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Charlie continues to live in his "class-envy" fantasy world.
Sorry Charlie, your own party isn't going to even that that balloon go into the air.
http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=2407
Democrat Plan Summarized in One Word: Draft
by Scott Ott
(2006-11-20) — Rep. Charles Rangel, D-NY, yesterday unveiled the Democrat plan for boosting the minimum wage, providing free healthcare to millions more Americans, increasing college attendance, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preventing future U.S. wars of aggression.
“Our plan is so simple and elegant that it can be stated in one word — draft,” said Rep. Rangel. “By implementing a military draft, we’ll provide a living wage and free healthcare to our new involuntary soldiers and their families, plus we’ll give them college money after their term of service.”
The New York Democrat, who has proposed a draft several times before, said taking many of the 18-to-26 year-olds off the nation’s highways will decrease the number of automobile fatalities and drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The most crucial element of the Draft America Plan, he said, is creation of a huge military force comprised of less-motivated troops in case the president must decide whether to go to war with North Korea or Iran, or to expand the global war on terror in other lands.
“Right now, it’s the skill and passion of our all-volunteer force that gives George Bush the arrogance to challenge our enemies on their soil,” Rep. Rangel said. “With a military full of reluctant conscripts, Bush won’t be so cocky. We’ll be safer because, as we all know, when American troops stay home fewer terrorists are created.”
This is his core argument.
Factually, it is demonstrably false.
Logically, if it were true it would still not justify a draft.
That's it, plain and simple.
Charlie is more full of sh*t than tomorrow's Thanksgiving turkey.
Uh, Charlie, your plan was already brought up for a vote. YOU VOTED NO ON YOUR OWN BILL. Shut up already.
Rangel--Another race-baiter/pimp, and a deluded Korean War Vet who should be seen by the VA for his mental problems: Racism, and the illusion that the Draft would solve any problem.
did charlie ever say why he didn't want the draft in the 1960's?
SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS
While this is probably true, when in the history of this country has their even been a draft you couldn't buy, beg, or bum your way out of? Or is Rangel proposing a draft with zero exemptions? If not, all he's doing is drawing unwilling poor people into the meat grinder. How is that more fair?
Those who do the fighting have no choice; when the flag goes up, they salute and follow orders.
No one made them enlist, and stop-loss notwithstanding, no one keeps them in past the end of their contract. If you want to take the tax free reup money, it's your choice.
Hey scumbag... the only ones that don't "recognize American heroes" are sorry ares twerps like you. NO ONE has forced any of these "heroes: to 'V~O~L~U~N~T~E~E~R'" to fight hence they DID and DO have a choice.
Rome's burning folks.
Beneath that painted on smile beats the heart of a flaming racist caught in a time warp.
Poor, old Charlie...off his meds...again. Nobody really takes this moron seriously, but, like Ronald McDonald, he has an audience to play to.
LBJ gave the draft a bad name with his phoney war and Nixon was forced to go along with doing away with the it in a knee-jerk reaction to the Left.
The corruption should have been taken out of the system but doing away with the draft was a mistake.
Oh, and 18-year-old women should have to register along with the men.
Gobble, gobble!
I had noted Rangel's repeated calls for a draft over the past few years, but never looked into his reasons. I had given him credit for wanting to encourage broad-based national service, but reading what he writes here, he is clearly challenging the President to call for a draft specifically for the current military operations only. I don't buy the class conflict stuff he puts out, but the idea of just about everyone being called upon to perform some kind of service to their country might not be a bad one (even though it restricts freedom). But not just for an emergency period, but ongoing, something people would grow up expecting to happen. The draft during Vietnam was not an ad hoc policy, as I recall. There had been a draft all through the 1950's and into the 60's. Getting rid of the idea of (sort of) universal service by ending the draft was a reaction to our problems in Vietnam, a way of reducing the political heat, and, looking back, I think we made a mistake in ever getting rid of it.
Sometimes my tagline is the only appropriate response to a particular article.
Unrecognized by liberals. We conservatives have been shoutring our thanks and admiration for years, Charlie.