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FREE ENTERPRISE FUND PAC SAYS "DRAFT ROGAN NOW!" ORANGE COUNTY LEADERS AND FREE ENTERPRISE FUND PAC KICK OFF MOVEMENT TO DRAFT FORMER U.S. REP. JAMES ROGAN FOR CONGRESS Washington, D.C. – Calling him “the right man at the right time,” Mallory Factor, chairman and president of the Free Enterprise Fund PAC, called Wednesday for former U.S. Rep. Jim Rogan, R-Calif., to “Run Jim, Run!” and join the field of candidates seeking to replace U.S. Rep. Chris Cox, R-Calif., in the 48th Congressional District. Cox, who has represented the Orange County, Calif.-based district since 1989, is President George W. Bush’s choice...

LONDON (Reuters) - A new draft communique on climate change for next month's Group of Eight summit has removed plans to fund research and put into question top scientists' warnings that global warming is already under way. The text seen by Reuters, titled Gleneagles Plan of Action and dated June 14, has been watered down from a previous draft which itself had no specific targets or timetables for action. The latest draft also explicitly endorses the use of "zero-carbon" nuclear power -- another development that will dismay many environmentalists three weeks before the summit of the world's eight richest nations...

I had an instantaneous reaction today when I saw what Joe Biden had said: I thought: "some Republican can use this". It is almost as if Biden was doing this purely for political show; appearing to be the liberal Democrat who (along with Charles Rangel?) is just facing the geopolitical reality for the sake of our national defense, yada yada--when the irony is that it the Democrats are the party which would be far more likely to install a draft if in power.

The United States will "have to face" a painful dilemma on restoring the military draft as rising casualties result in persistent shortfalls in US army recruitment, a top US senator warned. Joseph Biden, the top Democrat of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the prediction after new data released by the Pentagon showed the US Army failing to meet its recruitment targets for four straight months. "We're going to have to face that question," Biden said on NBC's "Meet the Press" television show when asked if it was realistic to expect restoration of the draft. "The truth of the matter...

US will 'have to face' military draft dilemma: senator 2 hours, 43 minutes ago The United States will "have to face" a painful dilemma on restoring the military draft as rising casualties result in persistent shortfalls in US Army recruitment, a top US senator warned. Joseph Biden, the top Democrat of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the prediction after new data released by the Pentagon showed the US Army failing to meet its recruitment targets for four straight months. "We're going to have to face that question," Biden said on NBC's "Meet the Press" television show when asked if...

Despite recruiting shortfalls for the active Army and all reserve components except the Air Force Reserve in May, defense officials say they will strive to fill the ranks with the highest-quality recruits possible and have no intention of supporting a draft. The Defense Department released May recruiting and retention statistics for all four services today, providing a departmentwide manpower picture. The Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force all met or exceeded their May recruiting goals, but the Army fell short by 25 percent. During May, the Army had hoped to recruit 6,700 new members but missed by mark by 1,661...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The General Assembly president issued a blueprint to strengthen the United Nations, calling for governments to pay more attention to poverty and human rights but avoiding the contentious issues of Security Council expansion, defining terrorism and guidelines for using force. The document was a first draft for world leaders to consider for adoption at a U.N. summit set for September, which Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called to overhaul the world body. U.N. officials said 174 leaders have accepted his invitation. General Assembly President Jean Ping presented the document Friday to member states and later told a...

(June 1, 2005) -- The 1985 NFL Draft was held on April 30, and on that day I was in my office in Dallas prepared to add a new member to our team. One of the players I was hoping to select was a wide receiver out of little-known Mississippi Valley State by the name of Jerry Rice. We had the 17th pick, and using it on him was certainly a possibility. The draft began with Buffalo picking first and taking Bruce Smith, followed by Atlanta taking Bill Fralic. There was only one wide receiver taken in the first 10...

Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel is again pushing a bill to reinstate the military draft. Rangel, an anti-war Democrat, offered the same measure last year, only to vote against it when Republicans brought the bill quickly to the floor of the House without holding the debate on it that he had wanted. GOP leaders were upset over growing buzz on the Internet that the Bush administration might begin drafting American citizens if Bush won reelection. They blamed Democrats for fueling the speculation in a cynical attempt to win voters to their candidate, John Kerry. Rangel said he is again calling for...

Political associates of US Secretary of State Condi Rice ar e stirring the pot on her behalf. While she takes the high road, they are pushing her name out there.'She definitely wants to be president,' said one.But the friend added, Rice isn't planning on quitting [as Secretary of State] to run.'She wants to be drafted,' the source said.

