We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/now_heres_something_to_ask_jesse_jackson_and_al_sharpton.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:05:45 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Explain away this, race-baiters. Oh ye of "minorities are cannon-fodder" faith... From a bit by Doug Mohney at Strategy Page today, on the post-service earnings costs of military service, and something you aren't likely to see in the MSM until Michael Moore decides he can use it to counter recruiting pitches... ...Results are similar when looking at the post-Vietnam all-volunteer force from 1976 through 1980. Applications for military service were compared to applicants who didn't serve, but had the same education and test scores. White veterans earned about 5 percent less than their non-veteran counterparts when they came out of... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/now_heres_something_to_ask_jesse_jackson_and_al_sharpton.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/now_heres_something_to_ask_jesse_jackson_and_al_sharpton.html Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:13:50 -0600 Interesting. Could it be that (a) military service on the resume helps overcome the doubts of those who are slightly prejudiced or that (b) it provides the mental toughness to persevere in the face of such prejudice? I wonder... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/now_heres_something_to_ask_jesse_jackson_and_al_sharpton.html#comment-8716 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/now_heres_something_to_ask_jesse_jackson_and_al_sharpton.html#comment-8716 Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:33:48 -0600