The Jefferson County Republican Party will be introducing/announcing our candidate for Mayor of Louisville Metro next Tuesday (3/22/05). To show your support for our candidate, the local organizers are asking for folks who can be there at 9:45 AM to participate in a rally at the courthouse (6th and Jefferson Streets). If you'd like more information about the event or would like to plan to attend, please email me and I'll send it on to the appropriate folks.
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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