Coming To Terms

Well, I better get used to it - Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Hoyer, Majority Leader Reid, Minority Leader Boehner, and Minority Leader McConnell. It doesn't sound right, but it beats the hell out of Majority Leader Murtha. America has one thing going for it: Foreign policy is not directly controlled by the Congress.

Two hippies have a great plan for achieving worldwide peace: a global orgasm. Instead of rallying in downtown SanFran, The Global Orgasm for Peace is asking for everyone (no ages were mentioned) to have an orgasm on December 22, the first day of winter. The founders' theory is that, because a release of sexual tension is calming, people will "channel their sexual energy into something more positive [than war]." They even have their junk-science to back it up!

One of the plans on the Democrats' agenda is to raise minimum wage to $7.25/hour. On The View, last week (yes, I watched The View) Rosie O'Donnell asserted that $7.25 was not enough to live on - that being the current minimum wage in California. I agree. High school kids and youngsters beginning a career need a boost in pay. Though, a mere $7.25 isn't high enough. Let's make it $10/hour. Nay! $13/hour! Perhaps then can sixteen-year-olds finally be financially stable enough to live in this rough nation. I just hope businesses don't raise the price of a Big Mac to justify the increase in worker pay. (Come to think of it, how is a federal minimum wage even constitutional?)

Charlie Rangel, once again, is calling for a military draft. His plan treads along these lines: If the American people knew that their sons and daughters have a chance at serving in Iraq (God forbid!) they would rally behind the anti-war effort and demand an immediate withdrawal of troops. Good plan, but the last call for approval failed 402-2. "I don't see how anyone can support the war and not support the draft." Check out the video - quite absurd. If the draft is reinstated, I hope they include women... you know, for equality!

A Special Forces captain threw his friends a rockin' "Nice Knowin' Ya" party following his death in Iraq last year. The party cost nearly $100,000, including airfare, hotel rooms, and drinks for the 120 invite-only buddies. Rock on. Nobody parties like the military - not even college kids.

With politics mostly out of the way, more mainstreamers like Sen. McCain are rallying for a bigger footprint in Iraq. Neocons like Kagan and Kristol have been urging this for a while. I'm glad somebody has a rational plan. Let's hope someone heeds this good advice.

Reading Assignments:
Joshua Muravchik: We Must Bomb Iran and Neoconservatism Ain't Dead
Thomas Sowell: Milton Friedman, R.I.P.