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daniel411
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Awhile back I came accross this write up:
"There is pending legislation in the House and
Senate(twin bills: S 89 and HR 163) which will time
the program's initiation so the draft can begin at
early as Spring 2005 -- 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.
Even those voters who currently support U.S. actions
abroad may still object to this move, knowing their
own children or grandchildren will not have a say
about whether to fight.
(Not that it should make a difference, but this
plan,among other
things 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 and
includes women in the draft -- also crossing into
Canada has already been made very difficult.)
ACTIONS, ACTIONS, ACTIONS:
Please send this on to all the parents and teachers
you know, and all the aunts and uncles,
grandparents,godparents.... And let your children know
-- it's their future, and they can be a powerful voice
for change! Please also write to your representatives
to ask them why they aren't telling their constituents
about these bills -- and write to newspapers and other
media outlets to ask them why they're not covering
this important story.
*********
The DRAFT
$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. SSS
must report to Bush on March 31, 2005 that the
system, which has lain dormant for decades, is ready
for activation.
Please see website: 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.informationclearinghouse....rticle5146.htm
www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html
Congress brought twin bills, S. 89 and H.R. 163
forward this year,
http://www.hslda.org/Legislation/Na...S89/default.asp
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 otherpurposes."
These active bills currently sit in the Committee on
Armed Services.
Dodging the draft will be more difficult than those
from the Vietnam era remember. College and Canada will
not be options. In December 2001, Canada and the US
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
US Homeland Security Director, Gov. 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"
I glanced over it, looked up some links to verify parts of it, but mostly just "saved" it for an indepth review later on when I have more time as ol' Rumsfields been pretty vocal about wanting to maintain a "professional" army, not a enslaved military. Well, after seeing this article... I think that I'm going to have to look into all of this a bit more
Nader tells youths to brace for draft!
http://washingtontimes.com/national/...4403-9384r.htm
"There is pending legislation in the House and
Senate(twin bills: S 89 and HR 163) which will time
the program's initiation so the draft can begin at
early as Spring 2005 -- 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.
Even those voters who currently support U.S. actions
abroad may still object to this move, knowing their
own children or grandchildren will not have a say
about whether to fight.
(Not that it should make a difference, but this
plan,among other
things 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 and
includes women in the draft -- also crossing into
Canada has already been made very difficult.)
ACTIONS, ACTIONS, ACTIONS:
Please send this on to all the parents and teachers
you know, and all the aunts and uncles,
grandparents,godparents.... And let your children know
-- it's their future, and they can be a powerful voice
for change! Please also write to your representatives
to ask them why they aren't telling their constituents
about these bills -- and write to newspapers and other
media outlets to ask them why they're not covering
this important story.
*********
The DRAFT
$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. SSS
must report to Bush on March 31, 2005 that the
system, which has lain dormant for decades, is ready
for activation.
Please see website: 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.informationclearinghouse....rticle5146.htm
www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html
Congress brought twin bills, S. 89 and H.R. 163
forward this year,
http://www.hslda.org/Legislation/Na...S89/default.asp
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 otherpurposes."
These active bills currently sit in the Committee on
Armed Services.
Dodging the draft will be more difficult than those
from the Vietnam era remember. College and Canada will
not be options. In December 2001, Canada and the US
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
US Homeland Security Director, Gov. 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"
I glanced over it, looked up some links to verify parts of it, but mostly just "saved" it for an indepth review later on when I have more time as ol' Rumsfields been pretty vocal about wanting to maintain a "professional" army, not a enslaved military. Well, after seeing this article... I think that I'm going to have to look into all of this a bit more
Nader tells youths to brace for draft!
http://washingtontimes.com/national/...4403-9384r.htm
