S.89 - Title: A bill to provide for the common defense

SUMMARY AS OF: 1/7/2003--Introduced. Universal National Service Act of 2003 - Declares that it is the obligation of every U.S. citizen, and every other person residing in the United States, between the ages of 18 and 26 to perform a two-year period of national service, unless exempted, either as a member of an active or reserve component of the armed forces or in a civilian capacity that promotes national defense. Requires induction into national service by the President. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) induction deferments, postponements, and exemptions, including exemption of a conscientious objector from military service that includes combatant training; and (2) discharge following national service.

Amends the Military Selective Service Act to authorize the military registration of females.

This has NOTHING to do with military manpower requirements.

As an intended-to-fail proposal, it's a straw man set up
so that Kerry+Edwards can promise to oppose it.

As a serious proposal, it has everything to do with
Universal National Service - stealing two years from
every life, then 3, then 4, and why stop there ...

And National Service has nothing to do with service.
It has everything to do with indoctrination of the slaves.

H.R.163
Title: 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.
Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] (introduced 1/7/2003) Cosponsors (14)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 1/7/2003
Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 1/28/2003
Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] - 5/19/2004
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 1/28/2003
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 1/7/2003
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 1/28/2003
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 1/28/2003
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 7/21/2004
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 1/28/2003
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 1/7/2003
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 1/7/2003
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 1/28/2003
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 1/7/2003
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 1/28/2003

Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 1/28/2003(withdrawn - 6/21/2004)
All members of the Democrat party.

The next time you hear the liberals fretting over a new draft, remind them of this. The only people pushing for a draft are extreme liberal politicians.

Following is excerpted from a note I wrote to a friend who was freaked-out about this.


Relax.
 
The House and Senate versions of these  bills were introduced in 
January, 2003 (almost two years ago), in the previous session of
Congress (the first session of the 108th Congress) by DEMOCRATS 
to panic people into going against George Bush and the policies 
of the current administration.
 
The bill was deliberately written with language chosen to maximize 
parental horror.
 
Look at the cast of characters sponsoring the House version of the 
bill.
 
Charlie Rangel D-NY, Jim McDermott D-WA, John Conyers D-GA, John
Lewis D-GA, Pete Stark D-CA, Neil Abercrombie D-HI.
 
The Senate version of the bill was introduced to the Senate Armed
Services committee by its sole sponsor, Ernest "Fritz" Hollings D-SC.
 
The chance of a one-party sponsored bill getting out of any committee
and onto the floor of Congress is miniscule. 

The chance of any Democrat-only sponsored bill by the abovelisted 
group of ultra-Left looney toons getting out of a committee chaired by a 
Republican is ZERO.
 
Both versions of the Bill will certainly perish with the impending 
expiration of the 108th Congress this year.
 
I'm sure if you contact Cong. Bass and Senators Gregg and Sununu,
you will find that they have no intention of lending any support
whatsoever to much of anything promoted by the nutcases that sponsored
this piece of junk legislation.
 
I'm not saying that a draft cannot happen. It still can. But I can 
all but guarantee that it won't look anything like the piece of work
submitted by the Maoist Wing of the Democrat Party. 
 
Hope this provides a little comfort.

Senator Hollings is a DEMOCRAT. This was a stunt.

NOBODY co-sponsored the bill.

But you already knew all that.

The DEMONRATS (spelling intentional) are the ones who keep talking about the draft to scare people, pretending that the Republicans want it.

NO Republican said anything about introducing the draft. The Democrats are trying to use this as a scare tactic.

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