Heads up all americans I recieved this email, which come from a legit source. Hope all of you contact your reps and do something about this. :help:
object: Reactivation of the Draft
Mandatory draft for boys and girls (ages18-26) 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!
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
http://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.
www.hslda.org/legislation/national/2003/s89/default.asp
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 your friends
Contact your legislators and ask them to oppose these bills
For the full list of representatives and websites, go to:
visi.com/juan/congress/