Rupe wrote:
Whee, more chance of getting shipped off to the desert for me. Dammit.
I wonder about that. If enlistment/re-enlistment goes up, each of us has a lower chance of being sent, let alone being send more than once. Besides, Clinton sent US troops to: Bosnia, Kosovo, Somolia, Macedonia, Albania, and Haiti. (I may even have forgotten some) Didn't stop deployments to Kuwait, and drew down the millitary while Optempo constantly increased. Bush has raised recruiting goals, pay and bonuses/incentives (IDP was $150 in '99, now $225)
C_D wrote:
... I think at this point creationism should be taught. Not as the truth, but as what some people believe. I think the same of evolution. Till everybody believes the same thing we should only educate the younger generation so they can make there own choice.
Creationism should be taught in History, Anthropology, Philosophy or Theology. There is no scientific evidence of any kind to back it up, and it doesn't stand up when evaluated with the scientific method, so it does not belong on a science curriculum any more than astrology or philosophy. Evolution has been proven to occur in many species, including homo-sapiens, despite not having been absiolutely proven to be the origin of humanity. If you want to teach creationism, you should also teach the theory that homo-sapiens were genetically engineered by an alien race.
Clay wrote:
If you think the Democrats give a single solitary ounce more of a shit about the poor and disenfranchised than the republicans, I don't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for you.
Be reasonable, Clay. They may not care any more for the disenfranchised, but the voting poor are part of their core constituency, so they care as much about them as any politician cares about his or her constituents.
Marjin wrote:
But I realized that I can't stay young and hang on to stupid idealism forever. It was fun bashing the establishment, hanging out at trendy coffee shops, slacking, protesting, stinking like cigarettes and incense, etc. I just asked myself one day, "Where the hell am I going in life?"
I didn't sell out, son, i bought in. -- SLC Punk
Zrook wrote:
It's always interesting how people bash religion, denigrating the followers and believing that they are much superior, yet all of the leaders of the world, past and present, have a deep faith.
Robert Anson Heinlein as Lazarus Long wrote:
Religion is a crutch for those people who are too weak to stand up to the unknown with help.
I'll admit to a bit of intolerance, i find it difficult to accept anyone whose moral code is rooted in a 1600 year old book (rewritten countless times in order to prop up the least productive proffession in the history of civilization) as an intellectual equal. Call me a bigot.