House GOP Eyes Social Security Draft By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent Sat Apr 30, 4:14 AM ET WASHINGTON - House Republicans injected new urgency Friday into their drive to overhaul Social Security, unveiling plans to draft legislation in June and brushing aside Democratic claims they intend to cut benefits for middle-class retirees. "I'm confident we're going to get something done," said President Bush, struggling to build support for the centerpiece of his second-term domestic agenda. After months of little evident progress on the issue, House Republicans said they intended to have legislation before the Ways and Means Committee by...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee offensive tackle Michael Munoz decided to quit football after he was not chosen in the NFL draft over the weekend, his father, NFL Hall of Famer Anthony Munoz said Monday. The All-American started 46 games in his career despite injuries, including a torn rotator cuff that ended his senior year before the Southeastern Conference championship game in December.

I'm starting a live thread. Draft is on now. San Francisco is on the clock.

The final mock draft By Charles Robinson, Yahoo! Sports April 21, 2005 When I unveiled my first mock draft more than three weeks ago, I knew most teams were still eons away from polishing off their draft boards. But the amount of movement in player evaluations since the end of March has been staggering. While the draft boards in NFL war rooms rarely mirror each other, this year's editions may look as if each one was simply drawn from a hat. If anything, it lends credence to the personnel people who have dubbed this one of the most trying drafts...

WHO MUST REGISTER Almost all male U.S. citizens, and male aliens living in the U.S., who are 18 through 25, are required to register with Selective Service. It's important to know that even though he is registered, a man will not automatically be inducted into the military. In a crisis requiring a draft, men would be called in sequence determined by random lottery number and year of birth. Then, they would be examined for mental, physical and moral fitness by the military before being deferred or exempted from military service or inducted into the Armed Forces. A chart of who...

Washington -- The war-strained all-volunteer U.S. military has a growing manpower problem and a cross-section of Washington policymakers has proposed a solution -- increase the size of the regular military by 30,000, 40,000 or even 100, 000 or more. While just about all the proponents maintain they want to achieve the increase by offering recruits bigger financial incentives or through appeals to patriotism, lurking in the background is a possibility that for now remains anathema to all but a few. The military draft, which coughed up its last conscript in 1973, could make a comeback if recruiting doesn't pick up...

WASHINGTON — If American forces aren't pulling out of Iraq in a year, a draft will be needed to meet manpower requirements, military analysts warned Wednesday. With recruitment lagging and no end in sight for U.S. forces in Iraq, the breaking point for the nation's all-volunteer military will be mid-2006, agreed Lawrence Korb, a draft opponent and assistant defense secretary in the Reagan administration, and Phillip Carter, a conscription advocate and former Army captain.The U.S. military cannot deploy and sustain enough troops to succeed in countries like Iraq while still deterring threats elsewhere, Carter said at a symposium where he...

The NHL canceled its draft Thursday, the latest casualty of the six-month lockout. The annual amateur draft had been scheduled for June 25-26 in Ottawa, but it was scrapped along with the entire 2004-05 season that was called off Feb. 16. Bill Daly, the NHL's chief legal officer, said the draft could not proceed without a collective bargaining agreement. He apologized to fans, the city of Ottawa and "to everyone who already had put so much time and effort into creating a memorable weekend for the players and their families." The decision was another blow for the NHL, which wanted...

Things are going so poorly for the DUmmiecrats that now they are desperately holding out the hope that Bush will commit political suicide by re-instating the draft. This forlorn hope is expressed in THREE DUmmie threads including this THREAD titled, “Draft in 75 days? Could it be?” plus a duplicate THREAD titled, “Daily Kos is reporting that the draft ‘must’ be ready in 75 days,” based on the same report (rumor) posted by a Daily Kos “diarist,” (a rumor monger with diarrhea). The third is a poll question asking, “Is the draft just what we need?” The DUmmies answer...

  Journalist or Willing Dupe?March 17, 2005 Here is another saga about a decades-old half-baked ruling from the quacking ducks on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals being distorted, misunderstood and misapplied...BUT, still ending up as “the law of the land”.  In usual fashion, the culprits are wishfully thinking liberals and a journalist too lazy to check her facts. One of Hartford Connecticut’s most famous citizens, Mark Twain, once advised to “Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.”  It’s a pity that many in Twain’s home city prefer to skip the former and get...