im sure some of you have seen this chain going around... ive recieved it again.. it reads:> Sorry for the mass email, but I feel this is very important issue that not enough people are aware of.
> After reading this, please forward to anyone you think might be concerned. Also, type "S 89" or "HR 163" into Google and you'll come up with stuff from Congress' web page.
>
> Jason Frantz
> U.S Preparing for Military Draft in Spring 2005
>
> Pending legislation in the House and Senate
> (twin bills S 89 and HR 163) would time the
> program so the draft could begin at early as
> Spring 2005 -- conveniently just after the 2004
> presidential election! But the administration is
> quietly trying to get these bills passed NOW,
> so our action is needed immediately. Details
> and links follow.
>
> 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:
>
http://www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html> to view the
> SSS Annual Performance Plan - Fiscal Year
> 2004.
>
> 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.
>
> Congress brought twin bills, S. 89 and H.R.
> 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 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 cur-rent semester. Seniors
> would have until the end of the academic year.
>
> *This article by Adam Stutz is from the "What's
> Hot Off the Press" column of the newsletter of
> Project Censored, a media research ! group at
> Sonoma State University that tracks the news
> publishe d in independent journals and
> newsletters. From these, Project Censored
> compiles an annual list (more than 20 years
> running) of 25 news stories of social
> significance that have been overlooked,
> under-reported, or self-censored by the
> country's major national news media. The
> mission of Project Censored is "to educate
> people about the role of independent
> journalism in a democratic society and to tell
> The News That Didn't Make the News and
> why."
>
> "What's Hot Off the Press" includes student
> synopses of articles currently being
> investigated for inclusion in the next Project
> Censored report. For more info and/or to
> receive Project Censored's newsletter, go to
>
http://www.projectcensored.org or email
> [censored]@sonoma.edu
>
>
> Don't beleive it yet? Go to
>
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/g_three_sections_with_teasers/legislative_home.htm and search for "S 89",
> then later search for "HR 163" where it says
> "By Number" and you'll find the articles. I
> would link you to the articles directly but that
> doesn't work for some reason.
go to the links. they check out. this isnt some rediculous rant about some distant effect of our current ignorance, this is NOW.
thats right boys AND girls, are you prepared to lay down your life in a completely unnecessary war? are you prepared to die for greedy bastards who dont know when enough is enough?
vote wisely.
