WILL THE MILITARY DRAFT EVER RETURN? CAN YOUR CHILD BE DRAFTED? THIS ENDLESS WAR AND ALL!
I guess there's no difference between the G.O.P and Demos. They're Republicrats or ACADEMICIANS. Well, a Democratic Senator --Charles Rangel (NY.) back while BUSHES RULED, was proposing a law to have the DRAFT REINSTATED. I just found this out. And asked some of my politically savvy libbie pals if they thought this was HORRIBLE. They told me this meant Donald Trump's two sons would have to go to war and the pretty daughter and back when this was tried in Bush's day, his two girls would have been drafted, Cheney's kid & Rummys daughter...they'd all have to go to Iraq. But somehow I DOUBT IT! This article is old, from BUSH era but it warns of what they are trying to do. GET THE DRAFT GOING JUST IN CASE!
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2005: If you wish TO STOP POLITICIANS like Rangel, BUSH and CHENEY from DRAFTING YOUR child, maybe some PARENT/ CHILD POLITICAL ACTIVSM on the PC might be attempted as a memorable, family activity. TO LEARN FUN WAYS TO DO THAT HIT THE ACTIVISM PAGE.
MOM/DAD KIDS can and should sit together at the PC SCREEN, hammering away with the same effective methods used by Gandhi, Reverend M.L.King, the VIETNAM picketers, working at GETTING (ANY PRO DRAFT SENATOR) back in 2005, Senator RANGEL ---voted OUT OF OFFICE and for good measure, BANISHING any Senator or Congressman who votes favorably on this draft law. That jingoist POLITICO would immediately gets a HISSING, RATTLESNAKE parental GROUP FROM HIS DISTRICT inundating him with MAIL and threats of A RECALL! And laying in wait for the next election to HIRE ANYBODY BUT HIM!
We must organize immediately and that means district leaders who can recruit other parents. It means researchers who inform your group who your congressman is! And who your SENATOR is.
WHAT IS AT STAKE? YOUR SON's LIFE! HIS BODY! HIS WELFARE. HIS FUTURE. YOURS ! YOUR FAMILY'S WELFARE.......
Dad,Mom? What have they DONE TO ME?I KNOW This is intense, forgive me, but in my work with activists, I have learned of the immense laziness of even the most educated, caring people! I have to shake you out of your slumber. This is an occasion for hormonal flow. THE HORMONE OF UTTER HORROR.
THE GOV mayl be COMING AFTER YOUR SON.
PARENT and CHILD POLITICAL ACTIVISM on the PC could be a family-synergy activity.
MOM/DAD KIDS at the PC SCREEN, hammering away on this project WILL NAIL RANGEL!
EVICT RANGEL. The aim should be to get any oligarch-serving buzzard OUT OF CONGRESS.
At another, later time, this kind of ten minute PC family ACTIVIST work would be aimed at banishing any senator or congressman who votes with him! When anyone joins Rangel, he/she immediately gets a RATTLESNAKE parental GROUP FROM HIS DISTRICT inundating him with MAIL.
We might organize by creating flyers for your block, living room groups, district leaders.
a.) Hello, I am named JOE BLOW, I live near you, on your block here in West EVERYVILLE
b.) I have a message for you about Congressman X proposing (voting for) reinstatement of the draft which scared me profoundly as I have a beloved son and a darling daughter. Rather than phone you up, could I send the cyber-flyer to your email? MY EMAIL is JOE AT AOL.com could you write me? Set this flyer by your PC so you don't forget!c.) You will need a few facts in this flyer. Inform yourself now who your Congressman is, your city council people, cuz they can protest with great effectiveness! And find out your SENATOR's name. INCLUDE ALL THE ABOVE's fax, fone, office, email. Your kids and you can do that research together. It makes the flyer much more legit, and who knows, may kick up some fast action from parents still in that first lather of shock!
d.) HAVE A LIVING ROOM MEETING, serve food drink! Do not let it conflict with any sports event or top rated show like DESPERATE
HOUSEWIVES.Now, here is what I (mother of three sons,) just saw:
TODAY, WHILE YOU SLEPT, LEGISLATION was proposed TO REINSTATE THE MILITARY DRAFT!.
