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Old June 5th 06, 11:37 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval
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Default Rep Rangel introduces Draft Bill (for Iran?!):

"tomcervo" wrote in
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Ed Rasimus wrote:
Rangel has done this before--about three years ago. At that time the
bill went nowhere until just before the presidential election at which
time it was defeated something like 425 to 5. Rangel didn't vote for
his own bill.

If you won't "cowerfromthetruth" you should note that Rangel is a
Democrat, exceptionally liberal (bordering on socialist), from a
heavily minority district in Detroit and adamantly against the
administration.


Half right. Rangel's bill might also be a clearing of the throat, an
ahem to create a stir of attention to the fact that the real burden of
this war is being carried by a single strata of society, while Congress


And which strata of society whould that be? Hmmm?
Big hint, they are not by and large Chuckie Rangels class of
constitutent.

devotes itself to repealing the Estate Tax and Bush devotes his
energies to the real threat facing America, gay marriage. And all too
many supporters of the Iraq war seem to think that their commitment
begins and ends with a yellow ribbon sticker on their car.


It doesn't extend to the Dhimmicreeps Socialist welfare state
pipedreams.

He's a Korean War combat vet, representing a district in New York City,
which was just told that it has no national landmarks to protect from a


The Bronx IIRC. Name me some national landmarks in the Bronx.
Name me some important national infrastructure in the Bronx?
Time was saturation bombing of the Bronx wouldn't have been
noticed.

terrorist attack, so it doesn't need as much Homeland Defense money as
places like Omaha, so he must seem like an outsider to the national
republican party. That bull**** detector of his doesn't help either.


Course it would be inappropriate to mention that the reduction in
NYC HSA funding amounts to less than 0.2% of NYC's annual budget.
Not to mention that after a number of years of the current level
of funding maybe there just isn't the requirement for the Feds to
pay for as much.

IBM

 




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