What's your number?

Here we have the moronic story of a well-intentioned House Democrat who doesn't quite realize the game he's playing. Charlie Rangel, a New York Dem, is trying again to get Congress to reinstate the draft. Fucking moron.

But why, Charlie? Why would you want us to do such a thing?

Apparently, Charlie "sees his idea as a way to deter politicians from launching wars."

"There's no question in my mind that this president and this administration would never have invaded Iraq, especially on the flimsy evidence that was presented to the Congress, if indeed we had a draft and members of Congress and the administration thought that their kids from their communities would be placed in harm's way," Rangel said.

Rangel, a veteran of the Korean War who has unsuccessfully sponsored legislation on conscription in the past, has said the all-volunteer military disproportionately puts the burden of war on minorities and lower-income families...

In 2003, Rangel proposed a measure covering people age 18 to 26. It was defeated 402-2 the following year. This year, he offered a plan to mandate military service for men and women between age 18 and 42; it went nowhere in the Republican-led Congress.

I don't think anyone on Capitol Hill is taking Charlie seriously, but just for a second, let's entertain a thought of what would happen if his bill passed and then was somehow signed into law by a deliriously crazy President Shrub. For one thing, the Democrats would lose ground on every other single issue they try to advance, most of the incumbents would be voted out of office, jails would fill to the seams with conscientious objectors, and college kids would rise up against the establishment again. We'd have more Kent State riots! We'd have enormous marches! We'd have social upheaval, a resurgence in communes, and the population of Canada would double within a year!

And then, after all the hullabaloo died down, the draft would again be repealed by a new batch of Congressmen in 2008 after they were voted in on anti-draft platforms.

In short, Charlie, that's a stupid idea. A better one would be for us to elect intelligent leaders who don't want to get involved in stupid wars, and for our Congressmen to not follow stupid leaders like sheep simply because they have a ton of political capital stemming from horrible incidents like when terrorists take over a few 747s and fly them into skyscrapers.

Whatchathink, Charlie? How about we impeach the fucker?