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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...

I got this e-mail that has been circulating about HR 163, and I am writing a response. If anyone has one already written, I would love to hear it, if not, please copy mine and send it out to all of the idiots who sent you the original scary e-mail. ------------------------------- This is just another internet rumor gone wild, but instead promising free money from Microsoft or trips to Disneyland, this one serves to scare the kids (and gullible adults) into voting against Bush. Yes, HR 163 & S 89 are real bills, but like many bills of a nature...

Tonight CBS was at it again. They ran a story about the draft and never referred to SB 89 by Fritz Hollings (SC-D) and HR163 - Charles Rangel (D-New York), Jim McDermott (D-Washington), John Conyers (D-Michigan), John Lewis (D-Georgia), Pete Stark (D-California) and Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii). I have already emailed CBS evening@cbsnews.com and complained. The transcript follows: The Issues: Reviving The Draft PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28, 2004 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/28/eveningnews/main646055.shtml (CBS) CBS News continues an election-year series titled "What Does It Mean To You?" focused on where the presidential candidates stand on major issues and how a vote for one or the other...

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!!

My wife forwarded me an email regarding HR 163 which is a bill put before congress Jan 7, 2003 which apparently would allow a draft of men and women by 2005. I won't post the email since it was riddled with typical sky-is-falling and anti-Bush comments but I am curious about the bill so I thought I'd throw it out here and see what you all think. You can go to http://thomas.loc.gov/ and search for HR 163 and read the bill itself. The email claimed that the Bush Admin. is hushing this up and trying to keep it low-key till...

Bud Beck, of the Bud Beck Show, Mountain Laurel Review, and Political Gateway, perpetrated an act of political misinformation and bigotry in his June 9, 2004 column, “Graduation Presents.” He writes about his nephew who just graduated high school with honors, who comes from a “privileged” background, and identifies himself as Republican. Beck writes: "I mentioned to him, causally of course as not to ruin his day or the festive atmosphere, about the possibility of him winding up in the army before he graduates from Ohio State. I received a blank stare. What was I talking about? "I explained the...

Rosen: Draft bills a cynical ruse April 30, 2004 'Vietnam War Redux: Mandatory Draft Coming." That was the headline over a cockeyed story by Sophie Lapaire on the Conspiracy Planet Web site, which bills itself as "Your Antidote to Media Cartel Propaganda," and offers links to a collection of exposés like: "Osama bin Scapegoat," "USA PATRIOT Act (Treason)," and the ever-popular "Moon Landing Scam." You get the idea. It's a hangout for paranoids and wackos of the black helicopter/Bilderbergers ilk. Lapaire warns us that there's pending legislation in the House and Senate to reinstate a military draft, and that "the...

US Preparing for Military Draft in Spring 2005 The current agenda of the US federal government is to reinstate the draft in order to staff up for a protracted war on "terrorism." Pending legislation in the House and Senate (twin bills S 89 and HR 163) would time the program so the draft could begin at early as Spring 2005 --Reinstatement of the draft Dear Friends and Family, I urge you to read the article below on the current agenda of the federal government to reinstate the draft in order to staff up for a protracted war on "terrorism." Pending...