There is nothing I can say that be remotely as funny and sarcastic as this video from The Onion.
'Students First In Line' Program To Offer Job Training At Needy Schools It reminded me of how military recruiters seemingly prey on students from places like my home town, where there is apparent little opportunity beyond high school so teens are convinced that the only way out of the one-horse town is to join the military. First, there is plenty of opportunity to create your own legacy if you just grab a bucket of courage to break from family's legacy and know where to look: the best place being to start with the Internet job databases to figure out what skills employers want. Second, the fact that military recruiters have to resort to subversive tactics to recruit people into serving their country bothers me on so many levels. One that recruiters would stoop that low to make their numbers. Two, that Americans aren't lining up to give back to this Great Nation that has given The World so much opportunity to those that ask. While I don't believe in a conscripted military, if things are this bad would make sense to adopt Israel's model of compulsory service in order instill the same sense of nation that Israelis hold so dearly? I wish I knew the answer.
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"The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones."
