KERRY’S SECRET DRAFT PLANS (let's circulate this email and see where it goes)

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I sent it out.

Check out THIS dumb chain e-mail I received (obviously accidentally)... What dumb-asses!!!

-----Original Message----- From: Santina Fuimano [mailto:sfiumano@si.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 8:26 PM To: Allen, Judy; Arlene; Baselice, Pauline; Bragg, Kathy; Chickie; Cucurullo, Donna; Cucurullo, Nick & Val; Diane; Duggan, Elaine; ERRICO, CAROLYN; Fiumano, Liz; Fusco, Valerie; Goercke, Jeanette; Hosford, Victor; Jaimie (Generali); Janet; Knesel, Robyn; Kober, Donna; Maidie; Marge; Massa, Danny; McNamara, Lynne; Mondello, Marie; Mulligan, Jennifer; Posecznick, Gloria work; Scotto, Steve; SCOTTO, DEBORAH; Storer, Mary; Suskowitz, Alice Subject: FW: Selective Service news-important

This is the email I sent to Vito Fossella my representative in Staten Island. I think we all need to send emails to our congressmen and women to try to stop the new draft.

Hello,

I live in Rossville and would like to cast my vote as a NO for the draft.

I am not in favor of the new draft that the government is planning to put into action. This is still the United States of American and it represents the freedom of choice.

The draft should be something that we want to do for our country and for the war on terrorism and to keep freedom strong.and not be made mandatory.

I have a son soon to be 22 and is currently y in college. I have 13 nieces and nephews three of whom are approaching their 18th birthday.

I VOTE NO TO THE NEW DRAFT. Please speak for me when your time comes to oppose the new draft.

Thank you,

Santina Fiumano

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Subject: FW: Selective Service news-important

A mandatory draft for boys and girls (ages 18-26) starting June 15, 2005, is something that everyone should know about. This literally effects everyone since we all have or know children that will have to go if this bill passes. There is pending legislation in the house and senate (companion bills: S89 and HR 163) which will time the program's initiation so the draft can begin as early as spring 2005,just after the 2004 presidential election. The Bush administration is quietly trying to get these bills passed now, while the public's attention is on the elections, so our action on this is needed immediately. Details and links follow.

This plan, among other things, eliminates higher education as a shelter and includes women in the draft. Also, crossing into Canada has already been made very difficult.

Actions:

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! This legislation is called HR 163 and can be found in detail at this website:

http://thomas.loc.gov/

Just enter in "HR 163" and click search and will bring up the bill for you to read. It is less than two pages long. If this bill passes, it will include all men and ALL WOMEN from ages 18 - 26 in a draft for military action. In addition, college will no longer be an option for avoiding the draft and they will be signing an agreement with the Canadian government which will no longer permit anyone attempting to dodge the draft to stay within it's borders. This bill also includes the extention of military service for all those that are currently active. If you go to the select service web site and read their 2004 FYI Goals you will see that the reasoning for this is to increase the size of the military in case of terrorism. This is a critical piece of legislation, this will effect our undergradates, our children and our grandchildren. Please take the time to write your congressman and let them know how you feel about this legislation.

http://www.house.gov http://www.senate.gov

Please also write to your representatives and 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 are not covering this important story.

The drafted $28 million has been added to the 2004 Selective Service system budget to prepare for a military draft that could start as early as June 15, 2005. Selective service must report to Bush, if he wins the election on March 31, 2005 (that the system, which has lain dormant for decades, is ready for activation.)

Please see http://www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html to view the Selective Service System 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(and permanent state of war on terrorism) proves accurate, the U.S. may have no choice but to draft. http://www.hslda.org/legislation/national/2003/s89/default.asp entitled the Universal National service Act of 2003, "to provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons (age 18-26) 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 Vietnam era. College and Canada will not be options. In December, 2001, Canada and the U.S. 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 U.S. Homeland Security director, 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.

What to do: Tell your friends, contact your legislators and ask them to oppose these bills.

Just type "congress" into the aol search engine and input your zip code. A list of your reps will pop up with a way to email them directly. We can't just sit and pretend that by ignoring it, it will go away. We must voice our concerns and create the world we want to live in for our children and grandchildren.

Maria P. Santiago Legal Secretary Todtman, Nachamie, Spizz & Johns, P.C. 425 Park Avenue, 5th Floor New York, NY 10022 Telephone: (212) 754-9400 Fax: (212) 754-6262 Email: MSantiago@tnsj-law.com

Done!!! Passed this too lots and lots of folks.

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To be fair, Kerry is actually suggesting that he will bring back the draft. He's very careful not to suggest that Bush wants the draft, but that a draft is an inevitable result of Bush's policies.

Since Kerry has said that he would continue the Iraq policies, he's implying that he intends to bring back the draft.

AND, just as "only Nixon could go to China," only a "decorated war hero" like John Kerry could get away with it.

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Democrats (leftists) are surpassed only Satan in lying.

oops Democrats (leftists) are surpassed only by Satan in lying.

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You said, "actually, this is closer to the truth. Because if Kerry is elected, signups and re-enlistments to the military will plummet..."

True, I'm one who is willing to resume my military career IF Bush is re-elected. I would refuse to serve under Kerry, who practically betrayed all in uniform...and still refuses to admit he was wrong. However, something tells me he is actually proud to have been an anti-war advocate in the '70's.

I have minimal respect for Kerry and his lying, phony "strand of brothers". One or two Vets are paid - Rasmussen is on the campaign payroll - to stand by Kerry versus "ONLY" 250 Vets who stick their necks out to testify and expose Kerry's lies.