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FYI:

Taken from the Selective Service website a minute ago:

http://www.sss.gov/
"On October 5, 2004, the House of Representatives voted 402 - 2 to defeat H.R. 163, the bill cited as proof that the Selective Service was preparing to reinstate a military draft. The vote made official what has been a reality since January 7, 2003, when H.R. 163 was introduced despite nearly total opposition in Congress to restoring the draft. Without Congressional support, the draft cannot be reinstated. A similar bill languishes in the Senate.

Both President George W. Bush and Senator John F. Kerry have stated for the record that they oppose a draft. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld also has opposed the draft on numerous occasions.

Since 1980, the Selective Service System has discharged its mission of preparing to manage a draft if and when Congress and the President so direct. The House action proves that the Selective Service has gotten no such direction. That being the case, the Agency will maintain its readiness as required by law, and to register young men between the ages of 18 and 25. That mission has been reaffirmed frequently by successive Administrations and by Congress under the leadership of both parties."

So while there is no active draft, the Selective Service makes it possible to activate one automatically. If I were a male, and in this young man's shoes, believing politically the way he does, I'd be pretty upset too...

Now, the comment about the trees - obviously he is misguided. But the worries about the draft... I wouldn't say they are completely unfounded.

A funny story (well now anyway...)
I remember back in 1990 when I graduated a friend of mine whose name is Jaime got a not so nice letter from the Selective Service shortly after she turned 18. Seems they thought Jaime was a boy and they were ready to cart her off to jail. I don't remember exactly how the situation was remedied. I believe she and her mother had to go somewhere in person to prove who she was and that their records were wrong. It's funny now, but it wasn't funny when she got the letter...it was scary.