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Here comes the Draft!!! (Troll's zot-proofing needs work)
Beliefnet.com ^ | Posted by Gomer HogDog, now a Pyle of ashes.

Posted on 01/05/2005 8:38:49 AM PST by HogDog

Brethren Agree to Revive 'Alternative Service' Draft Programs

By Kevin Eckstrom Religion News Service Leaders of the Church of the Brethren say they will follow through on a request from the Selective Service to have "alternative service" programs in place for conscientious objectors if a draft is reinstated.

As one of the historic "peace churches" that shun military service, Brethren officials were "cautious" after an unannounced visit by a draft official to a church center in Maryland last October. Officials were worried that the visit signaled that a draft may be at hand. In follow-up meetings, draft officials urged the church to dust off long-standing "alternative service" programs that allow conscientious objectors to serve in two-year domestic service projects in lieu of military service.

In a meeting Dec. 10, the church's council voted to "maximize our efforts" on alternative service, as well as help "guide our youth in their choice of nonviolent service."

"We don't want to miss the part of providing resources to our youth that will help them understand and embrace the Brethren peace witness," said Chris Bowman, moderator of the church's 2004 conference.

Selective Service officials have insisted there are no plans to reinstate the draft, and said Alternative Service Director Cassandra Costley stopped by the Brethren Service Center simply because she was in the area.

Dick Flahavan, a spokesman for Selective Service, said officials did their best to convince church leaders there is no draft on the horizon. "We answered every one of their questions and they didn't leave with anything hanging," he said. "What we were telling them was what we tell everyone. The story hasn't varied."

Brethren leaders also agreed to meet in March with other Anabaptist churches that oppose military service. The meeting in Elgin, Ill., will bring together six Brethren and Mennonite groups to discuss "how to prepare for alternative service opportunities."


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To: HogDog

bump for the chump!

Hey, are you busy the 6th? How about the 20th? Write this number down: 1-800-BUSH-WON. You may need it!


101 posted on 01/05/2005 8:55:54 AM PST by eyespysomething (And a happy new year!)
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To: HogDog

102 posted on 01/05/2005 8:56:32 AM PST by No Blue States
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To: HogDog
Behold the power of the anti ZOT

Gotta love this post, he posts to himself, Brilliant!

103 posted on 01/05/2005 8:56:42 AM PST by frog_jerk_2004
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To: HogDog
I am ZOT proof
wronnnnng! LOL
104 posted on 01/05/2005 8:56:45 AM PST by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
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To: HogDog
Bush never smoked crack, and the girly boys are the ones who post at DU where you belong.
105 posted on 01/05/2005 8:56:49 AM PST by demlosers
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To: HogDog
"I am ZOT proof"

Famous Last Words.

106 posted on 01/05/2005 8:56:50 AM PST by balk
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To: HogDog

For your education:

Background of Selective Service

For more than 50 years, Selective Service and the registration requirement for America's young men have served as a backup system to provide manpower to the U.S. Armed Forces.

President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 which created the country's first peacetime draft and formally established the Selective Service System as an independent Federal agency.

From 1948 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces which could not be filled through voluntary means.

In 1973, the draft ended and the U.S. converted to an All-Volunteer military.

The registration requirement was suspended in April 1975. It was resumed again in 1980 by President Carter in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Registration continues today as a hedge against underestimating the number of servicemen needed in a future crisis.

The obligation of a man to register is imposed by the Military Selective Service Act. The Act establishes and governs the operations of the Selective Service System.

http://www.sss.gov/backgr.htm


107 posted on 01/05/2005 8:56:52 AM PST by Rebelbase (Who is General Chat?)
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Zot proof, huh? I sincerely doubt he was a Marine... wouldn't know the value of hard work if it bit him in the a$$... and it will someday!


108 posted on 01/05/2005 8:57:00 AM PST by P-Chan Penny (I wouldn't be caught dead voting for a Democrat... unless I died in King County.)
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To: HogDog
This thread is a perfect example of the lack of intellienge that you freepers have.

Just a bunch of name calling girlly men who would pee their pants if they ever were drafted. You make me laugh.

Go and bow at the altar of your hero and your god the draft dodging, crack smoking chimp.

Later nazis!!!

The outing of an idiot troll.

109 posted on 01/05/2005 8:57:09 AM PST by The_Victor (Calvin: "Do tigers wear pajamas?", Hobbes: "Truth is we never take them off.")
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To: HogDog

Be gone troll.


110 posted on 01/05/2005 8:57:20 AM PST by ASA Vet (FR needs a science forum.)
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To: HogDog

"I am ZOT proof"

Not anymore.


111 posted on 01/05/2005 8:57:42 AM PST by Rebelbase (Who is General Chat?)
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To: HogDog
Go and bow at the altar of your hero and your god the draft dodging, crack smoking chimp.

It didn't take you long to expose yourself as a mindless parrot for the psycho paranoid left.

112 posted on 01/05/2005 8:57:52 AM PST by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: HogDog
This thread is a perfect example of the lack of intellienge that you freepers have

And he fails to spell "intelligence" correctly. ROFL!

Just a bunch of name calling girlly men who would pee their pants if they ever were drafted. You make me laugh.

Yes, it's always the conservatives who tremble at the draft, never the proud, brave liberals. Uh-huh. (Shall we post Clinton's letter declaring his intent to dodge the draft?)

Go and bow at the altar of your hero and your god the draft dodging, crack smoking chimp.

Good to see you don't stoop to the very level of those whom you were castigating. LOL

Later nazis!!!

National Socialists... that more accurately describes your side of the face, my friend.

113 posted on 01/05/2005 8:58:09 AM PST by Teacher317
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To: ASA Vet

The college kids must have a lot of time on their hands


114 posted on 01/05/2005 8:58:57 AM PST by Jimmyclyde (Dying ain't much of a living boy...)
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To: HogDog; All
Wow...that didn't take long. Just couldn't keep your cover could you? Semper Fi indeed. You ought to have your ass kicked for uttering such a thing at this place. It means "Always Faithful", and you just revealed exactly which principles you are faithful to. Couldn't handle the heat eh lefty? :-)

ZOT!

So long TROLL You were inside of 1000 yards, and that's just TOO close.
115 posted on 01/05/2005 8:59:27 AM PST by hiredhand ( "Pudge the Indestructible Kitty" lives at - http://www.justonemorefarm.com)
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To: HogDog

116 posted on 01/05/2005 8:59:32 AM PST by No Blue States
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To: HogDog
I am ZOT proof

Back to the drawing board.

117 posted on 01/05/2005 8:59:44 AM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: HogDog
LOL! You dare discuss intelligence and then claim to be from DU?

(tears of laughter streaming from eyes)
118 posted on 01/05/2005 9:00:09 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Rap - the other Disco)
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To: Admin Moderator

Good job.


119 posted on 01/05/2005 9:00:42 AM PST by eyespysomething (And a happy new year!)
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To: Admin Moderator
Back to the drawing board.

ROFL...

120 posted on 01/05/2005 9:00:44 AM PST by EternalVigilance (Shaking nine point oh - With a deadly wave goodbye - oh four departed...)
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