The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

Demorats want to bring back the draft?

Well yeah, there might be one or two dems who for one reason or another feel that way but two is a tad short of a majority.

Should I go looking for onesies and twosies among the republicans that have over the top views or have I already made my point?


Oh and just for the record, Mr. Rangel's issue is that minorities compromise more than 30% of the military and he says:

Originally Posted by Rangel

"I truly believe that those who make the decision and those who support the United States going into war would feel more readily the pain that's involved, the sacrifice that's involved, if they thought that the fighting force would include the affluent and those who historically have avoided this great responsibility,"

[wendybeth]

I couldn't get past the Pat Boone banner ad.

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Well yeah, there might be one or two dems who for one reason or another feel that way but two is a tad short of a majority.

Should I go looking for onesies and twosies among the republicans that have over the top views or have I already made my point?


Oh and just for the record, Mr. Rangel's issue is that minorities compromise more than 30% of the military and he says:

It's a random political thought thread- so I posted a random item. I was not aware I was involved in a juvenile tit for tat battle where we have to justify what we post.

His race baiting and class warfare are disgusting. But typical.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

It's a random political thought thread- so I posted a random item. I was not aware I was involved in a juvenile tit for tat battle where we have to justify what we post.

His race baiting and class warfare is disgusting- the notion that we would avoid conflict if "rich" people's kids went into the military is insulting, asinine and stupid.

No need to justify what we post? Oh.

Well now that just opens up a whole bunch of new avenues for comments...

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

No need to justify what we post? Oh.

Well now that just opens up a whole bunch of new avenues for comments...

Moonliner is a doodyhead!

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

No need to justify what we post? Oh.

Well now that just opens up a whole bunch of new avenues for comments...

meh

[Nephythys]

Al Qaeda gloats over Rumsfeld

"The American people have put their feet on the right path by ... realizing their president's betrayal in supporting Israel," the terror leader said. "So they voted for something reasonable in the last elections."

Charming-

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

Demorats want to bring back the draft?

American Thinker?? Nephy, do you ever read anything that's not a conservative spin machine?

[Gemini Cricket]

Here's an interesting video. Bill Maher on Larry King outing Ken Mehlman. A lot of DC insiders know this and Mehlmen never denied it, so why did CNN censor the interview?

Weird.

More self-hating gays in charge of anti-gayness. Bleh.

[Nephythys]

I was not aware all gay people had to want the same thing. Are they individuals or just a voting bloc? Are you deciding he hates himself because he does not make it an issue right out front?

Who cares?

but on other items-

Link

The other great symbol of GOP failure is the proliferation of earmarked spending. In 1994 there were 1,500 such projects stuffed into Democratic spending bills, and Republicans called this a fiscal disgrace. This year Republicans approved closer to 15,000 earmarks at a cost of more than $10 billion. The current leadership defended this earmarking even after such embarrassments as the Alaska Bridge to Nowhere were exposed. When they finally agreed to minimal transparency, it was too late.

...snip...

Too many Republicans were corrupted and seduced by power and forgot why voters sent them to Washington. Winning back the majority requires new faces of leadership far removed from this year's debacle.

I would love to see this change.