http://www.yacrwb.org/2006/11/21/all-volunteer-military-a-success/ Yet Another Conservative, Right Wing Blog Thu, 4 Dec 2008 01:04:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.yacrwb.org/2006/11/21/all-volunteer-military-a-success/#comment-5076 TeresaCentric » SHUT THE HELL UP CHARLIE!! continued Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:34:31 +0000 http://www.yacrwb.org/2006/11/21/all-volunteer-military-a-success/#comment-5076 [...] Quick update.  I found some info on the make-up of the military.  According to the Department of Defense, the poor are underrepresented in the military. Whatever the case, Charlie Rangel really needs to shut up. [...] […] Quick update.  I found some info on the make-up of the military.  According to the Department of Defense, the poor are underrepresented in the military. Whatever the case, Charlie Rangel really needs to shut up. […]

]]> http://www.yacrwb.org/2006/11/21/all-volunteer-military-a-success/#comment-4056 Y.A.C.R.W.B - Yet Another Conservative, Right Wing Blog » Rangel Pulls a Kerry Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:56:08 +0000 http://www.yacrwb.org/2006/11/21/all-volunteer-military-a-success/#comment-4056 [...] Since it is not the week before the elections, this will probably not resonate with the masses. Which is too bad. It is Ironic that this is the same guy who pushed the Draft. Further it is just stubborn ignorance that keeps Rangel clinging to the faulty and disputed reasoning that insists that it is poverty or lack of an education which keeps our soldiers in uniform. [...] […] Since it is not the week before the elections, this will probably not resonate with the masses. Which is too bad. It is Ironic that this is the same guy who pushed the Draft. Further it is just stubborn ignorance that keeps Rangel clinging to the faulty and disputed reasoning that insists that it is poverty or lack of an education which keeps our soldiers in uniform. […]

]]> http://www.yacrwb.org/2006/11/21/all-volunteer-military-a-success/#comment-3515 Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: O’Donnell screams about chickenhawk “cowards” on Scarborough Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:41:47 +0000 http://www.yacrwb.org/2006/11/21/all-volunteer-military-a-success/#comment-3515 [...] Even the Times thinks it’s stupid. As do DoD officials, one of whom made this interesting point in retort: “I think that it would make the military more average, and the military is considerably above average today,” Carr said. “Two-thirds of our recruits are from the top half aptitude (range), whereas an average or equitable share would be only half. Moreover, we draw disproportionately from the middle class and the upper class. The underrepresented (in the military) are the poor. A draft would only shift the burden toward the poor.” [...] […] Even the Times thinks it’s stupid. As do DoD officials, one of whom made this interesting point in retort: “I think that it would make the military more average, and the military is considerably above average today,” Carr said. “Two-thirds of our recruits are from the top half aptitude (range), whereas an average or equitable share would be only half. Moreover, we draw disproportionately from the middle class and the upper class. The underrepresented (in the military) are the poor. A draft would only shift the burden toward the poor.” […]

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