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36. Snopes goes in to more detail

Fri May 25, 2018, 01:09 PM

May 2018

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/draft-noticed/

STATUS: TRUE.

ORIGINS: In 1984, a Palo Alto, California, family received a Selective Services reminder that it was almost time for Johnny Klomberg to register for the draft. Problem was, there was no Johnny Klomberg living at that address. Or anywhere else. He was purely the fictional invention of the two boys who did live there, Eric and Greg Hentzel.

To remind 18-year-olds to register with the Selective Service, that agency had been tracking down young men through commercial mailing lists. They got caught out at this practice when they sent such an invitation to a fictional kid who’d been dreamed up by a couple of young Dillingers whose dad was an
ex-Serviceman, a lawyer, and not amused.

He didn’t think it right that a kids’ “free ice cream” list should be turned into a Selective Service name harvesting opportunity.

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Good point, David Hogg! [View all] Heartstrings May 2018 OP

K&R... spanone May 2018 #1

Right again, and simply to the point. This was also in Hillary's amazing platform btw. Wwcd May 2018 #2

I remember that. (nt) ehrnst May 2018 #31

Love it! He'll be president one day! nt ecstatic May 2018 #3

Bravo, David Hogg gademocrat7 May 2018 #4

K&R uponit7771 May 2018 #5

K&R demmiblue May 2018 #6

Yes! Politicub May 2018 #7

They'll raise the voting age before they raise the gun buying age IronLionZion May 2018 #8

To paraphrase Goldfinger: sandensea May 2018 #9

That was Auric Goldfinger, not Blofeld n/t VWolf May 2018 #22

Agreed, but just in case this is not well known...... alwaysinasnit May 2018 #10

That doesn't surprise me a bit. BigmanPigman May 2018 #11

Out of the mouths of babes Moral Compass May 2018 #12

K&R BootinUp May 2018 #13

So much on point. He's great. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #14

Good point, for some. But you don't have to be a citizen to be drafted, I think. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #15

This is true. Or at least it was in the 60s. A relative of mine was drafted who was not a citizen. Tipperary May 2018 #17

As "Eve of Destruction" noted... malthaussen May 2018 #30

That's right! Great song. Some really good music back then. The voting age is 18, now, tho? Honeycombe8 May 2018 #38

Yep. But oddly, they changed that... malthaussen May 2018 #39

David Wants Young People to Cha May 2018 #16

K&R! nt Mountain Mule May 2018 #18

You bet! cp May 2018 #19

Well, it's a pithy sentiment, but the Feds don't have anything to do with voter registration, scarletwoman May 2018 #20

You'd think it would be easier then ck4829 May 2018 #25

Being logical tazmaniac May 2018 #21

I hope this young man ends up running for office some day. Upthevibe May 2018 #23

K&R ck4829 May 2018 #24

US voter turnout TimeSnowDemos May 2018 #26

Excellent observation and suggestion. I totally agree. The problem is.... usaf-vet May 2018 #27

Draft registration for men is required, not automatic. sl8 May 2018 #28

Years ago there was a story about an ice cream restaurant chain that got caught selling names... Hassin Bin Sober May 2018 #32

Wow, that's interesting. Thanks. n/t sl8 May 2018 #35

Snopes goes in to more detail Hassin Bin Sober May 2018 #36

Comscription is involuntary. malthaussen May 2018 #29

K & R SunSeeker May 2018 #33

"Automatic Registration in the United States: the Selective Service Example" sl8 May 2018 #34

hmmmm LiberalLovinLug May 2018 #37