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How many will you pledge to distribute tomorrow: door-to-door, workplace parking lots, college campuses, VWFs, Strip Malls, etc.? This is an opportunity to counter the deception and fraud by America Coming Together and the other of Dem Grasscheats Orgs. I know you won't vote twice, but you can reach another who is persuadable. Also, paste this into an email for your mailing lists if you can. The flyers direct people to our website which has original sources to back our claims. Calls us toll-free at 1-888-429-4326 if you have any questions. You must have Adobe Reader 5.0 or better (Download...

In his most extensive remarks on the future of the American military, Sen. John F. Kerry said here Thursday that he would expand the active-duty Army by 40,000 soldiers, including a doubling of U.S. Special Forces; speed development of new technologies and equipment to meet threats posed by terrorist networks; and better integrate the National Guard into the nation's homeland security strategy.

President George W. Bush may or may not have a secret plan to reinstate the draft. But this is besides the point. The deteriorating facts on the ground in Iraq, plus the Bush doctrine of acting pre-emptively and unilaterally against hostile regimes, will soon leave him no choice. If Bush is re-elected, he will have to restart the draft. Indeed, Bush has already imposed stage one of a new draft. Many soldiers whose enlistment period is up are not being allowed to leave the service, and those who left the service years ago are being forced to put on the...

Ron Silver on Fox with Linda Vester: Kerry has said many times that he will increase troops by 40,000. Where is he going to get the 40,000 additional troops from?: THE DRAFT Kerry will reinstate the draft Kerry has said many times that he will increase troops by 40,000. Where is he going to get the 40,000 additional troops from?: THE DRAFT

The peculiar thing about myths is that even the most far-fetched can be nearly impossible to extinguish. This is especially so when there is a vested interest in some quarters in keeping them alive. Like many Americans, I have recently heard a great deal of misinformed talk about a so-called "secret plan" to bring back the draft. This plot is so secret that it doesn't exist. Neither our commander in chief nor the secretary of defense know anything about it. That's because it simply is not true. Let me be even more emphatic on that point. To my knowledge, in...

To concerned citizens, For too long now, anonymous parties have been purporting lies about who is behind the effort to bring back the first compulsory military draft since the Vietnam War. Recent polls suggest this effort was successful in convincing young people that the Bush Administration wants to reinstate the draft. YOU ARE BEING LIED TO. DEMOCRATS WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO SUPPORTED A DRAFT The twin bills in Congress, HR 163 and SB 89, were both introduced and co-sponsored by DEMOCRATS--not Republicans. HR 163 was recently brought to vote, and failed with 402 votes against, 2 in favor. The...

President Bush may or may not have a secret plan to reinstate the draft. But this is beside the point. The deteriorating facts on the ground in Iraq, plus the Bush doctrine of acting pre-emptively and unilaterally against hostile regimes, will soon leave him no choice. If he is re-elected, he will have to restart the draft. We do not have enough people in uniform to meet current needs in Iraq and Afghanistan, much less to deal with a confrontation with Iran or North Korea. Morale is suffering. Enlistments and re-enlistments are down. The Army National Guard fell 10 percent...

Of all the upside-down, misreported issues of 2004, the phoniest is the Kerry camp's assertion that a re-elected George W. Bush will bring back the draft. The case is much stronger that John Kerry himself would do so. Military conscription was abolished more than 30 years ago by Richard Nixon (yes, that's right) after a six-year campaign by Republicans to replace draftees with volunteers attracted to service by decent pay and better living conditions. I know, because my book, "The Wrong Man in Uniform," in 1967, helped launch a movement for reform that borrowed heavily on the ideas of economist...

There is not going to be a military draft. No matter who is elected. No draft. None. Period. Clear enough? The shameless lies told for political advantage, the immoral scare tactics behind the warnings that President Bush has a "secret plan" to bring back the draft, have reached a new low point in recent American politics. Sen. John Kerry knows there isn't going to be a draft. Sen. John Edwards, who doesn't know much else, knows there isn't going to be a draft. The Democratic National Committee knows there isn't going to be a draft. And they're all warning us...

I received this email and took a look at the site. Good info. Looks like they did some research on the subject. I’ll re-think my position on John Kerry. Looks like he’s the one for a draft or national service at the very least. Democrats and Kerry want us drafted. www.truthfreedomnews.com/opinion.htm Democrats for a DraftTake a look at: www.truthfreedomnews.com Make a difference. Email this to as many people as you can today. Especially college students.

