[Dialogue] Subject: FW: MANDATORY DRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, AGES 18-26, STARTING JUNE15, 2005..

Wed Sep 15 18:55:27 EDT 2004

Umm -- Jesse Jackson is a co-sponsor of this one.  It looks like one of
those things you write up and never intend to have passed.  14
co-sponsors (one withdrawn) and it has been in committee since 2003.
Panic not.

Bill Schlesinger
Project Vida
3607 Rivera Ave
El Paso, TX 79905
(915) 533-7057 x 207
(915) 490-6148 mobile
(915) 533-7158 fax
pvida at sbcglobal.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Dialogue-bounces at wedgeblade.net
[mailto:Dialogue-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Evelyn Philbrook
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 4:18 PM
To: 'Colleague Dialogue'
Subject: RE: [Dialogue] Subject: FW: MANDATORY DRAFT FOR BOYS AND
GIRLS,AGES 18-26, STARTING JUNE15, 2005..

Dear American Colleagues, 

I have read this through and am in shock this type of legislature would
be
put in to motion without much fanfare, but am not surprised.

I want to apologize to my non-American colleagues and to those who would
not
like us to use this venue for political purposes, but the spirit moved
me to
act and I am sending this to everyone I can.

Evelyn Kurihara Philbrook

Subject: FW: MANDATORY DRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, AGES 18-26, STARTING
JUNE15, 2005..

I read the bill.  It is rather shocking.  
What happened to freedom of choice in the good old USA?
JB

Subject: MANDATORY DRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, AGES 18-26, STARTING JUNE
15,
2005..

Dear All:  We share with you this message received from dear friends in
San
Juan. Send it along to others.  José

>Express your preference. 
> 
>                   Mandatory draft for boys and girls (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. 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 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 extention of military 
>service for all those that are currently active. If you go to the 
>selcet 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 undergradates, 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 <http://www.house.gov>  www.senate.gov
<http://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
<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, 200 1, 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 
> 
>                       Just type "congress" into the aol search engine 
>and input your zip code. A list of your reps will pop up with a way 
>to email them directly. We can't just sit and pretend that by 
>ignoring it, it will go away. We must voice our concerns and create 
>the world we want to live in for our children and grandchildren.

Let's put an end to war!

_______________________________________________
Dialogue mailing list
Dialogue at wedgeblade.net
http://wedgeblade.net/mailman/listinfo/dialogue_wedgeblade.net