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Hey there shipmate! :thumbsup: LOL! I'd forgotten that one... :D

As an Army brat growing up, I can say this is a very astute comment. My mother endured a lot in supporting my father's service.

Aren't ya'll's pilot wings made of lead? ;) To each his own. I served 4 years active duty in the Navy and miss it now. I've started talks with the local Naval Reserve recruiter, so far so good...

Interesting. Any word on the Navy raising the age limit? UPDATE: Just found this post online by a possible Naval Reserve recruiter: Actually you are eligible until you turn 40. It's true if you have active duty years or "good" reserve years for retirement, they actually come off your age...

When he reaches 18 you have no say in the matter if he chooses to enlist despite your wishes. However, given the odds that children usually have similiar political affliations of their parents you probably have nothing to be concerned about.

Okay, I was just tweaking you I admit. The column was more in the deliberately provocative style some on the Left enjoy posting here which is why I posted it. I view it more as a side-benefit. If it hadn't of been for the threat of WMDs and links to terrorism I agree with you that we...

Exactly which is another reason why it cannot all be thrown on the parents' heads.

Why, because the majority there are black? ;)

Before the Minutemen, the anti-illegal immigration group, even arrives in Houston things are being stirred up: ACLU trains volunteers who will keep eye on Minutemen Minutemen influence claimed in causing fear in day laborers I'd far prefer the government to do what it is charged to do...

Yet given that the recidivism rate is astronomically high, I do not believe we should take the chance. Pedophiles should remain in jail for life -- and I do mean life.

Not personally, but I do have a good friend from HS who was molested by her uncle. It has taken her a long time to move on with her life and I doubt it will ever go completely away from her mind. She does seem happier now at least...

There probably is some PR benefit here for politicians, yet it also gives the police another tool to arrest a convicted child-molester particularly if they are banned from even being in the area. Agreed, usually the courts. Part of the problem we are having is that some of these offenders...

Are you advocating an invasion of Africa, say starting with Zimbabwe? :P

More than a little misleading. Even if the sons and daughters of every elected official were fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan I'd still oppose a draft for any conflict short of something on the scale of WWII. The military does better with an all-volunteer force. Since it is an all-volunteer...

Not really. This is nothing more than a tool in fighting recidivism. What would you suggest authorities do that will not be stricken down by the courts?

Indeed. Yet I am encouraged by the fact that many of the staunchest advocates of unrestricted abortion are getting grayer every year. The poster you are responding to has a listed age of 55. Most Americans may want some access to abortion, but not without restrictions. Every restriction...

I presume they prefer neither, as would I were I in their shoes. Unless you have a way of preventing all wars which everyone will agree with, civilians will die in each and every one no matter how cautious one is. If they do not die directly from bombs, they will suffer and die indirectly from...

Deliberately bombing civilian targets indeed would be morally indefensible. It gets dicey when civilian and military targets are mixed together. Yet we are not speaking here of such a case. Instead you are trying to compare the mistakes of combat to the deliberate targeting of civilians by...