draft boards on the way ? DRAFT ME

[Nie Trink Wasser]

if this is real then someone send my name out to this secret boards.

draft me, I want to help.

http://aaronn.monoperative.net



Presidential candidate Ralph Nader this weekend warned his constituents that a military draft is pending, and asked younger voters to prepare.

The independent candidate noted that the federal government is filling seats on local draft boards as preparation for a reinstatement of the draft, which was eliminated in 1973.

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040412-114403-9384r.htm

[Nyarlathotep]

Originally posted by Nie Trink Wasser
if this is real then someone send my name out to this secret boards.

draft me, I want to help.

http://aaronn.monoperative.net




If that is so, why wait for a draft? Why not just volunteer?

[Nie Trink Wasser]

Originally posted by Nyarlathotep


If that is so, why wait for a draft? Why not just volunteer?

thanks for the advice....

[c0rbin]

Yes. Volunteer.

[subgenius]

I guess figuring out you can volunteer is rocket surgery.

[American]

I prefer bottles.

[Hexxenhammer]

If you registered for selective service when you turned 18 (assuming you have) you're already all set to be drafted.

[headscratcher4]

Whether volunteering or by draft...service in times of national crisis and conflict is a nobel aspiration...just ask Dick Chaney, Rush Limbaugh, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfolwitz, Newt Gingrich and the rest of the mighty Chicken-hawk contingent ... of course, like that arch leftist John Kerry you could volunteer, or like Al Gore wait to be drafted, but you could, like George Bush, have someone pull strings to keep you out of harms way in the National Gaurd...oh, wait, the national gaurd won't keep you out of harm's way in Iraq.

[Luke T.]

Originally posted by Nie Trink Wasser
if this is real then someone send my name out to this secret boards.

draft me, I want to help.

http://aaronn.monoperative.net




Rumors of a draft reinstatement emerged in the fall when the Selective Service announced that it was recruiting members for the nation's 2,000 local draft and appeals boards. A Selective Service spokesman said yesterday that the announcement was made to help fill spots on the boards, as many members' 20-year terms ended.
"It was misread then," said the spokesman, Pat Schuback. "Their terms are expiring right now, and that's what is going on."

[subgenius]

Since there's not going to be a draft, I propose we still have a big going away party for NTW who wants to help so much he's going to volunteer.

[Tmy]

Originally posted by subgenius
Since there's not going to be a draft, I propose we still have a big going away party for NTW who wants to help so much he's going to volunteer.

As soon as he ships out Ill start rasing money for the Nie War Memorial (aka a pay toilet in downtown Richmond)

[Mr Manifesto]

Honestly, Nie, don't volunteer for the armed forces. You haven't any idea what it's like to be in a war zone. And, although your chances of becoming a casualty are relatively low (compared to, say, Vietnam), if anyone's going to get shot, it'll be you.

I know this looks sarcastic, but it isn't. Much as I don't like you, I don't want to see you die because you're stupid.

[Luke T.]

Originally posted by Mr Manifesto
Honestly, Nie, don't volunteer for the armed forces. You haven't any idea what it's like to be in a war zone. And, although your chances of becoming a casualty are relatively low (compared to, say, Vietnam), if anyone's going to get shot, it'll be you.

I know this looks sarcastic, but it isn't. Much as I don't like you, I don't want to see you die because you're stupid.

They don't shoot potato peelers.

[Hexxenhammer]

Originally posted by Luke T.


They don't shoot potato peelers. The enemy might not, but his fellow troops...

[Some Friggin Guy]

Originally posted by Hexxenhammer
The enemy might not, but his fellow troops...

True. Nie does strike me as a "Douglas Nedermeyer" type of guy.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Originally posted by Mr Manifesto
I don't want to see you die because you're stupid.

I do.

[Zep]

I suspect the military will spot his true potential fast enough when he is doing basic training. I think Patton referred to soldiers who also did their duty who "shovelled **** in Louisiana"...

[peptoabysmal]

Originally posted by Luke T.


They don't shoot potato peelers.

The Iraqi "resistance fighters" use ambulances to transport weapons and children for flak jackets. What makes you think they wouldn't shoot a potatoe peeler? Or kidnap Chinese (talk about biting the hand the feeds you...)? Japanese... Chinese... I guess they all look alike to the Iraqi "resistance fighters", eh?

[a_unique_person]

Originally posted by c0rbin
Yes. Volunteer.

Go on Fool, do it!

[Suddenly]

Originally posted by peptoabysmal


What makes you think they wouldn't shoot a potatoe peeler? (emphesis added)

Dan? Is that you? When did you move to Cali?

Can you believe how much crap you took for being in the National Guard? I mean, at least you would show up...

[subgenius]

Though the proposed draft sounds like an effort to boost Bush's war on terror, it was actually introduced by Rangel, who voted against the war with Iraq, and Hollings-both liberals.
The new draft is meant to "call the bluff" on conservative war hawks. In other words, Rangel and Hollings wanted to demonstrate to Bush the severity of committing to a potentially long-term war.
Rangel said he introduced the bill "in hopes that those people who make the decisions to go to war, to attack Iraq, would be better influenced against it if they had kids that would be placed in harm's way, or if they felt closer to the shared sacrifice that we often times talk about."
http://www.guilfordian.com/news/2004/04/02/World/New-Bill.May.Reinstate.The.Draft.For.2005-653279.shtml

[Luke T.]

What a lot of people don't realize when they sign up with the military for a first enlistment is that they are actually signing up for 8 years. Anywhere from 2 to 6 years active, with the balance of the 8 years in the Inactive Reserve. For those like me who did 20 years active duty, we are in the Inactive Reserve for an extra 10 years. I won't be free and clear until 2010. I am technically not "retired" until then.

The Inactive Reserve will be called up before a draft occurs. And my phone hasn't rung. I'll let you know if it does.

I almost put my uniform back on on 9/11. If I was single, I probably would have. I understand the military got a lot of phone calls from vets all the way back to the VietNam era who wanted to sign back up after 9/11.

[Ranb]

Originally posted by Luke T.
..........For those like me who did 20 years active duty, we are in the Inactive Reserve for an extra 10 years. I won't be free and clear until 2010. I am technically not "retired" until then..........
I almost put my uniform back on on 9/11. If I was single, I probably would have. I understand the military got a lot of phone calls from vets all the way back to the VietNam era who wanted to sign back up after 9/11.

I was on vacation in Thailand when the WTC fell. I was never so glad to be back home in my life. I was on permanent limted duty waiting for transfer to the permanent disabled list when my twenty years were up. The whole thing made me feel so ill I was going to schedule an appointment at the hospital and try to convince the medical board to reinstate me to sea duty. A few days after I returned, I could hardly walk due to the arthritis in my ankle, so common sense prevailed, and I stayed on shore until I retired. The military is going to have to scrap the bottom of the barrel really hard to get to me, but I will not fight it if they ask me to put the Sailor suit back on.

What did you do in the service Luke T? I think I asked before, but do not remember.

Ranb

[Luke T.]

Originally posted by Ranb

What did you do in the service Luke T? I think I asked before, but do not remember.

Ranb

ETC (SW/AW). CV-59, DDG-52, LHA-2. NAS Meridian, NAS Gitmo, NAS Roosey Roads. FTC Norfolk.