we-did-something-3.html?highlight=military+recruiters[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-confidential-cafe/283148-s-time-we-did-something-3.html?highlight=military+recruiters</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/223212-desperate-times-call-desperate.html?highlight=military+recruiters[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/223212-desperate-times-call-desperate.html?highlight=military+recruiters</a></p>
<p>Hey, I hafta say that I think it is pretty funny that you all evidently think that Bay is me. I even PMd Bay. Anyway, I am on Alaska time, so I did the search (it’s 10 pm and still light), but I really need to go to bed now. I need to get up at 4 to take those little military dependents on a field trip. BTW, my husband was enlisted. Not quite sure why EK brought up the whole enlisted/officer thing. </p>
<p>Anyway, some interesting reading. I did the search on military recruiters. I am certain there are many more strings that I could choose. </p>
<p>I also thought it was funny that jym pulled out a thread from the Service Academy forums. Don’t see how that was pertinent since the discussion was about the parent forum.</p>
<p>Anywho, goodnight.</p>
<p>momof1-
Who do you think thought Bay was you?? Where do you get this stuff?? (Rhetorical question- no need to answer). The one that was suspect was “lookingparent”, whose beliefs seem counterintuitive to yours. New posters who miraculously appear in political discussions for the first time are often ■■■■■■.</p>
<p>And the original discussion was about CC in general, not specifically the parent forum or cafe, if I read the OP’s first and only comments correctly. I merely pulled a discussion about kids who had trouble getting their parents to support their decision. Still dont see any “fate worse than death” implications though. </p>
<p>Not sure what your search on “military” and “recruiters” pulled- and/or why you posted them.</p>
<p>I brought up the enlisted officer thing because momof1reference was made regarding why more parents aren’t on the military academy board- I don’t know anyone currently in the military who attended an academy .</p>
<p>The first couple are threads that I found when googling for military/parents & college confidential.</p>
<p>Since several of my posts or even threads had been referred to by momof1, and even though I realize that if someone had myself and perhaps one of the more frothing at the mouth liberals confused, I am surprised at the impression that I am against young people, or young people enlisting.</p>
<p>What I am against, and the young man referred to in #35 as a former Marine recruiter, would agree with is that young people need choices and while some look to the military to lift them up, to get out of poverty or away from a group of peers heading down the wrong path, the military should not be their only choice and they shouldn’t feel forced by circumstance to join.
Then again maybe we need a draft. I have spoken many times on CC about my thoughts regarding mandatory community service after high school/college for everyone. But I also think that there needs to be a choice between military/civilian service.</p>
<p>( I do admit that when I saw that I should know who the General was who promoted him, I had to look him up on Wikipedia :o )</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/481543-thank-you-our-servicemen-s-spouse.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/481543-thank-you-our-servicemen-s-spouse.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-confidential-cafe/448951-i-want-enlist-national-guard-but-i-don-t-want-die.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-confidential-cafe/448951-i-want-enlist-national-guard-but-i-don-t-want-die.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/500552-support-soldiers.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/500552-support-soldiers.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/351303-diversity-thought.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/351303-diversity-thought.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/347174-hate-war-not-warriors.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/347174-hate-war-not-warriors.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/331554-more-peaceful-life.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/331554-more-peaceful-life.html</a></p>
<p>One thing I find curious is that nasty/attacking/confrontational posts get lots of responses. But when I try to say something nice, and bring people together, no one ever notices. Is nice boring? Either nice is boring, or it’s just me. So I think I’ll pack it in. Take care, everyone.</p>
<p>
Well said hayden!! No, it is not you! That, plus the time if the day or night, seem to affect what gets posted and to whom. I have to laugh-- when a bunch of cc’ers got together for lunch in NY, we discussed this very issue… along with the fact that each of us has felt like a thread-killer, and that we have each felt that we have oft-times made a point that gets totally ignored… only to have someone else make the very same point several posts later, and then they get all sorts of accolades!! So join the club!! It happens to all of us. Oh, and by the way- I totally agree that things are different now, and soldiers are treated differently now than in the Vietnam war era— I said it several posts before yours (post #28):)</p>
<p><strong><em>edit</em></strong>* By the way, thank you for your kind comments!!</p>
<p>I’m conservative.</p>
<p>momof1, you posted:</p>
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<p>Because at least some here know that when I see any thread that asks a question such as “Am I the only one who…?” “Is everyone here really…?” “Am I crazy to think…?”, my inclination is to post something along the lines of, “Yes.” Occasionally, I indulge that inclination, because it’s, sorry, funny! :D</p>
<p>Of course, if you’re reading mainly the service academy threads, you wouldn’t know that, because I’ve never once posted in, and perhaps not even ever looked at, the service academy threads.</p>
<p>As far as I am concerned, the service academy forums are in good company, since I don’t read the Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Yale etc… forums, either. Nothing to do with politics. I just don’t have kids going there.</p>
<p>Exactly, marite. I have one kid; he’s 14. At this point, I’m interested in college prep, the college app process and financing a college education.</p>
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<p>I have to say that I was extremely offended by this comment:</p>
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<p>Well, she was right that she’d have to duck and cover, wasn’t she?</p>
<p>When she started singling me out for attacks she was- did you see just a few titles of the threads that I have started in the past? #70 </p>
<p>If I am going to be attacked for my comments- do me the courtesy of keeping them in context .</p>
<p>I still haven’t seen where those who chose to serve were attacked.</p>
<p>True, I’ve seen more attacks from liberals on those who chose not to serve, like Cheney.</p>
<p>“Girlie-man.”</p>