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Posted: 9/15/04 at 3:03pm
Looks like the draft is going to be making a comeback sooner rather than later. There is a proposal for a draft that is creeping quietly forward while the election takes place. And this is not the draft of the Vietnam era, either. Men and women, ages 18 thru 26, will be the first to go. Think about who this means...this isn’t “other” people...we are talking about posters like NewYorkUniq, Daisy Hilton, PrincessMimiChica, Vicious Circle, and countless other people on this board. (This might be the one instance where anti-gay policies work in someone’s favor....) We are talking about my own daughter. And read the bill...this time around there will be no educational deferments and no escaping to Canada. The truly privileged...the George Bushes of the world... will still find a way out, but there is a lot of war still to be fought along the course we are currently on, and not a lot of people to send, barring a draft. It really is time to pay close attention to what is happening.
Here is the information that was forwarded to me:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5146.htm
There is pending legislation in the House and Senate (twin bills: S 89 and HR 163) which call for mandatory drafting for boys and girls (age 18-26) starting June 15 2005. It will time the program's initiation so the draft can begin just after the 2004 presidential election. The administration is quietly trying to get these bills passed now, while the public's attention is on the elections. Details and links follow. Even those voters who currently support US actions abroad may still object to this move, knowing their own children or grandchildren will not have a say about whether to fight.
Please write to your representatives to ask them why they are not
telling their constituents about these bills -- and write to newspapers and other media outlets to ask why they are not covering this important story. $28 million has been added to the 2004 selective service system (sss) budget to prepare for a military draft that could start as early as June 15, 2005. Selective Service must report to Bush on March 31, 2005 that the system, which has lain dormant for decades, is ready for activation.
See http://www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html to view the sss annual performance plan - fiscal year 2004. The pentagon has quietly begun a public campaign to fill all 10,350 draft board positions and 11,070 appeals board slots nationwide. Though this is an unpopular election year topic, military experts and influential members of congress are suggesting that if Rumsfeld's prediction of a "long, hard slog" in Iraq and Afghanistan [and a permanent state of war on "terrorism"] proves accurate, the U.S. may have no choice but to draft.
http://www.hslda.org/legislation/national/2003/s89/default.asp
Congress brought twin bills, S. 89 and HR 163 forward this year, entitled the Universal National Service Act of 2003, "to provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons [age 18--26] in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes." These active bills currently sit in the committee on armed services. Dodging the draft will be more difficult than those from the Vietnam era. College and Canada will not be options. In December 2001, Canada and the U.S. signed a "smart border declaration," which could be used to keep would-be draft dodgers in. Signed by Canada's minister of foreign affairs, John Manley, and U.S. Homeland Security director, Tom Ridge, the declaration involves a 30-point plan which implements, among other things, a "pre-clearance agreement" of people entering and departing each country. Reforms aimed at making the draft more equitable along gender and class lines also eliminates higher education as a shelter. Underclassmen would only be able to postpone service until the end of their current semester. Seniors would have until the end of the academic year.
Here is the information that was forwarded to me:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5146.htm
There is pending legislation in the House and Senate (twin bills: S 89 and HR 163) which call for mandatory drafting for boys and girls (age 18-26) starting June 15 2005. It will time the program's initiation so the draft can begin just after the 2004 presidential election. The administration is quietly trying to get these bills passed now, while the public's attention is on the elections. Details and links follow. Even those voters who currently support US actions abroad may still object to this move, knowing their own children or grandchildren will not have a say about whether to fight.
Please write to your representatives to ask them why they are not
telling their constituents about these bills -- and write to newspapers and other media outlets to ask why they are not covering this important story. $28 million has been added to the 2004 selective service system (sss) budget to prepare for a military draft that could start as early as June 15, 2005. Selective Service must report to Bush on March 31, 2005 that the system, which has lain dormant for decades, is ready for activation.
See http://www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html to view the sss annual performance plan - fiscal year 2004. The pentagon has quietly begun a public campaign to fill all 10,350 draft board positions and 11,070 appeals board slots nationwide. Though this is an unpopular election year topic, military experts and influential members of congress are suggesting that if Rumsfeld's prediction of a "long, hard slog" in Iraq and Afghanistan [and a permanent state of war on "terrorism"] proves accurate, the U.S. may have no choice but to draft.
http://www.hslda.org/legislation/national/2003/s89/default.asp
Congress brought twin bills, S. 89 and HR 163 forward this year, entitled the Universal National Service Act of 2003, "to provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons [age 18--26] in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes." These active bills currently sit in the committee on armed services. Dodging the draft will be more difficult than those from the Vietnam era. College and Canada will not be options. In December 2001, Canada and the U.S. signed a "smart border declaration," which could be used to keep would-be draft dodgers in. Signed by Canada's minister of foreign affairs, John Manley, and U.S. Homeland Security director, Tom Ridge, the declaration involves a 30-point plan which implements, among other things, a "pre-clearance agreement" of people entering and departing each country. Reforms aimed at making the draft more equitable along gender and class lines also eliminates higher education as a shelter. Underclassmen would only be able to postpone service until the end of their current semester. Seniors would have until the end of the academic year.
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Updated On: 9/15/04 at 03:03 PM
i know id be defending the USA, but i am scared to death when im in a presense of a gun (real or fake) haha. I will rely on my flat feet to get me outa it. 
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