Hillary Raises Specter of Military Draft

[RS Davis]

[glow=red,2,300]James W. Harris Wrote:[/glow]

There have been ominous signs lately that a military draft may be on the horizon.

The latest comes from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY). On February 25, she said that the current volunteer military "raises serious questions in a democracy, both (about) how we define ourselves (and) what the real risks politically and militarily of taking action might be."

Further, the volunteer military may make it "easy for decision-makers just to try to keep it out of sight and out of mind."

She made the remarks in a speech to the Washington-based foreign policy think-tank the Brookings Institution. She stopped short of actually calling for a draft, but the implication was clear.

Clinton, a member of the Senate Armed Service Committee, also urged an increase in the size of the Army. She called for a national debate on both the size of U.S. military and its socio-economic composition.

Her remarks came as legislation to reinstate a draft has been introduced by Democrats in both the House and the Senate. Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-SC), a longtime advocate of draft slavery, has introduced Senate Bill S.89, the Universal National Service Act, which calls for
a compulsory two-year military term for young Americans, men and women.

Also noteworthy: Congress has increased Selective Service's budget in Fiscal Year 2005 to $28 million, an increase from FY 2004's $26.1 million.

(Sources: MSNBC:
msnbc.msn.com/id/4372246
NewsMax:
www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/2/17/170803.shtml )

[RS Davis]

7 Reasons Why You Should Refuse to Register With the Selective Slavery Service

- Rick

[Dr Snootch]

Finally, the Democrats are showing themselves for what they are...Socialists, through and through.

A well-compensated slave is still a slave. Just ask Curt Flood, the father of free-agency in Major League Baseball even though he, himself, was denied free-agent status by the judicial system.

[RS Davis]

Guest-Dr said:

Finally, the Democrats are showing themselves for what they are...Socialists, through and through.

A well-compensated slave is still a slave. Just ask Curt Flood, the father of free-agency in Major League Baseball even though he, himself, was denied free-agent status by the judicial system.

Albert Pujols, A-Rod, and all the rest of the million dollar men in baseball really owe a debt to Flood. Sadly, most people don't even know who he was or what he did.

- Rick

[Dr Snootch]

RS said:

Albert Pujols, A-Rod, and all the rest of the million dollar men in baseball really owe a debt to Flood. Sadly, most people don't even know who he was or what he did.

- Rick

Another thought occurred to me in the shower that makes the concept of conscription even more vile. Members of the military are compelled by their service to give up certain rights. The right to disagree with the President, for example. Their right to free speech is almost completely non-existent. While there are Unit Chaplains, I doubt there exist any Unit Rabbis or Imams.

Therefore, it is most dastardly to force any American citizen to waive their God-given and U.S.-protected rights by forcing them to serve in the military.

I, for one, will never willingly give up my rights to anything.