[Peace-discuss] Fw: FWD: Here Comes the Draft

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Subject: FWD: Here Comes the Draft

Hi -- A friend sent this today......



>Subject: FWD: Here Comes the Draft
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>Has anyone  heard about this brewing????
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>>   Here Comes the Draft
>>   News/Comment; Posted on: 2004-02-23 14:45:28 [ Printer friendly ]
>>    by Ted Wansley (pictured)
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>>   Millions of American men and women will soon have the 'opportunity' to be
>>impressed into military service and sent over to the Middle East to fight and
>>die for Israel.
>>
>>   Congress introduced the Universal National Service Act, which will require
>>all young Americans 18 - 26 years of age -- including women -- to perform a
>>period of military service or civilian service in furtherance of "national
>>defense and homeland security."
>>
>>   In preparation for the new draft, $28 million has been added to the
>>Selective Service System budget for 2004 (
>>http://www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html ), and the Pentagon is 
>>quietly filling
>>10,350 draft board positions and 11,070 appeals board slots nationwide.
>>
>>   Higher education will not provide exemption. College students will only be
>>allowed to complete their current semester, and Seniors will be allowed to
>>complete the year.
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>>   In December 2001, Canada and the US signed a "Smart Border Declaration,"
>>which will screen for draft dodgers seeking sanctuary in Canada.
>>
>>   Be aware that, once drafted, you lose all of your Constitutional 
>>rights. The
>>First Amendment goes first. Back in the late 1970s while working in the Quad
>>Cities as a commercial diver, I went to a jewelry store to buy my 
>>girlfriend a
>>trinket for Christmas. During my conversation with the jeweler, I learned he
>>was serving on the US spy ship that was captured by North Korea while
>>patrolling its coast. The Koreans claimed the US vessel had entered their
>>territorial waters. The Pentagon denied it. I asked the jeweler to state the
>>truth, and he said he was prohibited from ever divulging the information even
>>though he was no longer in the military.
>>
>>   Second Amendment rights are also denied. Possession of firearms is
>>restricted by military regulations that specify where, when, and by whom they
>>may be carried -- or may even be accessible.
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>>   Trial by jury is replaced by military tribunals. All searches and seizures
>>are lawful. Drafted citizens become legally indentured servants until
>>completion of their "tour." Those who refuse orders to enlist are sent to
>>prison.
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>>   Americans who understand that the current neocon regime in Washington and
>>the potential Kerry regime (funded and promoted by the same 
>>billionaire ethnic
>>lobby) are actually enemies of the American people had better make in-depth
>>plans now to protect their sons and daughters.
>>
>>   Notes, courtesy of Project Censored and indymedia.org:
>>
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>>     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.
>>
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>>     If voters who currently support U.S. aggression abroad were confronted
>>with the possibility that their own children or grandchildren might 
>>not have a
>>say about whether to fight or not, many of these same voters might have a
>>change of mind. (Not that it should make a difference, but this plan would
>>among other things eliminate higher education as a shelter and would not
>>exclude women -- and Canada is no longer an option.)
>>
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>>     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.
>>
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>>     $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
>>http://www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html to view the SSS Annual Performance
>>Plan - Fiscal Year 2004.
>>
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>>     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.
>>
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>>     http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5146.htm
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>>     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.
>>
>>     http://www.projectcensored.org
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>>   Source: Ted Wansley
>>
>>
>>Have a great day --
>>"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to
>>worry about answers."
>>Thomas Pynchon
>>
>>Richard James, McDonald
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