Gettin' Short

Let the countdown begin.

Jeff Jacoby picked up on some nonsense going down in San Francisco. Apparently, the San Francisco Board of Education voted to abolish JROTC (Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps). The program allows high schoolers of all types to learn responsibility, leadership, and moral decision-making. (It's kind of like a military version of the boy scouts for high schoolers.) The school board's reason: "[They] don't want the military ruining our civilian institutions." According to one board member, JROTC is "basically a branding program ... for the military." This is quite orthodox in Nancy Pelosi's hood. Last year, SanFran voters passed a ballot measure to remove military recruiters from college campuses. (The SCOTUS later ruled that if a school did not allow military recruiters, it could not receive federal funds.) So, if you don't support the programs that build up our troops, do you still support the troops?

Well, it took longer than I expected, but a Democrat is finally claiming an election race was stolen. Christine Jennings of (where else) Florida's 13th District is claiming that "machine error" resulted in a skewed race in favor of Republican Vern Buchanan. The undervote Jennings is claiming hovers around 2.5%. Al Gore was unavailable for comment.

The newest Pentagon suggestions for Iraq include going long, going big, or going home - to simplify the proposals. From what I've seen and heard, a combination of the former two are required if this thing's gonna work. RJ Eskow at HuffPo says that's Jeff Gannon's plan: Go Big AND Long.

I am currently reading SOAR: A Black Ops Mission by John Weisman. Good stuff.

A family member made it in the news. Check it out.

Reading Assignments:
Dennis Prager: Light Up!