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Originally Posted by miss_silver

So true, your prez/gov wouldn't give a rat's ass about your protection. Try senate bill 89. if you are between 18 and 26, you might be the one protecting your country soon.

Just a thought.

miss_silver, i think you've mentioned this bill before. do you know the origin of the House & Senate bills, and where they stand now?

from http://www.mrbrown.net/index.php

DRAFT LEGISLATION (BILLS S(89) AND HR(163)) CREATED BY DEMOCRATS

Word of a draft highly exaggerated on Congress.org

Some people on Congress.org would have you believe that President Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, and the Republican Party are all pro-Draft. These articles cite two bills - Senate Bill 89 and H.R. 163. However, these articles do not give any real information on these two bills.

Lets take a look at the REAL facts about Senate Bill 89 and H.R. 163, taken directly from THOMAS (the Library of Congress’s bill and law information database) - http://thomas.loc.gov

-S.89 is authored by Senator Fritz Hollings, a Democrat from South Carolina. Senator Hollings is known for radical bills, including a consumer electronics bill that would place anti-copy technology into every computer.
-S.89 was introduced on January 7th, 2003. It received two readings in committee. It has not had any action since. In other words, IT DIED IN COMMITTEE

Again, this information can easily be obtained by going to http://thomas.loc.gov/ and typing in the bill number: S89

Now, H.R. 163
-HR163 was introduced by Rep. Charlie Rangel on January 7th, 2003. Charlie Rangel is a radical Democrat for the state of New York. He frequently proclaims the military to be "racist" because of its "lack" of caucasians.
-Additionally, HR163 was co-sponsored by the following Representatives: Neil Abercrombie [HI-1], Corrine Brown [FL-3], Donna Christensen [VI], William Lacy Clay [MO-1], John Conyers, Jr. [MI-14], Elijah E. Cummings [MD-7], Alcee L. Hastings [FL-23], Sheila Jackson-Lee [TX-18], John Lewis [GA-5], Jim McDermott [WA-7], James P. Morgan [VA-8], Eleanor Holmes Norton [DC], Fortney Pete Stark [CA-13], Nydia M. Velazquez [NY-12]. ALL OF THESE REPRESENTATIVES ARE DEMOCRAT.
-HR163’s last action was taken on February 3rd, 2003. The committee requested executive comment from the Department of Defense (in other words, Sec. Donald Rumsfeld’s opinion). To paraphrase his words: There is no need for a draft and I don’t see one happening anytime in the future.

Other ads, posts, and e-mails say that the Selective Service System is being re-instated and positions are being filled to prepare for an imminent draft. Positions have been filled, but this is only because of one major reason - 9/11. The discontinuation of the Selective Service System by President Nixon and re-instatement of that system by President Carter in 1980 left the SSS ill-prepared in the event that a draft were to ever become necessary again. Seeing as how we were attacked and there might be a REMOTE possibility that we might have to draft again, these positions were filled so people would know how to do these jobs if the scenario were to occur.

this is the statement issued by Congressman Pete Stark explaining his support of the House bill that he co-sponsored.

i found this to be pretty amusing. scroll down to the bottom of the Senate votes to add 20,000 troops to Army story here, and one can see how Senator John Kerry went wayyyy out on a limb by not voting at all on the amendment.