CONGRESSMAN CHARLES B. RANGEL
Press Releases
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515 CONTACT: Emile Milne
(202) 225-4365
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CONGRESSMAN CHARLES RANGEL
RENEWS CALL FOR MILITARY DRAFT
WASHINGTON, May 26, 2005 -- Lawmaker Says Desperate Measures to Bolster Dwindling Recruitment Highlight Concerns About an Impending Collapse of the Voluntary SystemCongressman Charles Rangel today announced the reintroduction of his legislation to reinstate the military draft. "I oppose the war in Iraq, but I support the military and the men and women who serve in it," Congressman Rangel said. "What is happening now indicates to me that the entire volunteer system is in danger of collapse under the weight of the burden being placed on those who are serving."
The Congressman's decision to reintroduce his draft legislation now was prompted in part by the growing crisis in military recruiting, which in recent months has suffered a 30 percent decline in enlistments, endangering the long-term viability of the U.S. military.
A symptom of the military's problems was the recent announcement of the Army's intention to allow recruits to sign up for 15 months of active duty service rather than the typical four-year enlistment. This effort to make military service more attractive to recruits is the shortest active-duty requirement ever.
"In rejecting the draft, the Pentagon has argued for years that volunteers wanted to fight and draftees were reluctant. The Secretary of Defense even belittled the sacrifices of Vietnam draftees. They also argued that recruits needed more time for training in order to handle today's high tech systems--not less. This decision shatters the myth of the superiority of the volunteer military while exposing the hypocrisy of the Pentagon's arguments," Congressman Rangel said.
The Army has failed to meet its recruiting goals in successive months since last February, despite increasing enlistment bonuses to $30,000 and enlarging the corps of recruiters, among whom there have been widespread reports of fraud committed under the pressure of meeting their monthly quotas.
"Everyone knows that we went into this war with an insufficient number of troops, but the problem now is filling the ranks of those units that are already on the ground," Congressman Rangel said. "We are only able to keep troops in field by extending deployments, calling back veterans who have previously served in combat and placing an unsustainable burden on the Reserves, who typically were attracted by the extra income they could earn after serving on active duty.
"These practices have devastated the troops' morale, made life more difficult for military families, and in many cases caused the loss of civilian jobs, homes and even marriages."
Congressman Rangel, a Purple Heart and Bronze Star veteran of the Korean War, first introduced legislation to reinstate the draft in January 2003. The bill was defeated by the House of Representatives in a surprise vote in October 2004. Many critics, including Congressman Rangel, believed that the vote was an effort by the Republican leadership to end widespread rumors of President Bush's intention to resort to conscription after the 2004 election.
As in the 108th Congress, the new bill would cover all men and women, 18-26 years of age. It would make military service compulsory for the number determined by the President or alternative national civilian service for those remaining. The length of active duty service would be reduced to 15 months, in line with the recent change announced by the Army. As before, deferments for education would be permitted only through completion of high school, up to age 20, and for reasons of health or conscience.
"The longer we stay in Iraq and the more Americans are killed, and the less attractive military service appears to potential recruits, the closer the country will move toward a decision on the draft," Congressman Rangel said.
"The American people lost confidence in this war long ago, and now that parents are discouraging their children from volunteering, we are faced with a situation in which the most disadvantaged young people from areas of high unemployment will be even more likely to carry the greatest share of the burden," Congressman Rangel said. "If the President wants to do something right now, he should publicly appeal to all Americans to make a personal sacrifice to benefit the war effort."
"Despite the evidence to the contrary, it is just too easy for the President to give assurances that our military would be available and ready to carry out regime change, wherever and whenever he and his advisors want to, whether in Iraq, Iran, Syria or North Korea," Congressman Rangel said.
"The President said in his State of the Union address that war was an option that remained on the table in dealing with these countries. In my view, the war option would not be on the table if the people being placed in harm's way were children of White House officials, members of Congress or CEOs in the boardrooms. As other people's children endure a grinding war, they have been given huge tax cuts, while our veterans have gotten cuts in health benefits," Congressman Rangel said.
SAVE this article, ANTI-DRAFT you can call it, and if DRAFT IS UP FOR VOTE, EMAIL THIS ENTIRE THING TO EVERYBODY YOU KNOW. HOW? SAVE IT TO CACHE as an HTML file titled ANTI DRAFT or WARMONGER.htm or DRAFT.htm THEN send it out to every single address in your browser's address book, as an attachment. THAT way it stays intact, clean, nobody can ever penetrate it or virus infect it.
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