...you're not really late. Okay, I feel a bit late to the blog party but I'm jazzed to have made it! I mean, hey, just look at all the interesting blogs mixing and mingling! I really must introduce myself to Ipse Dixit and The Ville -- they look like they might be very interesting. How exciting! I'm all aquiver! Excuse me. I must duck into the powder room first... I feel silly mingling as Rightwing Warrior Wench; I believe Blogger Babe might be more appro for this soiree... Back soon!
US Representative, Charlie Rangel (D-NY) is at it again. Rangel's prescription for fixing the ills we're feeling in Iraq is a draft . I have very mixed feelings about this. Conscription is conscription no matter what you choose to label it. Is that appropriate in a free country? On the flip side of this coin, I've often thought that compulsory national service would be a great idea for American kids right out of high school. It might have been a better start for me than learning to down beer at a Liberal Arts university! Two years in the service might give kids time to think about their future, learn higher levels of responsibility, and begin to take life more seriously. There are many countries who require some level of mandatory military service: Belarus, Chile, China, Croatia, Serbia, Russia, Iran, Lebanon, our neighbor Mexico, and our old buddy Germany, to name a few. Gee, now that I look at that partial list... aren't many of those countries Socialist or at battl...
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