Since I never filled out an opt out form, my son received a small packet in the mail with the following note from the Marine Corps Recruiting Command: ---- I did. and I'll be damned if I will allow the US government to send my son to defend jews from muslims or be used as a mercenary for a foreign government.
their countries - their problems The USA First!!! On Mar 8, 7:14 am, "M. Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > The Few, the Proud, the High School Studentsby Laurence M. VanceThank you > George Bush and the 186 Republicans in the House and 43 Republicans in the > Senate who passed theNo Child Left Behind Actin 2001. > Buried in Title IX – General Provisions, Part E – Uniform Provisions, Subpart > 2 – Other Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act in Section 9528 – Armed > Forces Recruiter Access to Students and Student Recruiting Information, is > the following provision relating to military recruiters and high school > students:(a) POLICY –(1) ACCESS TO STUDENT RECRUITING INFORMATION – > Notwithstanding section 444(a)(5)(B) of the General Education Provisions Act > and except as provided in paragraph (2), each local educational agency > receiving assistance under this Act shall provide, on a request made by > military recruiters or an institution of higher education, access to > secondary school students names, addresses, and telephone listings.(2) > CONSENT – A secondary school student or the parent of the student may request > that the student's name, address, and telephone listing described in > paragraph (1) not be released without prior written parental consent, and the > local educational agency or private school shall notify parents of the option > to make a request and shall comply with any request.(3) SAME ACCESS TO > STUDENTS – Each local educational agency receiving assistance under this Act > shall provide military recruiters the same access to secondary school > students as is provided generally to post secondary educational institutions > or to prospective employers of those students.(b) NOTIFICATION – The > Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall, not later > than 120 days after the date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of > 2001, notify principals, school administrators, and other educators about the > requirements of this section.(c) EXCEPTION – The requirements of this section > do not apply to a private secondary school that maintains a religious > objection to service in the Armed Forces if the objection is verifiable > through the corporate or other organizational documents or materials of that > school.(d) SPECIAL RULE – A local educational agency prohibited by > Connecticut State law (either explicitly by statute or through statutory > interpretation by the State Supreme Court or State Attorney General) from > providing military recruiters with information or access as required by this > section shall have until May 31, 2002, to comply with that requirement.Since > I never filled out anopt out form, my son received a small packet in the mail > with the following note from the Marine Corps Recruiting Command:Dear High > School Student,When our nation was founded, Marines were there to secure > freedom. Today, it is up to young men and women like you to continue > defending our way of life.Training will offer demanding challenges, but it > will also give you the skill and courage to fight for what’s right. You will > earn the title Marine and take your place among 234 years of honor. It will > be up to you to uphold the freedoms of life, liberty and the pursuit of > happiness for future generations.PRESERVE THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE.Complete > and mail in the enclosed card today. We will send you an information kit and > your choice of free Marine Corps dog tags, duffle bag or skullcap. You can > get more information right now at MARINES.COM/GOAL or contact us at > 1-8-MARINES and give code "GOAL."Semper Fidelis,Fenton ReeseSergeant Major, > United States Marine CorpsSergeant Major, Marine Corps Recruiting CommandP.S. > Show your Marine Corps pride – hang the enclosed poster in your school locker > or bedroom. > > Included in the packet was a card to fill out with pictures at the top of the > dog tags, duffle bag, and skullcap mentioned in the note. An extra card was > also included to "have a friend join you." The card requests not only one’s > name and address, but also one’s e-mail address, phone number, cell number, > date of birth, school name, and last grade completed. The poster mentioned in > the note has two sides. The first side contains the image of a sword with > "United States Marines" on it. The other side contains images of thirty-two > different Marine Corps recruiting posters, some apparently from World War I. > First of all, why would any young woman want to join the Marines? Among other > reasons, several of which I discussed in "No, You Can’t Have My Daughter," > there is the risk of death or sexual assault. Since the beginning of the > so-called war on terror, there have been over 100 U.S. female military > personnel killed in Iraq and 20 in Afghanistan. Of all the places for a young > American woman to die, a war zone in Iraq or Afghanistan shouldn’t be one of > them. And of all the ways for a young American woman to die, getting blown up > by an IED shouldn’t be one of them. Sexual assaults in the military are on > the increase –as acknowledged by the Defense Department. > And second, why would any young man want to join the Marines? Just look at > all the lies in the brief note from the Marine Corps Recruiting Command.Lie > no. 1: "Today, it is up to young men and women like you to continue defending > our way of life."Lie no. 2: "Training will offer demanding challenges, but it > will also give you the skill and courage to fight for what’s right."Lie no. > 3: You will earn the title Marine and take your place among 234 years of > honor.Lie no. 4: It will be up to you to uphold the freedoms of life, liberty > and the pursuit of happiness for future generations. > The unvarnished truth is that Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan are not > currently defending our way of life, they are not currently fighting for what > is right, they are not currently worthy of honor, and they are not currently > upholding any freedoms for future generations. > If you doubt the truth of what I’m saying, then I refer you to not just > mybookand myarticle archive, but to ex-MarineJames Glaser, ex-ArmyMichael > Gaddy, ex-Air ForceMike Reith, and the veterans who signed my "Letter to a > Christian Young Man Regarding Joining the Military." > By the way, my son will not be sending in the reply card – or getting the dog > tags, duffle bag or skullcap.http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance197.html -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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