This is the politics we need more of

[eyégor]

I live in a solidly Democratic safe district (Cook PVI D+9), so local politics of interest is limited to primaries where the Democrat in office is stepping down and there is an occasional challenge to the party's preferred choice.

However, this year, with our congress seat opening up, not only are there 2 Republicans seeking the seat, there are 9!! Democrats, with organizational support fractured by locality.

My favorite, although I wouldn't vote for him on a bet, is this guy:

http://arthurwelsercitizenforcongress.com/


edit - he seems to have cleaned it up a great deal over the weekend.

Previously he had ~15 fonts on his homepage.

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

What a kook!

1) Selective Service Act of 2009-This is the one we want to pen

1) Lowers the age one has to register with Selective Service to 15 ½.

2) Both male and female, females never having to serve in combat. (A re-enlisted female entering ROTC might be required to forego this distinction.)

3) The first order of business would be to provide local schools an outlet for disciplinary action of its student’s grades 7-12, male or female. An infraction, now landing a student a suspension, would land a student in a local RMTC program for at least the end of the ten week period.

3) Initially, given a free pass not to serve in combat, the female portion of the population would be given an exemption until every male age 16-25 had a HS education, were in a HS program or inducted into the military and placed in one of the RMTC campuses.

3) Provides for exemptions for those in HS and continues indefinitely upon graduation as long as certain misdemeanors or felonies don’t occur.

Basically it’s a stay clean, stay sober, stay in school program, stressing the latter.

4) Provide funding for High Schools to be built adjacent to or on ROTC College campuses. Student populations kept to around 1350 students, grades 7-12, even solving some attendance problems if a child under 16 wasn’t in attendance or had a disciplinary problem. A suspension in Civilian High School will earn them at least 10 weeks in military school. They’ll have a second chance, allowing them to return to civilian school, maybe even a third as long as on their 16th birthday they are in public HS. Commands having multiple campuses, I’d build additional RMTC facilities where needed nationwide where needed. A principle would be chosen by 5-7 school systems with the largest number of recruits and administer to a staff of civilian teachers. Physical and military training would be taught by the military. Soldiers would be reservists for 4 years after graduation, with the exception, if they were admitted to college, would re-enlist extending their enlistments for 6 years with the start of college (Just like the current ROTC program.) Upon graduation they would be treated equally with there non military co-harts in our nations other private and public schools.