Posted on 07/11/2014 5:38:31 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
No, the United States isn't trying to build a military force of centenarians.
It just seems that way after the Selective Service System mistakenly sent notices to more than 14,000 Pennsylvania men born between 1893 and 1897, ordering them to register for the nation's military draft and warning that failure to do so is "punishable by a fine and imprisonment."
The agency realized the error when it began receiving calls from bewildered relatives last week.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
They probably all still vote Democrat.
Yay! A real Y2K glitch!
The Selective Service only gave a half answer. It explained that the wrong years had been selected but did not explain why they would send out any draft notices at all.
I believe this were registration notices, not draft notices.
We re instated the draft?
Under obama orders they must be gearing up the computers TO SEND OUT draft notices. They are just so screwed up we can thank God this is a forewarning for conservatives...
Testing, 1,2,3
In these parts, that radio ad comes with a young male negro accent.
Teddy Roosevelt says he needs more men for San Juan Hill..................
Obama is getting ready for the next American war.
Looks like a 1.9K glitch, actually, judging by birthdates...lol
If Teddy Roosevelt were still in active service, they wouldn’t need to draft 14,000 men. 12,000 would suffice.
Whew! My late paternal grandfather, born in Philadelphia in 1898, missed the cut! He’ll be greatly relieved!
Since Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot two weeks ago and the Austro-Hungarian Empire is making demands on Serbia we are looking at Europe stumbling into a great war. Of course we need a draft.
Something strange is going on with their computers... I wonder what they’re REALLY searching for...
They were way too old for the WII draft and some might have already received a draft notice for WWI. My grandfather received a draft notice but was deferred because he was missing several key toes (important for the infantry) which he accidently severed cutting wood barefoot as a 12-year old.
Probably was the voter rolls. My grandfather was born in 1886, lifetime republican. I’m guessing that when he died in 1986 that his name immediately went onto the Missouri democrat voter rolls.
Maybe they were the same computers that sent my wife one of those ‘You must register for Selective Service or we’re coming to get you’ letters when she turned 18 in 1984.
Y1.9K error?
Indeed...am reminded of an All in the Family episode where a computer glitch related to a coupon for prunes kept sending quarters to Edith. Then another computer glitch “pronounced Archie dead” —at least the V.A. seemed to think he was. They got that straightened out. As for the Edith situation, they did stop sending her quarters...now they were sending her
prunes.
Why aren't any guys suing the govt. over this??? COME ON GUYS!!
Let’s start a PETITION to have the GIRLS SUGN UP ALSO!!!
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