I don't see why a Soldier's gender is an issue. Whether a person is capable of going into battle or not has nothing to do what they have in their pants. There are women who are strong enough,tough enough,and resolved enough to take on any enemy,just as there are men who are NOT good candidates for battle. Regardless of gender,if you can meet the required standards,you should be accepted on that value alone. It IS true that some people of BOTH genders have weaker skeletal structures that would indicate more likelihood of injuries,(I'm not a "football player" build) but as in my case,they can learn to do the work by using correct posture for lifting,leverage to move heavy things,etc.(I used to have to move and set pop machines for a beverage vendor,back when I was 125 pounds,and I did it without help.) Work SMART.

Amen to this story! Katie,you're WONDERFUL!! Also,Notice the ad next to the second page of this story,"Sign Comprehensive Background Checks",sponsored by the "Mayors Against (illegal) Guns Action Fund"? That's Bloomberg's baby. When will these idiots understand this Bill will not do anything at all to prevent violent gun crimes? This is NOT rocket science,people. Relaxing or eliminating restrictions on America's Second Amendment right to arm ourselves with the guns of our choice,and every American utilizing his or her right to own,carry and use their guns legally will reduce violent gun crime to near zero. This fact has been proven by Towns who have allowed or even mandated (with some exceptions) their Citizens to carry guns freely.

And on the OTHER side of the aisle,we have Ted Nugent. I'm not that into HIS music,but he sure is on the right track with his political thoughts.

Do you know why "young people" (Liberal ones,anyway) support homosexual marriage and homosexual "rights"? Because thanks to Liberals' total lack or principles,morals and family values,God has been cast out of Schools,the Government,the Military,and the FAMILY. Do some research,notice that all these ungodly things became prevalent just about the time Democrats,and the ACLU,began protesting everything related to God,forcing politicians to create unconstitutional laws against people's right to publicly acknowledge the FACT that a younger America's success for over 200 years has been,in large part,because of God's influence. But Liberals have systematically taken God away from Society and created an America that can't possibly succeed. Thanks for killing the United States of America. God help America!

I'm with ya! We need to get as many like-minded Candidates as possible into office from here on. I'm thinking Michele Bachmann,hopefully Sarah Palin,Mike Lee,Ted Cruz,anyone know of any others?? It'd be a good idea to put our support behind Sheriff Joe,too-he's facing a campaign by activists to get him kicked out of office.

I have to wonder if our alleged president has whispered the instructions to his co-conspirators,"Keep me informed on everything,but DON'T PUT ANYTHING IN WRITING!" He'd be stupid to trust anyone without knowing what's going on,but he's NOT stupid. By keeping the "updates" verbal,he retains the appearance of "plausible deniability".

We are SO damned lucky he DID show us what he's REALLY about. Though he wouldn't have been nearly as bad as our alleged president,he would have been a disaster,campaigning on one platform while acting on an opposite one,just the same.

...in particular had "repaired" the same spare tire six times,and it was STILL flat. I said I believe a tire shop would prosper more than he could imagine by properly training his installers and making GETTING IT RIGHT more important than mounting,balancing (?) and installing a tire every 7-1/2 minutes all day. BUT-this manager was maybe 30 years old,and knew everything,so it was wasted breath. After hearing all this,his reply was,"Well,thanks for coming in,and we look forward to selling you your next set of tires,and don't forget we do brakes and alignments too." Fat chance,buckwheat-I'll do my OWN tires before your flunkies get a hand on my trucks. I have access to a nice OLD tire machine,and know where I can get an OLD bubble balancer.

I trained tire installers for Sears Auto Centers for quite a while,so recently I thought I'd talk to the Manager at the local Les Schwabb about working part time. He had a well-rehearsed reply for every question I asked about why I wouldn't work out there. What it boiled down to was that they weren't even REMOTELY interested in quality service. It was all about VOLUME. He needed someone who could do sets of four every 30 minutes all day,and didn't want to risk having me flatline trying to keep up. (Valid point,but one I felt was unfair.) I told him how many tire shops I'd shopped at only ONCE because of the substandard service and stupid mistakes the installers made even though I gave them written instructions,and how his store

Actually,if someone doesn't like it-there's a Border in every direction. Pick one and feel free to step outside.