Posted on 11/07/2008 10:53:25 AM PST by syl799
Yes we can--draft your @ss
You know, I warn, and I warn, and I warn, and I warn, but nobody listens. Don't know what I'm talking about? Read on ...
Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, President-Elect Obama's choice for chief of staff in his incoming administration, is co-author of a book, The Plan, that calls for, among other things, compulsory service for all Americans ages 18 to 25. The following excerpt is from pages 61-62 of the 2006 book: It's time for a real Patriot Act that brings out the patriot in all of us. We propose universal civilian service for every young American. Under this plan, All Americans between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five will be asked to serve their country by going through three months of basic training, civil defense preparation and community service. ...
Here's how it would work. Young people will know that between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five, the nation will enlist them for three months of civilian service. They'll be asked to report for three months of basic civil defense training in their state or community, where they will learn what to do in the event of biochemical, nuclear or conventional attack; how to assist others in an evacuation; how to respond when a levee breaks or we're hit by a natural disaster. These young people will be available to address their communities' most pressing needs.
Emanuel and co-author Bruce Reed insist "this is not a draft," but go on to write of young men and women, "the nation will enlist them for three months of civilian service." They also warn, "[s]ome Republicans will squeal about individual freedom," ruling out any likelihood that they would let people opt out of universal citizen service.
As chief of staff, Emanuel will not be in a position to directly introduce public policy, but his enthusiasm for compulsory service, combined with Barack Obama's own plan to require high school students to perform 50 hours of government-approved service, suggest an unfortunate direction for the new administration.
Obama better not try to get his hands on my boys!
and another one.
There has been a marked change in attitude since the “Bill Ayers days” of the Viet Nam conflict. PVC for Dems now is FOR the draft because an over-representation of minorities thought the military was a good job and volunteered. So Ranking, Jackson, et al, decided it was racist.
Finalizing the public school indoctrination; marking the conservatives for “further attention” and finding good candidates for their new SA.
So much for liberty, the Constitution, and limited government.
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This would be a gift. Justified revolution licensed by a socialist government that has run short of slaves. The streets would be full of people ready to express their “disappointment”.
In the Old South they called people forced to do work they did not want to do Slaves and the people doing the forcing Massa. Be very carefull, Barry. History (and the Union) will not be kind to indentured servitude, even a temporary one. If we have an imminent threat to our national security, we won’t need a draft. If we don’t, then mind your own business and let Americans live their lives the way the constitution allows (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness).
I told my eighteen year old son to just tell his friends that were trying to convince him to vote for bama that he’ll be seeing them on the parade grounds in the future.
That is an absurdly short period of "training" to derive any useful benefit for the individual, or society as a whole. The military doesn't want a draft, in part, because military occupations can take years to master even for entry-level recruits. Even 2-year draftees in a non-demanding MOS are practically just out of school & already looking forward to separation just months or a year away. Since we're not building a mass-infantry force of cannon-fodder, there's just no military point to it.
Now if there is an unstated reason, like they want to politically indoctinate your kid in a short period with 100% physical control...
A few weeks ago Obama said:
“if we are going into war, then all of us go, not just some”
I think that the Obama supporters are ... deaf.
Are there even enough bases to support that many people?
Freaking political suicide. And so, it won’t happen.
Sick.
Perfect harmony of totalitarian ideals of The Messiah.
A blatant violation of the XIII Amendment, The Messiah will REQUIRE students to partake in 50 of community service in middle and high school and 100 hours in college:
http://change.gov/americaserves/
Constitution of the United States
Amendment XIII
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Once we occupy Pakistan, sure.
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