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• [1] Jeffrey Slott from East Elmhurst September 18, 2007 - 10:58AM

  "Hurricane Katrina wasn't a big hurricane by hurricane standards" Wow, the stuff that comes out of conservatives' mouths... What are they smoking?

  
  
• [2] M. L. September 18, 2007 - 11:00AM

  In response to one of the callers, one might want to read Sierra Club's response to criticism that they prevented the Army Corps of Engineers from fortifying levees in New Orleans:

  http://www.sierraclub.org/pressroom/releases/pr2005-09-13a.asp

  
  
• [3] as from NYC September 18, 2007 - 11:02AM

  Typical liberal Nazi forcefed hogwash: We'll teach you about a natural disaster, OUR way.

  
  
• [4] J.C. from Minneapolis September 18, 2007 - 11:38AM

  I'd like to quibble with Ms. Klein on the point that a miltary draft would guarantee some sort of deep reflection about going to war.

  I think it's pie-in-the-sky thinking to believe that a draft would stop war or slow down the drive towards it. Why wouldn't the existence of more troops in the military simply increase the pressure on those who oppose a war to "shut and 'support' the troops"?

  I also think that the idea that a draft will prevent war in the U.S. ignores the fact that standing armies threaten democracy. Since Ms. Klein is talking about conservatives using crises to force through normally controversial ideas, wouldn't a larger army (full of draftees) mean that American presidents would be so very tempted to start wars and conflicts with all those troops? After all, what president would hate the popularity that war can bring?

  I think the problem (if there is one) of America not thinking about war lies in other traits in the body politic and not with the draft or lack thereof.

  (Oh yes, I also disagree that the draft ended the Vietnam War, but that's another topic.)