tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641923323486284057.post5125076524684462423..comments2024-02-15T10:41:10.376-07:00Comments on Outta the Cornfield: We Train Them And Then They're Used Against UsOne Flyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772881642197609507noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641923323486284057.post-47952692978198728452011-11-11T08:06:17.888-07:002011-11-11T08:06:17.888-07:00Great comments everyone. If only our way could be ...Great comments everyone. If only our way could be tried for a change on the issue we face - but it won't be.<br /><br />I'll add that if the orders came down all those who carry the guns for the most part would turn on us. <br /><br />bama could stop the torture of OWS people at the hands of these people but of course he's not going to do that.<br /><br />Thanks!One Flyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03772881642197609507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641923323486284057.post-9247079733571134252011-11-10T19:29:58.758-07:002011-11-10T19:29:58.758-07:00The draft should always be with us, with few to no...The draft should always be with us, with few to no exemptions, to ensure that all Americans have a vested interest in staying the hell out of war. "I can better serve my country by managing a hedge fund." should not fly.Cletis https://www.blogger.com/profile/01865557276496148455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641923323486284057.post-15207269332611711372011-11-10T15:47:57.644-07:002011-11-10T15:47:57.644-07:00I've had Caltrans use the same tactics (though...I've had Caltrans use the same tactics (though poorly) when I had issues with their bad planning. The engineers don't use it nearly as well as the right-of-way agents do. I called an engineer on his divide-and-conquer tactics one day, asking if they'd sent him to classes to learn them. He said, "Yes, we call it Asshole School." I really can't imagine being treated as poorly by invading troops as I have, consistently, by my own government.Jan Blawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697621979002856884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641923323486284057.post-84988798005671814582011-11-10T12:58:50.940-07:002011-11-10T12:58:50.940-07:00If there was one thing and one thing only that the...If there was one thing and one thing only that the masers of war learned from Nam.<br />Never, ever, bring back the draft.Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641923323486284057.post-83323201936806420762011-11-10T12:44:06.345-07:002011-11-10T12:44:06.345-07:00One of these days people are going to wake up to a...One of these days people are going to wake up to all this BS adoration of vets of the all-volunteer military. Fact is, the population still knew in 1950 why people make careers of the military, even though the draft had been going on for 10 years. The Merle Travis song, Reinlistment Blues of that time said it all.<br /><br />I used to think getting rid of the draft was a good thing, but it resulted in a bunch of folks who aren't citizen soldiers, they're people who chose it because of the money, the benefits and the fact they couldn't get as good a job anywhere else.<br /><br />And when someone orders them to fire on US citizens they're going to do it a lot more readily than an army of draftees would have. History's playing tricks. They're just mercenaries, same as any other mercenaries.Old Juleshttp://sofarfromheaven.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641923323486284057.post-51738211999493968402011-11-10T12:43:28.806-07:002011-11-10T12:43:28.806-07:00The only energy policy that we have is the extensi...The only energy policy that we have is the extension of Empire.<br />All falling empires have over extended themselves in search of resources.<br />That is until they have fallen into the abyss.<br />We are staring into the abyss.Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.com