On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:52:58 GMT, "Jim," wrote:

John H wrote:

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:28:25 -0500, (N.L. Eckert) wrote:


Anyone taking bets on when "W" tries to reinstate the draft?? I'm
picking June 31.


"W" doesn't want it. Pelosi and Reid want it.


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

More important -- the military wants and needs more people. How do you
propose they get them?

Get the liberals to quit bad-mouthing the country and the military. That would
be a good start.

Since 9/11 the percent of black recruits has gone from about 23% to about 14%. I
think much of that is due to bad-mouthing.




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John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

John H wrote:

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:52:58 GMT, "Jim," wrote:


John H wrote:


On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:28:25 -0500, (N.L. Eckert) wrote:



Anyone taking bets on when "W" tries to reinstate the draft?? I'm
picking June 31.


"W" doesn't want it. Pelosi and Reid want it.


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

More important -- the military wants and needs more people. How do you
propose they get them?


Get the liberals to quit bad-mouthing the country and the military. That would
be a good start.

Since 9/11 the percent of black recruits has gone from about 23% to about 14%. I
think much of that is due to bad-mouthing.



"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

And the treatment of returning vets has nothing to due with the drop in
inlistments, not the daily news of the killed and wounded in IRaq?

"N.L. Eckert" wrote in message
...
Anyone taking bets on when "W" tries to reinstate the draft?? I'm
picking June 31.


There's as much chance of Bush reinstating the draft as there is for June
to have 31 days!

"NOYB" wrote in message
ink.net...

"N.L. Eckert" wrote in message
...
Anyone taking bets on when "W" tries to reinstate the draft?? I'm
picking June 31.


There's as much chance of Bush reinstating the draft as there is for June
to have 31 days!


The liebrals keep having their wet dreams though...........

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:42:22 -0500, "P.Fritz"
wrote:


"NOYB" wrote in message
link.net...

"N.L. Eckert" wrote in message
...
Anyone taking bets on when "W" tries to reinstate the draft?? I'm
picking June 31.


There's as much chance of Bush reinstating the draft as there is for June
to have 31 days!


The liebrals keep having their wet dreams though...........

Liberals aren't happy unless they are spinning everything in a
negative light.

Dave

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:19:51 -0500, thunder wrote:

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:51:27 -0500, John H wrote:

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:28:25 -0500, (N.L. Eckert) wrote:

Anyone taking bets on when "W" tries to reinstate the draft?? I'm
picking June 31.

"W" doesn't want it. Pelosi and Reid want it.

He may not want it, but if Iraq doesn't stabilize, he may need it.

He can go a long way with enlistment bonuses before the draft becomes cost
effective.

If the Army was in a real crunch, the enlistment bonus program would have
changed tremendously. The program has been almost constant since April, '04.

See:
https://perscomnd04.army.mil/MILPERm...2?OpenDocument


--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:40:24 GMT, "Jim," wrote:

John H wrote:

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:52:58 GMT, "Jim," wrote:


John H wrote:


On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:28:25 -0500, (N.L. Eckert) wrote:



Anyone taking bets on when "W" tries to reinstate the draft?? I'm
picking June 31.


"W" doesn't want it. Pelosi and Reid want it.


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

More important -- the military wants and needs more people. How do you
propose they get them?


Get the liberals to quit bad-mouthing the country and the military. That would
be a good start.

Since 9/11 the percent of black recruits has gone from about 23% to about 14%. I
think much of that is due to bad-mouthing.



"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

And the treatment of returning vets has nothing to due with the drop in
inlistments, not the daily news of the killed and wounded in IRaq?


From today's Washington Post:

"While it is hard to pinpoint why the drop-off has [in black enlistments]
occurred, the figures reflect particular soft spots in the Army's effort to
recruit and retain a growing all-volunteer force that has repeatedly deployed
soldiers into battle since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Though the Army has
met its recruiting goals in all but one year since 1990, it is falling far
behind this year.

