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The phones at the Selective Service System in Washington, D.C., ring more frequently these days. And some of the callers are nothing short of hysterical. Officials at the once little- known federal agency responsible for running any future military draft say they have been receiving thousands of calls in recent months from people who are under the impression that mandatory conscription for men and women age 18 to 26 is imminent. Janice Hughes, a public and intergovernmental affairs specialist with the agency, fielded one from an American woman calling from Italy on a cell phone. "She heard there would be...

Q Senator Kerry has said that you and President Bush have a secret plan to reinstitute the draft. Is that true? (Laughter.) THE VICE PRESIDENT: As far as I know, he's the only one with secret plans. (Laughter and applause.) I don't know anybody in a position of responsibility who would advocate going back to the draft. We keep it there, it's on the books, the statute is there in the eventuality of some totally unforeseen set of circumstances that nobody can contemplate today. But those of us who have been involved, as I was as Secretary of Defense, for...

Can someone, more learned than I, help clarify if this bill (HR163) dated back to Jan 2003 has any bearing on the ongoing accusations from the Democrats that a draft is in the works?Also, is this something that was cooked up by Rangel & Conyers and placed on the back burner only to be peddled out before the election.

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 Nothing to offer but lies, fear Posted: September 28, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern By Mychal Massie © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry, D-Mass., has recently accused the president of having a "secret plan to call up more National Guard and Reserve troops immediately after the election." However, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Chris Rodney refuted his assertions, explaining, "There is no force increase that is expected." The Army is simply rotating into Iraq the same number of soldiers that will be leaving over the next six months. Additionally, the National Guard and Reserve units expected to be mobilized...

No, we're not going -- we don't need the draft. Look, the all-volunteer Army is working. The all-volunteer Army... I know Senator McCain and I agree on this issue for certain, the all-volunteer Army works."   ~ President George W. Bush, August 10, 2004  President Bush is committed to keeping participation in the United States Armed Services voluntary.  The President’s cabinet has stated that a draft is not being considered.  Recruitment and retention rates remain strong, and the military has not had any problem maintaining a strong force.  President Bush is confident in the current state of the military and has assured...

John Kerry knows more secrets than a sleepover of giggling schoolgirls. They're all about George W. Bush.     The president has a secret plan to expand the war. The president has a secret plan to call up the reserves. The president has a secret plan to stiff black voters and steal Florida again. The president has a secret plan to cut the allowance of the twins. Yesterday he told farmers in Wisconsin that the president has a secret plan to curdle milk prices.     Monsieur Kerry's friends and fellow campaigners know about secret plans that nobody else has heard of. The...

Two recent polls indicate the presidential race has tightened again to within the margin of error. John Kerry made it clear that this isn't true in a speech in Florida Sept. 22. In response to a question after a speech in West Palm Beach, Kerry said President Bush might bring back the military draft if he is re-elected.

"If George Bush were to be re-elected -- given the way that he has gone about this war, and given the avoidance of responsibility in North Korea, Iran and other places -- it is possible [that he would re-instate the draft]." --John Kerry, shamelessly scaring grandparents and parents that their kids would soon be marching off to a quagmire. He followed up with a real shocker: "I will tell you this: I will not reinstate the draft." To boot, Kerry's "Bush-might-reinstate-the-draft" rhetoric is already the talk on university campuses across the nation. Finally, an adept campaign maneuver from the Kerry...

Strongsville City Council has joined the Strongsville High School PTA in opposing the possible reinstatement of a national military draft. Annette Kopp, president of the Strongsville High School PTA, in an address to council prior to its vote, said twin bills introduced on January 7, 2003 by U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York and by Sen. Fritz Hollings of South Carolina if necessary, could become law within a very short time period, perhaps as quickly as 24 hours. Both bills - S89 and H.R. 163 - would amend the law to include women, Kopp said. The Selective Service System...

(CNSNews.com) - One of those "come-out-of-nowhere" emails now circulating in cyberspace warns about a sneaky administration effort to begin a "mandatory draft for boys and girls (ages 18-26) starting June 15, 2005...just after the presidential election." The email says the Bush administration "is quietly trying to get these bills passed now, while the public's attention is on the elections." In fact, the bill in question - HR 163 - was introduced by liberal New York Democrat Rep. Charles Rangel on Jan. 7, 2003 - almost two years ago -- and it does not have administration backing. The companion Senate...

