The Republicans are trying to get the draft back. NOT....
From an email:
I received an e-mail saying Bush was planning to revive the draft last
week, which is so far from the truth. Then I heard it again on CBS,
by you guessed it, Dan Rather, yesterday. Please forward the
following response to everyone you know, especially the College
Republicans. It took me 2 minutes to get to the truth, how did Dan
Rather miss it. The original e-mail is below.
The following information can be viewed on the Library of Congress
website at: http://thomas.loc.gov/
Actually, it is not Pres. Bush that wants the Mandatory Draft. It is
actually U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (NY) a Black Democrat that is a the author of the House Bill HR 163, which was introduced on January 7, 2003. It is co-sponsored by the following Democratic Members of the
House:
Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3]
Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1]
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7]
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2]
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8]
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12]
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC]
The Senate Bill is also sponsored by a Democrat - Sen. Ernest Hollings (SC). No other Senator has signed on to this bill.
Neither bill has been acted upon by the Republican Committee Chairs.
Hope you all take a look at the Library of Congress Web site and call
each of these people to share your outrage. These are the people you should be voting against. They are the ones that want the Mandatory Draft. Once again, this proves that you can not trust the word of some news organizations. You must research these issues and make competent voting decisions in November. I hope this will encourage you to tell your friends to vote against these people.
(Here is the urban legend)
Subject: FW: FYI Subject: Mandatory drafting for boys and girls
18-26 in the works by Bush
Mandatory drafting for boys and girls 18-26 in the works by Bush Admin
Mandatory drafting for boys and girls FYI: Mandatory drafting for
boys and girls (age 18-26) starting June 15 2005, is something, I believe, everyone should know. This literally affects EVERYONE since we all have or know children that will have to go if this bill passes. If there are children in your family, READ this. 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, so our action on this is needed immediately. 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. Not that it should make a difference, but this plan, among other things, eliminates higher education as a shelter and includes women in the draft. In addition, 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.... Moreover, let
your children know -- it is their future, and they can be a powerful
voice for change! Please also 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 them 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.
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.info/article5146.htm
www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html Congress brought twin bills, S.
89 and HR 163 forward this year, http://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 all your friends Call the Mercury News (News desk) 408-920-5000 E-mail the SF Chronicle at: Tbyrne@sfchronicle.com Contact your Senators and tell them to oppose these bills. Barbara Boxer: 415-403-0100 Diane Feinstein: 415/393-0707 Anna Eshoo: 202/225-8104
I received an e-mail saying Bush was planning to revive the draft last
week, which is so far from the truth. Then I heard it again on CBS,
by you guessed it, Dan Rather, yesterday. Please forward the
following response to everyone you know, especially the College
Republicans. It took me 2 minutes to get to the truth, how did Dan
Rather miss it. The original e-mail is below.
The following information can be viewed on the Library of Congress
website at: http://thomas.loc.gov/
Actually, it is not Pres. Bush that wants the Mandatory Draft. It is
actually U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (NY) a Black Democrat that is a the author of the House Bill HR 163, which was introduced on January 7, 2003. It is co-sponsored by the following Democratic Members of the
House:
Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3]
Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1]
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7]
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2]
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8]
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12]
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC]
The Senate Bill is also sponsored by a Democrat - Sen. Ernest Hollings (SC). No other Senator has signed on to this bill.
Neither bill has been acted upon by the Republican Committee Chairs.
Hope you all take a look at the Library of Congress Web site and call
each of these people to share your outrage. These are the people you should be voting against. They are the ones that want the Mandatory Draft. Once again, this proves that you can not trust the word of some news organizations. You must research these issues and make competent voting decisions in November. I hope this will encourage you to tell your friends to vote against these people.
(Here is the urban legend)
Subject: FW: FYI Subject: Mandatory drafting for boys and girls
18-26 in the works by Bush
Mandatory drafting for boys and girls 18-26 in the works by Bush Admin
Mandatory drafting for boys and girls FYI: Mandatory drafting for
boys and girls (age 18-26) starting June 15 2005, is something, I believe, everyone should know. This literally affects EVERYONE since we all have or know children that will have to go if this bill passes. If there are children in your family, READ this. 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, so our action on this is needed immediately. 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. Not that it should make a difference, but this plan, among other things, eliminates higher education as a shelter and includes women in the draft. In addition, 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.... Moreover, let
your children know -- it is their future, and they can be a powerful
voice for change! Please also 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 them 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.
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.info/article5146.htm
www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html Congress brought twin bills, S.
89 and HR 163 forward this year, http://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 all your friends Call the Mercury News (News desk) 408-920-5000 E-mail the SF Chronicle at: Tbyrne@sfchronicle.com Contact your Senators and tell them to oppose these bills. Barbara Boxer: 415-403-0100 Diane Feinstein: 415/393-0707 Anna Eshoo: 202/225-8104
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