Senior Democrat Wants Military Draft
Rockadelic
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If Charlie Rangel gets his way some of you need to start worrying.
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Sure.....but now that his party has the power......
middle class and elites would start caring more about the reasons for sending troops all over the world if their neighbors and their kids had to be involved.
HA!
Rich is this what the right wing radio shows in TX are kicking?
That shit would never work no matter who's in power.
The classic line used all through the elections was "if you elect this party look who you'll put in power!"
as if anyone could unilaterally institute a draft.
I also agree with Tony that we SHOULD have a draft... maybe these crazy ass crackers would think twice before endorsing our government's little adventures/experiments.
Nah...read it this morning in the paper.....but let's face it, the guys who call the shots have so much power, money and influence that THEIR kids will never be effected anyway....if it DOES happen I wonder if it will include women too??
He doesn't actually want a draft; he's trying to make a point.
I would certainly be in favor of two years of compulsory public service for young people.
I'd much rather see some sort of mandatory service where either one goes into the armed forces or into public service like the Peace Corps.
As if it isn't already.
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1) You're trying to elicit a response from die hard Democrats on the board with it
2) It is a misleading headline. Rangel uses this as a talking point almost yearly about the disparity (white vs minority) of opportunities post high school graduation.
Here is Rangel "smearing" himself.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/19/AR2006111900376_pf.html
Trying to elicit a response from people who it actually might effect!!
can we have a way too sensitive asshurt graemlin.
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OK.....I give up....what kind of response was I manipulating??
I need that WeirdRecordsThatSuck.com monkey knife fight graemlin to illustrate.
Wouldn't that happen in one form or another no matter WHAT political issue was discussed??
That's ridiculous.
First of all I don't think the Draft is a terrible idea nor did I state it was.
We can question Republicans here 24/7 and no one yells "smear".
I merely repeat what a Democrat himself states and it's for the sole purpose of starting a fight.
Is this place THAT biased??
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Fair enough....but this is one case where the phrase "Be careful what you ask for" can be applied.
Over and over I've stated that BOTH parties are fucked.
You can't deny that.
But, I'll take the party that advocates universal health care and getting out of Iraq over the party that talks about the estate tax, school prayer and flag burning any day, even if the democrats are ineffective or even disingenuous. At the least, they pay lip service to real issues, instead of pandering to the most ignorant and insular among us.
And Rock, when was the last time you impartially posted up some Republican misdeeds? Or are you simply picking up the slack for the overwhelming liberal slant of soulstrut?
Again, you seem like a nice guy, but your attack, feign surprise and claim the middle schtick really bugs me...
Seriously...WHAT in this thread is an "attack"
PLEASE just cut and paste any "attack" I've made.
I've posted ad nauseum about "horizontal" politics and how BOTH parties and ALL politicians suck.
I stated here that I'd vote for Obama in '08
Yet ALL anyone really comes away with is "I'm bashing the Left"
Considering how much Right bashing goes on here that's absolutely comical....
.....it's the old "If you're not with us 100% you're against us" shit again.
And y'all HATED when Bush said that shit.
Fucked is Fucked
Rangel is the only one in today's news advocating that.
I can not be effected by a draft because I'm too friggin old, but I wanted to see what those who CAN be effected thought about it.
The title of my thread was cut and pasted straight from a published article.
So screw who suggested it if that get's your panties in a wad, what do you think of a Draft.
And even better, would you dodge the Draft if your number came up.
1. there should be some sort of social service draft
2. Would I dodge? I would've when I was 18, that's for damn sure