This is an inaccurate rumor. See: http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/d/draft.htm or http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/draft.asp
It's always a good idea to check the accuracy of such things before forwarding them on. Jane --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Wendy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query > > > 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. > > The bill, 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. > > $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. > > 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. > > 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. > > This bill also includes the extention of military service for all > those that > are currently active. > > The legislation is called HR 163 and can be found in detail at the > below > listed website. When the site comes up key in "HR 163" and click > search: > > http://thomas.loc.gov/ > > It will bring up the bill for you to read. It is less than two pages > long. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
