Why Don't We Feel a DRAFT

Other than Charles Rangel, and that was quite a while ago...before the presidential campaigns got going...has anyone mentioned a draft...except recently, perhaps, the US News and World Report...and that was buried in a piece on the US Soldiers in Iraq. It was interesting to note that the soldiers interviewed actually were against a draft. They did not want the guy next to them to be someone who did not want to be there. Certainly I can understand the argument.

Yet, these guys have been sent over time and time again, as units, and have had inadequate time to refit during the R&R at home. How long can this country do this to our armed forces?
Our volunteer force is truly a professional and patriotic force. The original mission after 9/11 in Afghanistan was a job they were well prepared for and executed with great skill.

But the moment we set foot in Iraq, this administration...this government, this country, betrayed them. Invasion and occupation are not the missions of volunteer forces. The Reserves and the National Guard are not forces that should be used in this manner. Stripping the Air Force, the Navy, and the Coast Guard to supplement these forces is a gross misuse of those branches of the service. Paying billions of dollars for mercenaries...that is what these "contractors" actually are, is a gross misuse of our national treasury. Our government has created a farce war in order to divert money from the taxpayer into the hands of some privileged few.

If there was a draft, the people of this country might just begin to have an inkling that they have been totally betrayed by our leadership. That inkling may happen yet. At this time, our armed forces are totally incapable of meeting another major threat in the world today. The next president, be it McCain, Obama, Clinton, or another, will be facing a period of great disasters, disasters set in motion over the last few decades and especially over the last few years.

There has not been any real debate or action to have forces prepared to meet this almost inevitable major threat by conventional force. That may leave us with no alternative but nuclear! Not an utterance from Bush, Cheney, Rice, Gates, or any of the current administration. Not an utterance from Obama, Clinton, McCain, or any of the other previously aspiring presidential candidates. Not an utterance for General Petraeus or any other of our present or former military leaders. WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!?!?!

With food riots breaking out around the world...with the polar caps melting and the Arctic countries staking their claims to resources...with the dollar plunging and commodities of all types going through the roof...THE SHIT IS GOING TO HIT THE FAN...and it won't be from the "terrorists"!!

It is beginning to matter little who gets in during this election cycle. THEY'RE IN CAHOOTS. WAKE UP PEOPLE; OUR GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED US!!!!

Is the NSC smarter than a 5th Grader?

Stephen Hadley, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, was interviewed today by George Stephanopoulos. He apparently does not know the difference between Nepal and Tibet. Granted, they both have five letters and are located in the Himalayas. But one has just had elections and the other an uprising.

Throughout the interview, he consistenly referred to Nepal when he was obviously referring to Tibet. And George Stephanopoulos, throughout the interview, failed to correct him. Were either one of them listening to what was being said? Or are they just that stupid.

Remember, this guy is Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs!! When rattling sabers and attacking countries we should, at this level of government, have at least a rudimentary knowledge of Geography. Iran is not Iraq. Keep all the Blankety-Blank-ISTANS straight. Turkey is not a bird and Greece is not for cooking. And last but not least, there are NO kangaroos in Austria!

The Stupid-Delegates and the (Un) Democratic Party

It is absolutely astounding how the Democratic Party manages to shoot itself in the foot time after time after time. No wonder they want to get out of the war…they can’t be trusted with guns. The Republicans, especially our esteemed VP, know where to point their guns... in your face! We don’t need no stinkin’ “Right-Wing Conspiracy”…we have the Democrats, and, perhaps, a “Left-Wing Conspiracy”… to lose.

Democracy suggests one man (person?), one vote. And yet, this party has a whole dung pile of super-delegates to overturn any result the voters select. Or, if they follow “the will of the people”, they amply demonstrate the absolute uselessness of their existence. So much for democracy. They have created the perfect lose-lose situation.

States rights were important rights guaranteed in the Constitution. George Washington was elected, unanimously. By ONLY TEN OF THE ORIGINAL STATES!!! Why??? Two states had yet to ratify the Constitution and another, New York, couldn’t get their act together on how to select their delegates!!! These days, states rights are trampled. The federal courts have seen fit to abet this travesty. They overruled the Florida Supreme Court in 2000. The upheld political party rights, over states, in 2008, even though political parties were not part of our Constitution!!!

The Democrats have disenfranchised, and, regardless of whatever compromises may get the delegations seated, alienated both Florida and Michigan. Another job well un-done.

As if they haven’t fumbled enough, many “Democrats” are now trying to push one candidate, in a very tight race, out of the contest. This will disenfranchise even more voters whose primaries have yet to be. Then, as the coup-de-grace, they have made sure any racial or gender bias will play an important enough part in this election cycle to guarantee defeat.

We already know that the Republican interests are not the people’s interest. To quote Dick Cheney….”SO”??? Well, SO, apparently, the same can be said of the Democrats…or are they really that STUPID!!!