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• Blaze Poll: Do Women Belong in Combat and Should They Be Required to Register for the Draft?

  January 27, 2013 at 9:17pm

  Sorry to say but if you are now authorized to be in combat MOS’s then you must meet the same requirements as males, that includes fitness scores, weight measurements, and yes even the draft. Don’t want to? call Panetta and thank him. Otherwise “embrace the suck”.

• CNBC Anchor Confronts Labor Sec. About Allegations Jobs Numbers Were ‘Fixed’: ‘I’m Insulted’

  October 5, 2012 at 10:58am

  Not saying it is, not say it isn’t but awful sketchy that for 29 months (I think I got that right) unemployment has been above 8.1% but the day after the debate it suddenly drops .3% to 7.8%…..if it smells like a fish, tastes like a fish and looks like a fish, it must be FISHY!!!!! He and his cabinet need to go even just to get rid of all the lies…..

• 14-Year-Old Shoots Armed Intruder While Babysitting His Younger Siblings in Phoenix

  June 24, 2012 at 8:37am

  Awesome! Wonder how the perp’s going to explain getting shot by a kid while he’s incarcerated? Look like he’s going to have a rough go of it….As for the kid…..HE DID THE RIGHT THING! He protected his family only after having a weapon pointed at him. Kudos to the parents for teaching their children what to do in their absence….I applaud this story with 5 stars!

• Should Women be Allowed in the Special Forces? This Female Soldier’s Response May Surprise You

  June 20, 2012 at 10:48am

  In reply to Melika.

  Great point….and you’re right no one wants to talk about it. I served with women and personal hygiene was the biggest issue I had to face. Granted there is a small percentage that would accept minimal hygiene standards but that percentage is so minute it isn’t even a factor.

• Should Women be Allowed in the Special Forces? This Female Soldier’s Response May Surprise You

  June 20, 2012 at 10:01am

  Being a retired soldier and serving with women in combat (Iraq and Afghanistan) this is a very tense subject. I do agree that women should be allowed in combat BUT and this is a very big but…ONLY IF THEY ACHIEVE THE EXACT SAME STANDARDS THAT MALES MUST ENDURE!…no deviation at all, no ” a females body is different than a males therefore” that’s B.S. I agree that every male cannot endure as well, they need to be moved out of the MOS but here’s the catch, they get their assess dogged until the get it to standard, I know from experience that JAG will be contacted and complaints will be made. This female even said that she had to have thick skin. War is not politically correct, it is not Band of Brothers on TV, personal hygiene goes out the window, so does taking showers. Before our government makes the decision to send women into combat they better put one hell of alot of time into proving that they they can handle the rigors and stand up to the shitstorm that wil inevitably come with the decision. This is not gays in the military, I can guarantee that there is no self admitted gay serving in the specops community(as a snake eater). America is not ready to see their females blown to pieces. And for all of you that say women are already engaged in combat. True they are….when their convoy gets attacked or when the basecamp is targeted, they are not going out on intently going out looking for bad guys to cause trouble, so your point is moot.