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'We're really sorry': US sends 14,000 draft notices to men born in 1800s
AP, via Fox News ^ | July 11, 2014 | AP, via Fox News

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 ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1800s; 19thcentury; draft; fail; incompetence; selectiveservice
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1 posted on 07/11/2014 5:38:31 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

Must’ve used those “glitchy” IRS computers...


2 posted on 07/11/2014 5:40:55 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: Timber Rattler

Oooopps. Those were the voting roll computers.


3 posted on 07/11/2014 5:42:45 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Lou L

They got their Democrat voters list intertwined somehow I guess...


4 posted on 07/11/2014 5:43:02 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Timber Rattler

Yay! A real Y2K glitch!


5 posted on 07/11/2014 5:43:47 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: Timber Rattler

I’m sure the DOJ will get busy determining how they can go about fining and imprisoning the relatives who can’t prove their forefathers served.

It is sarcasm but that’s what communists/democrats do!


6 posted on 07/11/2014 5:44:26 AM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: Timber Rattler

Right; it was an accident. This and the firings of 80,000 soldiers, many still in battle, is meant to project weakness to the world. Duh.


7 posted on 07/11/2014 5:44:53 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Refuse to remain silent.)
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To: Timber Rattler
BigGov is a Colossal Stupid Wasteful Bloated Selfish Lazy Stinky Relative that we invited to live with us and is now eating us out of “house and home” while simultaneously telling us that we are the problem even though we are paying all the bills and constantly cleaning up their mess.

FedGov A-Holes couldn't couldn't draw a straight line with a ruler.

8 posted on 07/11/2014 5:47:22 AM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: Timber Rattler

President Polk needs a good cavalry!!


9 posted on 07/11/2014 5:48:37 AM PDT by Bucky14 (And I would have gotten away with it too, if not for you meddling kids!)
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To: Timber Rattler

Changing the 8 to a 9 is what they meant obviously...people born between 1993 (now 21) and 1997 (now 17).
Public service announcements run on radio saying young men should reg. for Selective Service: “it’s quick it’s easy and it’s the law”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eURfCcdFA-A
(Says you must register before you turn 18—failing to do so could affect student loan offers, qualifying for a federal job, and even citizenship for some) or even drivers’ licenses in some states


10 posted on 07/11/2014 5:50:27 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: Awgie

Well said.


11 posted on 07/11/2014 5:52:43 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Timber Rattler

Those dudes would have been too old for the WWII draft.


12 posted on 07/11/2014 5:53:57 AM PDT by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: Timber Rattler

Not only is this the most anti-American POTUS ever, it is is also the most incompetent. I suppose my grandfather, who died in 1974, might have “received” such a notice. I’m tempted to send a letter to his last address and see if they have it.


13 posted on 07/11/2014 5:55:01 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Timber Rattler

I bet the response was overwhelming.


14 posted on 07/11/2014 5:56:04 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Lou L

“I’m 120 but I’m ready to fight, you betcha!...It’ll be a bully war!”


15 posted on 07/11/2014 5:57:32 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: Lou L

Well, with hard drives crashing every 5 minutes, it must be difficult to get a clean run...


16 posted on 07/11/2014 5:58:06 AM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: PghBaldy

Govt. employee must have gotten an important text while putting in the to and from numbers......or, the USPS general told them they needed more mail to deliver that could not be delivered, haaa!

We pay so much for government and it’s a nothing return!!!


17 posted on 07/11/2014 6:00:45 AM PDT by YouGoTexasGirl
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To: Lou L

If they just had more money and staff, this kind of thing would not have happened! (/s)


18 posted on 07/11/2014 6:02:11 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Lou L
Can't wait for the future when ObamaCare sends notices that your treatment has been approved to dead people!

It takes a government to screw up this badly.

19 posted on 07/11/2014 6:02:32 AM PDT by Lockbox
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To: Lockbox
Can't wait for the future when ObamaCare sends notices that your treatment has been approved to dead people!

Hasn't this already occurred? I thought I saw a similar story within the last couple of weeks...

20 posted on 07/11/2014 6:07:37 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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