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The number of times I, and you, have come through assorted forecasts of the end of the world is truly astonishing. I predict the end of the world will keep on Not Happening, despite multiple silly predictions.
Some folks, too full of balloon juice for anyone's good, have been scaremongering about the possibility of a draft, suggesting it was some plan of President Bush and pointing to a long-stalled House Bill (HR 263) started as a political stunt by Charles Rangel (D).
Today it was brought out of committee and voted on. It was defeated. Charles Rangel, the joker who instigated the stupid thing, voted against it thus confirming it was merely a political stunt and not something he actually believed in.
Was this a devastating blow to President Bush or the Republicans? Not at all. It was voted down 402 to 2. 402 to 2 is hardly a split down party lines. It was the House Republicans way of putting a solid end to the silly rumors. The defeat of this bill was welcomed by the President who said in a statement: "If this bill were presented to me, I would veto it."