African Americans still make up nearly a quarter of the overall Army, where,
historically, blacks enlisted in strong numbers to take advantage of economic
and social opportunities not available elsewhere.


But the drop in new recruits from that ethnic demographic means the Army has to
make up ground elsewhere. Hispanics have increased from 10.4 percent of new
recruits in 2000 to 13 percent in 2004; whites went from 61 percent in 2000 to
65 percent in 2004; and Asians or Pacific Islanders made up less than 1 percent
of new soldiers in 2000 but nearly 5 percent in 2004."

So, it would seem that those most apt to believe the anti-US and anti-military
rhetoric spewed by Jesse, Al, Harry, Nancy, et al., are the ones whose numbers
are going down the most.

I don't think it's fear, do you?

Entire article at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2005Mar8.html

--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

"John H" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:40:24 GMT, "Jim," wrote:

John H wrote:

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:52:58 GMT, "Jim," wrote:


John H wrote:


On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:28:25 -0500, (N.L. Eckert)
wrote:



Anyone taking bets on when "W" tries to reinstate the draft?? I'm
picking June 31.


"W" doesn't want it. Pelosi and Reid want it.


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

More important -- the military wants and needs more people. How do you
propose they get them?


Get the liberals to quit bad-mouthing the country and the military. That
would
be a good start.

Since 9/11 the percent of black recruits has gone from about 23% to
about 14%. I
think much of that is due to bad-mouthing.



"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

And the treatment of returning vets has nothing to due with the drop in
inlistments, not the daily news of the killed and wounded in IRaq?


From today's Washington Post:

"While it is hard to pinpoint why the drop-off has [in black enlistments]
occurred, the figures reflect particular soft spots in the Army's effort
to
recruit and retain a growing all-volunteer force that has repeatedly
deployed
soldiers into battle since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Though the Army
has
met its recruiting goals in all but one year since 1990, it is falling far
behind this year.

African Americans still make up nearly a quarter of the overall Army,
where,
historically, blacks enlisted in strong numbers to take advantage of
economic
and social opportunities not available elsewhere.


But the drop in new recruits from that ethnic demographic means the Army
has to
make up ground elsewhere. Hispanics have increased from 10.4 percent of
new
recruits in 2000 to 13 percent in 2004; whites went from 61 percent in
2000 to
65 percent in 2004; and Asians or Pacific Islanders made up less than 1
percent
of new soldiers in 2000 but nearly 5 percent in 2004."

So, it would seem that those most apt to believe the anti-US and
anti-military
rhetoric spewed by Jesse, Al, Harry, Nancy, et al., are the ones whose
numbers
are going down the most.

I don't think it's fear, do you?

Entire article at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2005Mar8.html

The army's recruiting goals are almost 15% higher than last year....(up to
80k) and with the economy expanding, and unemployment dropping, the
recruiting gets harder.



--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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John H wrote:
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:28:25 -0500, (N.L. Eckert) wrote:


Anyone taking bets on when "W" tries to reinstate the draft?? I'm
picking June 31.


"W" doesn't want it. Pelosi and Reid want it.


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."


Of course. A draft would put the sons of neocons in uniform and over in
Iraq stopping bullets and bombs for Bush. That would end Bush's
Misadventure in a hurry.

I have six cousins by one aunt and uncle. Two of them are female and the
other four are male.

Of the male's:
A is a Major in the USMC flying F/A-18's.
B is a Major in the USA Infantry.
D is attending college and is in the USMC PLC program, hoping to fly jets.
F is at the Naval Academy, looking to go Marine option and fly jets.

Of the female's:
C got a medical discharge from USMC OCS due to knee problems, however, she
married a former Marine pilot.
E is attending college on a soccer scholarship. She can attend USMC OCS when
she graduates.

Oh, their father, my uncle, is a retired USMC Col. that flew jets.

Universal draft. No Exemptions

My other first cosins are are f-in civillians.

OH, shucks, (30 days hath Sept, Apr. JUNE!!! and Nov......)