RTP-area local music and culture

["Anne Gomez" <annemgomez AT hotmail.com>]

Well, when I posted it, I said I wasn't sure of what it said and was asking 
if anyone else knew about it.  Someone promptly replied with more 
information.  And during that time I spoke to some people at work who 
explained the background of the bill and I posted what I found out.  So 
don't get your panties in a wad.


> From: sschale AT ktc.com (sschale)
> Reply-To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: not music, but scary
> Date: 25 Sep 2004 09:21:17 -0700
>
> Since HR163 was written by DEMOCRATS (count 'em -- 16 Democrats), led
> by Mr. Conyers, why in the hell are you on Bush's case in your
> protests??  Don't you people EVER check anything out before you
> perpetuate the Bush-hate fed to you by the Democratic Party???
> Sheesh.
>
> Check out 
> http://congress.org/congressorg/bill.xc?billnum=H.R.163&congress=108
>
> CClark AT slk-law.com (Clark, Chris) wrote in message 
> news:<0E5A36C5BE98D411B34F00508B9AF891D61B2E@CHA_NT>...
> > This might help:
> >
> > http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/draft.asp
> >
> > (It's fairly long - otherwise I would copy and paste it)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: annemgomez AT hotmail.com [mailto:annemgomez AT hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 12:18 PM
> > To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: not music, but scary
> >
> >
> > This is the text of message that went through several forwardings before 
> it
> > got to me  (I will be happy if someone can show this is all
> > fake):
> >
> > Subject: Bush administration quietly sets up return of the draft. (pass 
> it
> > on)
> >
> >
> >    Bush is of course being very quiet about this right now, but it's
> > QUITE real ... the administration is gearing up for a return of the 
> draft.
> >
> >    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 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query> ) 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.
> >
> >    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/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HR00163:@@@L&summ2=m&;
> > <http://thomas/>
> >
> >    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 its borders. This bill also includes the extension 
> of
> > military service for all those that are currently active.
> >
> >    If you go to the selective 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.
> >
> >    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.
> >
> >    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>
> > http://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.
> >
> >    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/>
> >
> >     http://www.house.gov <http://www.house.gov/>
> >
> >     www.senate.gov <http://www.senate.gov/>
> >
> >     http://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.
> >
> >     www.hslda.org/legislation/national/2003/s89/default.asp
> > <http://www.hslda.org/legislation/national/2003/s89/default.asp>
> >
> >     http://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.
> >
> >    This is by no means the worst thing that will happen if Bush is
> > re-elected, but it's one of the fastest things.
> >
> >    (On another note -- see below my signature for well-documented
> > information regarding Cheney's efforts to help Saddam Hussein and Iran 
> at a
> > time when they were listed by US State department as "state-sponsors" of
> > terrorism.)
> >
> >    HOPE IS ON THE WAY: Kerry-Edwards '04
> >    Click Here to Contribute:
> > https://contribute.johnkerry.com/contribute.html?team=54
> >    All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do
> > nothing. Edmund Burke
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