I do want to take some time and tackle this outright LIE being spread by the Kerry/Edwards pair on the stump. They are both mounting a completely baseless attack on the President indicating that if re-elected, the President would reinstitute the draft. In fact, there is an email circulating as a result of those scare tactics that states, "There is pending legislation in the House and Senate, S 80 and HR 163, to reinstate mandatory draft for boys and girls (ages 18-26) starting June 15, 2005. This plan includes women in the draft, eliminates higher education as a shelter, and...

Two recent polls indicate the presidential race has tightened again to within the margin of error. John Kerry made it clear that this isn't true in a speech in Florida Sept. 22. In response to a question after a speech in West Palm Beach, Kerry said President Bush might bring back the military draft if he is re-elected. This has become a meme among Democrats. "There will be no draft when John Kerry is president," said vice presidential candidate John Edwards. "America will reinstate the military draft" if Bush is re-elected, said former Sen. Max Cleland, a Kerry surrogate, in...

It's time to face cold, hard reality. Since I qualify to be a member of the board, I've registered to receive an application. The WOT demands that responsible and sober citizens make decisions over - as the site explains - who receives deferments, postponements, or exemptions from military service.I highly recommend registering for the sake of our country and way of life.

This draft thing has been making the rounds. Somehow the Home School Legal Defense Association has been linked. Here is a good article with the facts. Did a little digging myself on a good Congressional search engine. And found that:a: hr.163 and s.89 are sponsored by Rangel and Hollings respectively, both Democrats. b: Nothing has happened on either bill since February of 2003. Effectively dead in committee. Don't take my word for it, see for yourself. s.89, hr.163 here is one of the websites promoting this crap. Lets take a look at what they are saying.Although Congress would have to...

Has anyone else received an e-mail regarding a Mandatory Draft bill for Ages 18-26? I received a panicky e-mail from my niece saying that there is Pending Legislation in the House & Senate S89 & HR163 which are planned to begin in Spring 2005. Anything to this? Can anyone give me info to debunk it if it's a myth? Help!!

In the past few days, John F. Kerry has made the claim that George W. Bush and the Republicans will reinstate the draft in order to further the War on Terror. Suffice it to say that these claims are as fictional as the memos prominently featured on a recent 60 Minutes with Dan Rather. Let's take a moment and see who's really behind any plans for a renewal of the draft. First off, it is crucial that we point out the increasingly inconvenient fact that the Democrats consistently gloss over: the current peacetime registration for the draft was initiated by...

Kerry claims Bush might reinstate draft: Kerry, in a fit of desperation, is making an effort to scare Draft age voters. Kerry's campaign trail comments on the draft are coordinated with (1) the introduction of HR 163 by cynical Democrats like Charles Rangel, and (2) the sending of an email by Democrats to draft age men and women, especially those in the college system. PoliticalVanguard.com Publisher Thomas Del Beccaro is particpating in a debate in October at St. Mary's College in Moraga. The first issue listed on the agenda of debate topics is the Draft. Why? Perhaps the following Email...

Two recent polls indicate the presidential race has tightened again to within the margin of error. John Kerry made it clear that this isn't true in a speech in Florida Sept. 22nd. In response to a question after a speech in West Palm Beach, Kerry said President Bush might bring back the military draft if he is re-elected. This has become a meme among Democrats. "There will be no draft when John Kerry is president," said vice presidential candidate John Edwards. "America will reinstate the military draft" if Bush is re-elected, said former Sen. Max Cleland, a Kerry surrogate, in...

The phones at the Selective Service System in Washington, D.C., ring more frequently these days. And some of the callers are nothing short of hysterical. Officials at the once little-known federal agency responsible for running any future military draft say they have been receiving thousands of calls in recent months from people who are under the impression that mandatory conscription for men and women age 18 to 26 is imminent. Janice Hughes, a public and intergovernmental affairs specialist with the agency, fielded one from an American woman calling from Italy on a cell phone. "She heard there would be a...

I was at Teresa's townhall health care meeting in Las Cruces, New Mexico today. She got side tracked by a question regarding veterans benefits and went on a tangent about the Iraq war. She dared to insinuate that the draft would be reinstated, what a crock. She also claimed that there were 30,000 latinos serving in the armed forces that were not even U.S. citizens, could this be true? By this time I was about to pass out from the overwhelming stench of liberal bullshit, but I could have sworn she drew paralells between National Guard service and the system...