Mandatory draft for boys and girls (ages 18-26) starting June 15, 2005,
is
something that everyone should know about. This literally effects
everyone
since we all have or know children that will have to go if this bill
passes.
There is pending legislation in the house and senate (twinbills: S89 and
HR
163) which will time the program's initiation so the draft can begin as
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, so our action on this is needed
immediately. Details and links follow.
This plan, among other things, eliminates higher education as a shelter
and
includes women in the draft. Also, crossing into Canada has already been
made very difficult.
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!
This legislation is called HR 163 and can be found in detail at this
website:
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Just enter in "HR 163" and click search and will bring up the bill for
you
to read. It is less than two pages long.
If this bill passes, it will include all men and ALL WOMEN from ages 18
- 26
in a draft for military action. In addition, college will no longer be
an
option for avoiding the draft and they will be signing an agreement with
the
Canada which will no longer permit anyone attempting to dodge the draft
to
stay within it's borders. This bill also includes the extention of
military
service for all those that are currently active. If you go to the
selcet
service web site and read their 2004 FYI Goals you will see that the
reasoning for this is to increase the size of the military in case of
****. This is a critical piece of legislation, this will effect
our
undergradates, our children and our grandchildren. Please take the time
to
write your congressman and let them know how you feel about this
legislation.
www.house.govwww.senate.gov
Please also write to your representatives and 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
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.
Please see www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html to view the Selective
Service
System 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 permanent state of war on ****)
proves accurate, the U.S. may have no choice but to draft.
www.hslda.org/legislation/national/2003/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 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.
What to do:
Tell your friends
Contact your legislators and ask them to oppose these bills
Just type "congress" into the aol search engine and input your zip code.
A
list of your reps will pop up with a way to email them directly. We
can't
just sit and pretend that by ignoring it, it will go away. We must voice
our
concerns and create the world we want to live in for our children and
grandchildren.
so what do you guys think about this???
I definately agree with meya...
but i mean...i love this country and all...its just the government that is sooooo freakin corupted its not even funny....wtf would i fight a war on alien land when there has been a freakin war going on in my country since the day it came to be???
then there's the whole "Im scared of war..." "dont' want to die when im JUST beginning my life"..."I dont want to be involved in the madness"...."dont want to be fearful of my life"
and hell...i just DONT WANT TO DIE FOR SOMETHING I DONT BELIEVE IN
^^
lol, ooookaaaay...
i wouldn't go 2 THAT extreme....i luv this country...it's just the people that run it that i tend not 2 care 4 :evil:....
& me not preferrin' to overseas to "fight for this country" doesn't make me unpatriotic or anti-American...makes me anti-bullsh*t
Well, I don't love this country. I mean, it's okay, I guess. But this is not my preferred habitat. That is all I was saying. And I wasn't speaking in direct reference to you when I was talking about being unpatriotic... if you are patriotic, I am happy for you. In fact, I encourage it.
oh, girl...i know u weren't speakin' in direct reference to me...i was just saying that i know some people might say they don't like this country when they might mean they just don't like the "powers 2 be" of this land (like myself)...
but i got ya...ya definitely ain't feelin' the country, period...nothin' wrong with that - that's ya opinion....i was just saying that that isn't necessarily the case for me ...
Mrs.SweetLeeDevonThornton wrote:
but i mean...i love this country and all...its just the government that is sooooo freakin corupted its not even funny....wtf would i fight a war on alien land when there has been a freakin war going on in my country since the day it came to be???
then there's the whole "Im scared of war..." "dont' want to die when im JUST beginning my life"..."I dont want to be involved in the madness"...."dont want to be fearful of my life"
and hell...i just DONT WANT TO DIE FOR SOMETHING I DONT BELIEVE IN
i feel u on all of that....especially the 1st & last parts....that's exactly where i'm comin' from....
^^
lol, ooookaaaay...
i wouldn't go 2 THAT extreme....i luv this country...it's just the people that run it that i tend not 2 care 4 :evil:....
& me not preferrin' to overseas to "fight for this country" doesn't make me unpatriotic or anti-American...makes me anti-bullsh*t
lol, ooookaaaay...
i wouldn't go 2 THAT extreme....i luv this country...it's just the people that run it that i tend not 2 care 4 :evil:....
& me not preferrin' to overseas to "fight for this country" doesn't make me unpatriotic or anti-American...makes me anti-bullsh*t
...
