College Republicans

"Universities are a base of the left. Universities are a base for terrorism." David Horowitz, said at the College Republicans' convention this past weekend.

From The Nation:

I chatted for a while with Collin Kelley, a senior at Washington State with a vague resemblance to the studly actor Orlando Bloom. Kelley told me he's "sick and tired of people saying our troops are dying in vain" and added, "This isn't an invasion of Iraq, it's a liberation--as David Horowitz said." When I asked him why he was staying on campus rather than fighting the good fight, he rubbed his shoulder and described a nagging football injury from high school. Plus, his parents didn't want him to go. "They're old hippies," Kelley said.

By the time I encountered Cory Bray, a towering senior from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, the beer was flowing freely. "The people opposed to the war aren't putting their asses on the line," Bray boomed from beside the bar. Then why isn't he putting his ass on the line? "I'm not putting my ass on the line because I had the opportunity to go to the number-one business school in the country," he declared, his voice rising in defensive anger, "and I wasn't going to pass that up."

Thank goodness for "old hippies". I hope more parents keep their kids from signing up in the all volunteer army. Have you been hearing about the armed services missing their recruitment quotas each month? How they're offering $15,000 and more to kids to sign up, in addition to other incentives traditionally offered? However, the longer this goes on, the greater the liklihood of a draft.

It's not too early to let your representatives know your feelings, pro or con, regarding the drafting of this nations kids into the armed services.