If your SAT-NAV told you to jump over a cliff, would you do it?

You really have to read this one. 'Nuff said.

Holiday spirit?

Seems like Kim Jong Il is in the giving spirit this holiday season. He is kind enough to give some people a the gift of electricity provided they use one light bulb. Of course this is for his mother's birthday which is a North Korean national holiday.

But to be fair to "Li'l Kim"; he is giving his troops something to keep them occupied. I found this on Lost Nomad.

Conscription anyone?

There’s a great discussion going on over at Neptunus Lex about compulsory service.

“Rangel also has a persistent - even if persistently incorrect - belief that the burdens of military service fall disproportionately upon the underprivileged and those of color, so his advocacy of a draft isn’t entirely political. It also has roots in the daddy-knows-best brand of paternalism that so many of today’s volunteers find so comprehensively offensive - witness his burbling about the lack of “career choices” driving people towards a volunteer service.”

“Five years after 9/11, virtually every man or woman now serving in the US military has enlisted, re-enlisted or voluntarily continued to serve knowing that there was a high likelihood of serving in combat.”

Personally, I have mixed feelings about it. However, I do believe young people should serve in some type of federal or state capacity for many reasons. But I truly do not want somebody on my gun that feels forced to be there.

My first post.

Welcome to the Soy Bean Forums. I guess you can say that today is the "Grand Posting". I was thinking about going on and on about nothing too relevant, but decided that wasn't such a good idea. Just to let you know tho, I'm not an intellectual, I'm an average guy that's got an interest in the world. I do promise to properly use the words too, to, two and tew as well as your and you're.
Let's get on with it, shall we?

BT