War on Terrorism... a New Draft?

[LosAngelesDemocrat]

Anyone have info or specific information in regards to preparation of a new national draft? There has been rumors that the selective service and pentagon have been preparing for the eventuality of such a draft due to staffing problems in the volunteer military.

[mac2]

1. Smart Borders (SSS) and Draft Bill S 89 IS

Go to Thomas web site and look it up. Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/
It looks like more than a Draft Bill. It give any President unlimited powers over citizen movements, service, etc.

"US Preparing for Military Draft in Spring 2005
> by Adam Stutz
> Vancouver IndyMedia - Wednesday January 28, 2004 at 09:50 AM
>
> http://www.vancouver.indymedia.org/news/2004/01/105146.php
>
> The current agenda of the US federal government is to reinstate the
> draft in order to staff up for a protracted war on "terrorism."
>
> Pending legislation in the House and Senate (twin bills S 89 and HR
> 163) would time the program so the draft could begin at early as
> Spring 2005 -- conveniently just after the 2004 presidential election!
>
> Reinstatement of the draft
>
> Dear Friends and Family,
>
> I urge you to read the article below on the current agenda of the
> federal government to reinstate the draft in order to staff up for a
> protracted war on "terrorism."
>
> Pending legislation in the House and Senate (twin bills S 89 and HR
> 163) would time the program so the draft could begin at early as
> Spring 2005 -- conveniently just after the 2004 presidential election!
> But the administration is quietly trying to get these bills passed
> NOW, so our action is needed immediately. Details and links follow.
>
> If voters who currently support U.S. aggression abroad were confronted
> with the possibility that their own children or grandchildren might
> not have a say about whether to fight, many of these same voters might
> have a change of mind. (Not that it should make a difference, but this
> plan would among other things eliminate higher education as a shelter
> and would not exclude women -- and Canada is no longer an option.)
>
> 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! Please also write to your representatives to 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 (SSS)
> budget to prepare for a military draft that could start as early as
> June 15, 2005. SSS must report to Bush on March 31, 2005 that the
> system, which has lain dormant for decades, is ready for activation.
> Please see website: http://www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html to view
> the SSS 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 > permanent state of war on "terrorism"] proves accurate, the U.S.

> http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5146.htm
>
> Congress brought twin bills, S. 89 and H.R. 163 forward this year,
> entitled the Universal National Service Act of 2003, "To provide for
> the common defense by requiring that all young persons 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 Vietnan era remember. College and Canada will not be options. In December 2001, Canada and the US 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 US Homeland Security
> Director, Gov. 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."

Vote for a anti-war candidate. Call your Senator and tell them this is a dangerous bill. It could lead to tyranny using the draft bill to do so.

[PaDUer]

2. Santorum?! n/t