The Draft??

First let me apologize to you Gentile Readers. I have been sick and not feeling all that well. I still am sick, but now it is more of an old fashion head cold.


Now on to the main body I saw the whole idea of a draft earlier this week and really wanted to blog this.

Question does the idea that democrats taking both at the beginning of the year making the Democratic Party a little crazy? I can not think of anything more insane than instituting a draft.
While a 44 I am hardly eligible for any draft it wouldn't by necessity affect me. But I do remember the draft. I remember the older guys worrying if they would go to 'Nam. And later if another war might be in the offing.

Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel is out of his ever loving mind if he thinks a draft would keep any administration from going to war. The mere mention of a draft is likely to ruffle a lot of feathers.

He actually believes that if politicians sons can be drafted that this would give pause to any thought to a war. Deferments would kick in. Lets be honest here. No politician is going to let their lilJohnny go marching off to war. No lilJohnnys time will be spent in some ivy league university or collage.

If not there then dear daddy and mumsy will find the dear apple of their eye somewhere nice and safe. declaring that it is in the national interest that lilJonny should be allowed a deferment to help their dear friend get elected or some such tomfoolery.

Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel has got know that. Fortunately Incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi has put the kibosh to this nonsense

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/20/rangel.draft/index.html

The above link gives the death knell to this piece of nonsense.

Though this actually might be begging the question. Is this what we have to forward to? The Democrats proposing legislation that is so counter intuitive and outlandish that even their own party wont support it? Personally I sure hope not.