A National Televised Call-In on the Draft DIRECTV ch. 375 & DISH Network ch. 9410Next Show: Oct 26 - 11PM Eastern/8PM Pacific Both candidates deny it. But do the math! U.S. Military operations are expanding. Call it what you will, the Draft may be imminent. Call in to ask your questions! You have the right to know: Will today's military manpower shortage and escalating fighting in Iraq lead to a Draft? Is the government doing enough to keep the volunteer Army strong and avoid a Draft? What are the Presidential candidates proposing and the politicans planning that could lead to...

Conspiracy theories and "urban legends" are compelling, especially when people e-mail them to 500 or so of their closest friends. Shortly after the 9-11 terrorist attacks three years ago, some creative person wrote a very convincing e-mail about my testimony before Congress in 1987, in which the author purported to quote me warning a congressional committee about Osama bin Laden. Not surprisingly, the e-mail was transmitted to readers all over the globe and the compliments are still coming. One minor problem, I never testified about bin Laden. Well, now there's a new collectable for conspiracy theorists. According to a widely...

Subject: I Got My Draft Card. “I got my draft card,” that is what you will be hearing, if Kerry wins and you or anyone you love is of draft age. Kerry winning will very likely end up causing a draft; the reasons are because the military is spread thin, Kerry has alienated our alliances, and Halliburton has said over and over that if they don’t have enough protection for their employees they will pull out. Kerry said he plans to add 40,000 troops. So, lets see what will more likely happen if Kerry is elected. First of all, Kerry...

You Gotta Serve Somebody by Gene Healy Gene Healy is senior editor at the Cato Institute. Touting his national service plan before a group of college students recently, John Kerry intoned: "this election is not just about what we're going to do, it's about what you're going to do." That formulation's a little less eloquent and a little more threatening than Kerry's idol, the other JFK's "...ask what you can do for your country," but such are the times. What can you do for your country, in Kerry's view? Join a dramatically expanded AmeriCorps. Kerry's "Compact with the Next Generation"...

This lady just came into our local Republican Headquarters and related the following story: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Recently, my daughter, a teacher with the El Paso Independent School District (Texas) while attending an “InService Conference/Workshop” was told that if President Bush is re-elected, teachers across the nation will be required to work every Saturday. She is worried that she is going to be required to work six days a week for no extra pay, and have to give up the small amount of free time that she now has. Much like the “Bush Military Draft” lies, this is probably a scare tactic...

LOS ANGELES, CA – The liars at MTV are using the airwaves to brainwash America’s youth. As a result, the California College Republicans (CCR) scheduled a protest of MTV to confront MTV/Rock the Vote for using the draft to scare young voters. We now see why they chose the fear factor: to elect the Democrat nominee for President to office. MTV/Rock the Vote called CCR Chairman Michael P. Davidson to deny any association with Rock the Vote’s draft scare tactics. When asked who the person calling was, they would not give a name. The number from which they called (212-846-2609)...

Ok fellow freepers I heard a guy saying that he is behind President Bush completely but he won't register to vote. He said that if he registers to vote he will also be signing up with selective service & he doesn't want to do that in case they have a draft. I tried to explain to him that there isn't going to be a draft if President Bush is re-elected but he said if things get really bad he knows they would have to do it even if they don't want to. He also said if kerry gets in he...

THE KERRY DRAFT PLANCharles Johnson and other bloggers have tried to call attention to a contradiction in John Kerry's presidential campaign. Though Kerry and other Democrats keep raising the fake spectre of a Bush military draft, it is Kerry who has promised a plan for mandatory national service in the form of a community service requirement for high school students. His proposal was touted during the Democrat primaries, but you will no longer find evidence of it on Kerry's web site. In Kerry's Vanished Draft Proposal, Johnson provides links to a deleted Kerry web page and its replacement. The former...

The linked website is simply an attempt to get people to vote for Kerry. They are trying to scare college kids into thinking that the draft is coming. Unfortunately college kids are very susceptible to this kind of propaganda, fortunately they are a group that is very unlikely at the polls on 11/2. See this rediculous site at http://www.enjoythedraft.com