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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-The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country.
-It isn’t pollution that is harming our environment. It is the impurities in our air and water that is doing it.
-If we don’t succeed, then we run the risk of failure.
-For NASA, space is still a high priority.
-Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teaches our children.
-The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him.
-I don’t know where bin Laden is I have no idea and really don’t care. It’s not that important. It’s not our priority.
-We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological laboratories. For those who say we haven’t found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they wrong, we found them.
-Oh no, we’re not going to have any casualties in Iraq.
-We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
But hey, look on the bright side. Bush sure looks good pitching a ball.