Mandatory draft bill males and females (ages 18-26)
Please go out & VOTE! I don't want to have to move to Japan because of a stupid draft....
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 extension of military service for all those that are currently active.
Mandatory draft bill (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 (companion bills: 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.
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 extension of
military service for all those that are currently active.
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 you go to the select
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
terrorism. This is a critical piece of legislation, this will effect our
undergraduates, 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.gov
www.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 terrorism) proves accurate, the
U.S. may have no choice but to draft.
Tell your friends, Contact your legislators and ask them to oppose these
bills. We must voice our concerns and create the world we want to live in
for our children and grandchildren.
If you care about you or your children being drafted, PLEASE inform more people.
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 extension of military service for all those that are currently active.
Mandatory draft bill (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 (companion bills: 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.
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 extension of
military service for all those that are currently active.
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 you go to the select
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
terrorism. This is a critical piece of legislation, this will effect our
undergraduates, 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.gov
www.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 terrorism) proves accurate, the
U.S. may have no choice but to draft.
Tell your friends, Contact your legislators and ask them to oppose these
bills. We must voice our concerns and create the world we want to live in
for our children and grandchildren.
If you care about you or your children being drafted, PLEASE inform more people.