Can someone tell me the purpose of the draft board and

[La_Serpiente]

how they are selected?

[onebigbadwulf]

1. and if

flat feet still get you out of war

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Not according to he legistlatiion that has been floated

that will not get you out, I suspect taht will earn you a
Supply job

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. People apply for

mannign them

Now this time around they DO NOT want any body with Police or military experience, (Why I suspect that if RUSH Jr, came to me, or my hubby, we woudl go, no excuses, that boil will be treated, raise
your right hand)

What the Draft Board does is evaluate if drafteees are fit for service and then assign them depending on teh quotas that each of the service needs.

If you see one coming either VOLUNTEER for the US Navy or Air Force or hope you enjoy the Army or the USMC... those two will avoid some of the pain.

Now the way the legislation was written there are NO deferments as there used to be, such as College... I think the only one left is
Single child, not son, child... as women will also be subject to it. (And if we need one, and one goes through, yep women should also serve... end of discusion)

Do I agree with one? Nope

Do I see one comming? HELL YES!

[onebigbadwulf]

5. whew

Only child here.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

4. Don't forget about

Asthma ... or being depressed . It stopped the recruiters from calling me .

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. I can bet that will not stop them this time

I hope one of my nephews could avoid it due to Aspergers, I doubt
it... and that does not make me happy one bit...

Now on the plus side this will bring teh war to teh dining rooms of
middle america and after the innevitable, but you need to do your
duty crap, parents will wake up... and the kids WILL DEFINITELY
FINALLY PAY ATTENTION to politics

[MessiahRp]

7. This might sound bad but...

If Bush brings back the draft, he is a dead man. Period. Unlike LBJ, he has so many people that are wary or negative of his policies and this would be the attack on the common man that finally put someone over the edge and released the bullet from the gun that whacks Bush.

It may sound crude but how much class warfare can one society take anyways? Bush has tried to or has cut energy assistance, head start, school lunches, he totally screwed the poor on tax cuts and only after Democrats intervened did the middle class get touched on child care credits... he's put millions out of work with his cuts (which nobody that talks about the upswing in the last quarter of the economy talks about how the cuts prolonged the recession that ended in November 2001!) and has tried to eliminate every basic service. When you add in his attempts to privatize Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security... the bullet will be loaded.

Bush had better stay far away from the draft if he wants to live. I'm not personally making the threat, but it's a reality really.

Rp

[sventvkg]

8. I keep wondering why is hasn't happened yet...

No way a draft is coming back. Those pussy Mofo's in the Government, most of which have never served and never had childern who served do not have the balls to try to institute it. Also, It would be very difficult to have a non-volunteer military due to the highly technical nature of the jobs nowadays. We are not just talking grunts..You need motivated intelligent people that actually want to be there to master many of the jobs. Plus, i see the current generation of kids as far too smart to fall for the right wing agenda's bullshit. My nephews would give them the finger and not only burn their draft cards but probably fix it so no Government computer ever worked again!! No way they can pull off another draft..

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. I hate to say it

but you are aware of waht is going on, I am aware of what is going
on but Mister and Misses Middle America are too busy with the
weekend football game, or what is the latest reality show.

To be blunt, most Americans DO NOT GIVE A FLYIHG RATS ASS... so the
Draft may be exactly what they need to finally realize... the current
bread and circus such as the Petersen or Kobe Bryant cases, DO NOT MATTER, to their their every day... and truly belong in the police blotters of their not so longer local papers!

for the record this is exactly what rangel and others are hoping... and quite frankly if they are correct, this will finally wake up dumbed down and stupid middle America.

And if I sound POed, I have reasons... after all the divide and conquer has worked to the point that some cannot see how the boys in uniform are just as much of a victim of these policies as the rest of us.


Now do I favor a Draft? Even though in theory it does have some good things to it (democratizing effect and forcing people of all backgrounds to work together) It has way too many negatives for the US Military... such as oh well there goes the drug policy and it will bring back cruelty that has left the services... in ways that will be everything but amusing. So the simple answer is I do not favor one, the more complex one is I do not, for some very strong reasons that have to do with the nature of the Armed Forces...

[roguevalley]

10. This could get interesting. You forget that this generation grew up on

Viet Nam and body counts with the evening news. They remember the draft and HATED it. Their parents, all those grandparents out there HATED it.

I don't think it will be going over too damned well. I also don't think unless dimwit is elected in 2004 that it will be proposed. No one my age will allow their kids, their suburban give them everything kids who are supposed to go to college, get a job and give them grandchildren are going to Iraqi because of a draft.

I don't think we've seen anything until they propose a draft. I can tell you as a person with three nephew draft baits and dead cousins from agent orange that the draft will be opposed. It will unify people that hate each other across the board because there will be no exemptions or deferrments and if any tries, class warfare will break out.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. that is what some hope for

and the staffing crisis will hit in five months, they do not have the time to hold off until after November of 2004

[tedoll78]

11. Hehe..

Asthma.
Big homo-gay.
Cancer remission.
Conscientious objector.

Looks like I have a pretty good hand dealt to me. But there are still plenty of friends and family members for me to worry about.

And yes, Bush would be politically dead.. even if this issue were to be seriously floated by his administration. I think it's one of the issues that could hot-wire the public from its somniferous state.

[izzie]

12. If you mean the board that picked the men who would go I think it

was local men who were 'important'(Germany did it this way also) along with service doctors. Then the number thing came in.My father had a draft card during ww2 as he forgot it going into Canada once and he had to get a US judge to say he was OK before we could go into Canada.As that war went on the 4f's moved up and they took older and older people.People is certain jobs also were left off. I do not think College had anything to do with it and that came in Nam. If you were fit always was on this. Need men who can fight so the young always go first.