Bobsprit wrote:

Less than half the country sold their vote for $300...and now a lot of people
are dead because of it.
Hope you're happy with our laughing stock president Bush.

No, I'm not happy with The Shrub. OTOH I was even less happy when
Clintoon turned a popular food guarding mission into "nation building"
that got our Special Forces shot up (Blackhawk Down) by refusing them
the tanks they'd asked for - you know, the tanks FBI used to murder
religious kooks in Idaho and Texas. And lest we forget, we're reminded
by the stat's on "illegal aliens", most of who'd have green cards if
Clintoon hadn't diverted INS into a crash effort to get enought Aliens
qualified to vote to unseat the congressman (Doonan) who'd blown the
whistle on his little misadventure. Or the sale of MIRV technology to
the Red Chinese Army after his deal to sell them the Long Beach Navy
Yard fell thru.

And before that 1000s of hemophiliacs and gays died of AIDS because
Ronnie Dearest didn't allow anybody to say "condom" in the Whiite House
and JFK and his whiz kids, who gave us the Bay of Pigs, bombers that
crashed and ships that couldn't fight; all topped off with the Vietnam
War; and don't forget Honest Ike, so wedded to the Mafia that his grand
dragon of the FBI, Gay Herbie, swore organized crime didn't exist. And
before that ....

Like I said .. the only thing that matters is the paycheck. Or as we used
to say back in the green machine 'do'n mean nuthin, do'n mean a thing." You
can drive yourself nuts thinking 'caring' means anything . .. it doesn't.
I got through twenty years in the infantry with a healthy mercenary
attitude. Something I and the union movement have in common. I like it.
I'm home.

Here's the real question for allyou flag wavers of whatever variety. If
you took away the pay and benefits and relied on 'patriotism' how many
troops would be standing tall at first formation next Monday morning? For
a hint look up the number of 'volunteers' back in WWII and compare to number
that had to be conscripted.

Also I'm fanatically anti-draft.

If society is worth saving enough will come forward voluntarily. If enough
do not come forward the society was not worth saving. (not quoted exactly)
R. Heinlein

MST