Should I Take This Personally?

I'm watching NBC's Today Show on Sunday, 3/19 and they are comparing the liberation of Iraq with the Viet Nam War. They say that among the differences is the fact that the Iraqi conflict is being fought with an all volunteer force of professional soldiers. The Vietnam war was fought using draftees. So was WW I and WW II and the Korean War and other conflicts until 1973.

Was NBC saying that the volunteer soldier is superior to the draftee? If they are saying that, how are they superior? When I was drafted in 1972, I HAD A JOB. Actually, it was a career. I didn't look to the Army to pay my college tuition or my health insurance. The only reason I had to serve in the Army was DUTY. I felt obligated, especially after having been formally invited. I was a damn good soldier too. I have the Army Commendation Medal to prove it! If it makes any difference, I received this recognition from a professional career soldier. If it were not for the American Drafted Soldier, that report on NBC would not have been spoken in English!

Please don't ever slam a draftee.

Barry Bonds On Steroids?

Please, media. Don't insult what's left of my intelligence. Do you think that a couple of San Francisco writers are the first or the most credible of Barry Bonds' accusers? Is this BREAKING NEWS? They say he's been using steroids since '98. Personally, I don't care what he puts in his veins. Steroid use is cheating....at least as of 2003. You know, a routine fly ball to right field becomes a home run. Why does MLB tolerate even the possibility of players cheating? Am I the first to predict that this matter will not keep him fom the Hall Of Fame? Him nor McGuire. Why should MLB want to "rock the boat?" The Golden Goose (we, the paying fans) might slide off the rocking boat...and some of us can't swim!
Looking up, I can see The Babe, in heaven, sitting beside a cold keg of beer, munching on a couple dozen hot dogs and laughing about the whole thing.