Take a look at this thread
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1235813/posts
Oh, and I caught where I need to add "of" right after "instead".
Excerpts:
The bills are not being pushed. It's quite true that the two bills mentioned would require both men and women aged 18 through 25 to perform a two-year period of "national service," which incidentally could be either military or non-military service. But the bills are sponsored only by Democrats, and there's not the slightest evidence that the Bush administration is pushing for them, quietly or otherwise.
One bill is HR 163 , whose principle sponsor is Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. It has 14 co-sponsors, all of them Democrats in a Congress controlled by Republicans. The bill was dead on arrival: it sits in a House subcommittee with no hearings or votes scheduled and no action expected.
In fact, Rangel told FactCheck.org through his spokesman Emile Milne that even he isn't pushing for passage, let alone Bush (emphasis added):
Rep. Rangel: I'm not pushing this bill . It's up to the President to come to me when he needs it.
The identical Senate bill, S. 89 , introduced by Democratic Sen. Ernest Hollings, and also was DOA. Not one other senator has co-sponsored it. It also sits in committee with no action scheduled or expected.
Both bills in question were drawn up before the Iraq war started, mostly to make a political point. Rangel said he acted to highlight Democratic objections to use of military force against Saddam Hussein. He wrote , "I truly believe that decision-makers who support war would more readily feel the pain of conflict and appreciate the sacrifice of those on the front lines if their children were there, too."
Don't let the thread police get you down - enthusiasm is our friend. (And some of us may not have seen the earlier posts.) Bump!
a good search here on FR would have answered your question without even waisting space and bandwidth.
Everyone from 13 and up will be forced to 'volunteer' under sKerry's commie plan.
You know, I've read about these e-mails on FR, but haven't recieved one yet. I wonder how all you people are getting them? I'm genuinely curious. Is it because you mistakenly gave out your e-mail to the "wrong" type of website? Is it your friends that are sending this?
Just curious.