The DRAFT issue could change mind's of mothers...

[Dawgs]

I know we are all trying to get out and register the young voter, but I think it is just as important to push this draft issue right up until election day. I wonder how many mothers will tell their husbands they will vote for Bush, and then go into the voting booth to vote for Kerry.

I would like to see Kerry hold on to this issue right up to election day. Let his followers go out and bush the draft now, and then wait until just before the election to use it himself. If a parent goes into the voting booth thinking their son or daughter might be sent to war, there is a good chance they will vote against Bush.

I know it has already changed my Aunt's mind. She has a 17 year old grandson.

[ikojo]

1. There was a "Mother's Movement" prior to the US entering WWII

but it was lead primarily from the right and not the left.


http://www.aroots.org/architecture-books/architecture-book-isbn-0226395898.html

"Women of the Far Right: The Mothers' Movement and World War II" takes a close look at the mothers' movements at the peak of their power, from roughly the late 1930s to the early 1940s. Many women of the time, horrified at the prospect of losing sons and husbands to yet another war in Europe, came together to oppose Roosevelt's increasing moves towards involving America in problems overseas. Boasting names like the National Legion of Mothers of America, We the Mothers Mobilize for America, and Women United, these groups hoped to bring about change in Washington through petitioning, marching on the nation's capital, and putting pressure on members of Congress. Many of the groups received financial support from big business, from wealthy individuals, and from a sympathetic public. The first and only truly national mothers' organization was led by novelist Kathleen Norris and supported good old fashioned isolationism. The group, sponsored by William Randolph Hearst, moved in the same circles as the isolationist America First Committee. According to Jeansonne, Norris's organization fractured after anti-Semites and racists infiltrated local chapters. The author focuses on the crackpots and loonies who took over the leadership positions of these local groups.

[Dems Will Win]

3. Read the Bush DRAFT 2005 secret memo for yourself, HANG FLYER

Printable pdf: http: http://somnamblst.tripod.com/draftalert.pdf

Follow instructions on the site to print the .pdf FILE. The .gif is JUST A SAMPLE.

In May, the Seattle Post Intelligencer published an article about a document they received through the Freedom of Information Act. It was revealed that the SSS is currently “designing procedures” for the implementation of a “Skills Draft” after holding a top-level meeting on it with Deputy Undersecretaries at the Defense Department. This draft would change the very mission of the Selective Service and require “virtually every young American”, male and female ages 18-34, to register for the Skills Draft and list all the occupations they are proficient in to fill labor shortages throughout nearly the entire government.

Here, for the first time, is the FOI document itself:

http://blatanttruth.org/selective_service091304.pdf

This document is real, having been acknowledged by the DoD and the SSS when they said no action is being taken on it at the present time, as reported:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/171522_draft01.html

Although Congress would have to approve new legislation to create a Skills Draft or reinstate the combat draft, Family Circle reported in its July 13 issue that Karl Rove has polled GOP members of Congress in September 2002 to see if they would support the President if he requests reinstatement. The Republicans said they would vote for the draft.

In addition, the SSS itself has said that it is “designing procedures” (Seattle PI, May 1, 2004) to implement the skills draft, meaning designing the compliance cards and the data fields needed to keep track of “virtually every young American” and their skills. Acting Director of the SSS Brodsky has also said the Skills Draft is the “top priority” of the Selective Service for 2004. The Issue Paper options include:

- Allow a non-combat draft for shortages in critical skills, without calling a combat draft.

- Fill labor shortages of all kinds throughout not only DoD but the Dept. of Homeland Security and other agencies, especially high-paying professionals like computer networking specialist or linguist.

- Create a single-point, all-inclusive database, in which every young person would be forced to send in a “self-declaration” of all of their critical skills, chosen from a long list of occupations like the Armed Forces Specialty Code. The usual penalties of imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine would apply to all non-registrants.

In the secret planning meeting document, the next steps strongly recommended by SSS Acting Director Brodsky were:

1. “Promptly” redefine the SSS Mission to draft men and women up to age 34 for skills, and deliver them within 90 days or sooner to the Department of Defense. Program a massive database to be ready to enter millions of names of those registering their critical skills.

2. Expand mission to deliver personnel in skills draft to the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies, including FEMA, NSC, Border Patrol, INS, Customs, Corporation for National Service, Public Health Service and other agencies.

3. Form interagency task force to provide Administration with recommendation on this skills draft for the entire government.

4. Obtain White House Statement of Administration Policy on the future of the SSS.

5. Be prepared to market the skills draft, raising the non-combat age to 34 and the drafting of women to the Armed Services and Appropriations Committee.

In contrast to this planning and preparation to create a targeted draft, Kerry plans to spend an additional $7 billion to strengthen the Volunteer Army in what is essentially a “No-Draft Plan”. Moreover, Kerry is strongly opposed to the neo-con plan revealed in Wes Clark’s book Winning Modern Wars, in which Clark was told by a senior Pentagon official that invasions of Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Sudan and Somalia were planned and still to come over the next three years.

DON'T FORGET TO USE THE .PDF NOT THE .GIF FILE.

BUSH '04 = DRAFT '05

KERRY '04 = PNAC OUT THE DOOR!

For more Flyers: http://somnamblst.tripod.com/

[Blue Gardener]

2. I think Mothers can decide the election

Going to work on an LTTE about this subject.