The word is out about the draft. Oh, you didn’t know that there was a plan for a draft? Au contraire! Those nefarious Republicans are plotting to send the unwilling to the quagmire Iraq.
And just to show how crafty those Republicans are, check out who they put up to do their bidding!
House:
Charles Rangel, NY
Neil Abercrombie, HI
Corrine Brown, FL
Donna M. Christensen, VI
William Lacy Clay, MO
John Conyers, Jr., MI
Elijah E. Cummings, MD
Alcee L. Hastings, FL
Sheila Jackson-Lee, TX
John Lewis, GA
Jim McDermott, WA
James P. Moran, VA
Eleanor Holmes Norton, DC
Fortney Pete Stark, CA
Nydia M. Velazquez, NY
Senate:
Fritz Hollings, SC
All Democrats! Pretty impressive manipulative technique, don’t you think? And they say the president is dumb!
In all seriousness, there is an email going around to the Democratic faithful, exhorting them to contact their congressional representatives urging them to vote against the Universal National Service Act of 2003|(H.R.163/S. 89). (The bill sits in the Armed Forces Committee slush pile.) No problem with that do I have. I know of no military person who wants to work next to someone who doesn't want to be a part of the team.
However, when I was sitting at one of my friends’ place, her fax came on, distributing all of of the pertinent information about this bill. Well, almost all of the pertinent information.
My friend’s response: “see what Dubya is trying to do?” There was not one word in the fax about the sponsors and the co-sponsors of the bill.
This is the type of mentality that has become too prevalent: anything undesirable is automatically George W. Bush’s fault.
(Thanks to Citizen Smash)
UPDATE: The link to the bill was a temporary one. To view the bill, click on the new link, then on "Bill Status & Summary," then enter the bill number(s). (Thanks, Tony!)
