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To: geode00 who wrote (163647)	6/5/2005 12:18:30 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Slavery wasn't driven by supply and demand either, so you could bring that back while you are at it. Human rights don't matter in the fascist world of people as property of the state. Just conscript anyone you like. If enough people vote to bring back slavery, that would be okay in your book, just as it would be fine if they vote for conscription, which is slavery in another form than by race. I don't think the USA or any economy or country is driven by supply and demand in a free market. They are all repressive kleptocracies with minimal genuflection to the much vaunted freedom and self-determination. Where did you get the idea I think the USA has anything much to do with freedom which is what supply and demand implies? I'm simply advocating freedom. I can understand you don't like freedom. Most people don't. They like confiscation, bureaucracy, individual repression and the good old chimpoid ways. That's why they go on voting for more of the same, and why you are advocating rolling back another little bit of freedom. Mqurice

To: geode00 who wrote (163647)	6/5/2005 9:22:04 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

The US military has stopped battalion commanders from dismissing new recruits for drug abuse, alcohol, poor fitness and pregnancy in an attempt to halt the rising attrition rate in an army under growing strain as a result of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. guardian.co.uk The military's target is 80,000 new recruits this year, but the army only managed 73% of its target in February, 68% in March and 57% in April, forcing the expansion of a pilot programme offering 15-month active duty enlistments, rather than the usual four years. The crisis has even led to fears - despite repeated denials by President George Bush - of a return to the draft system that conscripted 1.8 million Americans during the Vietnam war.