[extropy-chat] Fwd: Manditory draft for your child?

[Samantha Atkins]

Spike,

With all due respect we must act as if this bill is quite real. 
Theories that it may not be must be weighed against the considerable
cost to all of us if this bill is implemented.   I have no doubt that
both Bush and Kerry will in fact push for a draft.  Both parties have
made some noise about all Americans owing some part of the most
formative years of their lives to the nation.   To reword, the State
believes it owns the lives of its citizens for its own purposes.  This
bill also removes college education as being important enough (beyond
age 20 at least) to cause any deferrment.  How many young wonderful
minds that are our future will we let the state spend on whatever it
wishes?

I urge everyone to oppose this in the strongest terms possible.  Amara
is right.  It is damn dark, crazy and scary out there.    Lay the
cynicism aside and shine some friggin light.

- samantha



On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:54:55 -0700, Spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > Zero Powers
> > Subject: [extropy-chat] Fwd: Manditory draft for your child?
> >
> >
> > OK folks, I got the below very breathless email about a purported
> > looming draft bill.  I didn't follow the links, and barely perused the
> > message.  But I remember there was debate on this list about whether
> > dubya is out to implement a draft.  Perhaps this answers that
> > question?
> >
> > Zero
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:21:57 -0700
> > Subject: Fwd: Manditory draft for your child?
> > To: Zero Powers <zero.powers at gmail.com>
> >
> > Mandatory draft for males and females (ages 18-26) starting June
> > 15,2005, is something that everyone should know about...
> 
> Hmmm, several items in there immediately tipped me off
> that this article is as reliable as the former "news"
> service carried by Sea of BS, and their unimpeachable
> anchor Dan Blather.  Consider:
> 
> "Also, crossing into Canada has already been made very difficult."
> 
> Really?
> 
> "...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!"
> 
> Puleeease.
> 
> I looked up the sponsor Charles Rangel, and learned that he
> is a democrat.  Looked up a couple of the cosponsors,
> such as Neil Abercrobie, democrat, I already know that
> Pete Stark is a wicked democrat.  I suspect all these
> are democrats.
> 
>       Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 1/7/2003
>       Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 1/28/2003
>       Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] - 5/19/2004
>       Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 1/28/2003
>       Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 1/7/2003
>       Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 1/28/2003
>       Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 1/28/2003
>       Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 7/21/2004
>       Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 1/28/2003
>       Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 1/7/2003
>       Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 1/7/2003
>       Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 1/28/2003
>       Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 1/7/2003
>         Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 1/28/2003
> 
> Theory: the democrats trumped up a fakey draft bill
> for strictly political reasons.  Note the language
> in the bill.  Note that you never heard more about
> it even tho it was introduced over a year and a half
> ago.  Into the bit bucket with it, Zero.  {8-]  spike
> 
> 
> 
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