Nbadan
10-02-2004, 01:57 PM
Because of some confusion about the relationship between the Military Draft Alert and HR 163, the so-called Rangel draft bill—which is in reality a “protest bill” with no prayer of passing, here are the differences between the RANGEL PROTEST BILL and the secretive behind-the-scenes activity at the SSS and the DoD, to ready not only a BUSH COMBAT DRAFT in 2005 but also a BUSH SKILLS DRAFT and BUSH MEDICAL DRAFT in 2006 or sooner:
RANGEL PROTEST BILL
Click here for text of HR163 (http://www.theorator.com/bills108/hr163.html)
Would replace current draft legislation that drafts only men for combat, retaining current exemptions such as high school and Conscientious Objector status.
Closes loopholes that allow privileged treatment for the wealthy and well-connected; no more college deferments, for example.
Drafts women for combat as well as men, ages 18–34.
Does not draft for skills, this is a combat draft only.
ACTUAL BUSH SSS ACTIVITY TOWARD A 2005 DRAFT
Only men are drafted for combat, 18–25 (current law—no Rangel bill needed)
“Groundwork being laid” (SSS Spokesman Amon) for a non-combat skills draft of men and women age 18–34. The two-year process to gear up SKILLS DRAFT started nearly two years ago, in Feb. 2003, meaning a skills draft would be ready in 2005 (a new law would be passed if Bush gets “re-selected”).
The Medical Draft registration data collection is also going to be readied for operational use in 2005 by use of work already done on the Skills Draft, and by modifying the draft registration card to include a list of medical skills. This means the Medical Draft would be ready in 2005, men and women age 20–44 (this draft, like the current combat draft for men 18-25, is already the law of the land)
The secret Issue Paper actually proposes being able to call a Skills and Medical Draft WITHOUT calling a combat draft.
The biggest difference of course is that the RANGEL PROTEST BILL will NEVER happen and the NEW BUSH DRAFT has already begun gearing up for 2005:
Timeline of activity on Skills and Medical Drafts
Feb. 11 2003—Top-level meeting between the head of the SSS and Deputy Undersecretary Abell in charge of Personnel and Readiness of the DoD on the SKILLS DRAFT. This is the meeting recorded in the unpublicized Issue Paper, revealed by a Freedom of Information Act request in May 2004. The SSS goes back to the drawing board after this meeting, encouraged enough to do some more planning.
Summer 2003—A drive begins to start filling Draft Board vacancies by asking current board members to find new ones.
Fall 2003—DoD announces critical skills shortages in linguists, computer experts and engineers. SSS Director Brodsky orders the designing of the SKILLS DRAFT procedures, the registration card, and the massive database needed to track every young American under the age of 35 AND their skills. Brodsky, who “plays” J. E. McNeil, the head of Center on Conscience & War, a Conscientious Objector support and information group, and other anti-draft leaders by calling them regularly and schmoozing them, lies to McNeil, telling her that in February of 2003 the SSS had to “justify their existence” before a hostile committee—when in reality the SSS and DoD were having the SKILLS DRAFT meeting and he himself had just started designing the new system and making it his top priority.
Sept 2003—Draft board recruitment ad goes up on the Internet.
November 2003—Draft board ad scrubbed!
Dec. 2003—Brodsky announces the Skills Draft to be the “top priority” of the SSS in newsletter and tells of rapid progress to come.
March 13, 2004—Word of Skills Draft leaks out in a SF Chronicle story—the SSS admits it and tells reporters it’s just a “planning contingency.” In an attempt to throw the press off, the SSS also says it would take 2 years to gear up and work the kinks out of a Skills Draft and that there is no funding for it. Eric Rosenberg, the reporter on the story, finds out about the Feb. 11 meeting Issue Paper and files a Freedom of Information Act request to get a copy.
May 1, 2004—An article on the Skills Draft fails to mention several key points: skills conscription would be expanded to fill labor shortages throughout the Dept of Homeland Security, which is 1/3 of the whole government, the Skills Draft can be called without a combat draft, Skills induction will take a mere 90 days of reauthorization, the SSS wanted to “promptly” change the very MISSION of the SSS, and so on. The article does, however, reveal many major points of the sweeping plan.
Sept 13, 2004—Issue Paper agenda memo of key Feb 2003 meeting posted on the Web, including this:
“while a conventional draft may never be needed, a draft of men and women possessing these critical skills may be warranted in a future crisis if too few volunteer.”
2004—MOCK DRAFT LOTTERY HELD, and SAMPLE MEDICAL EXAM REPORT ORDERS ISSUED TO MAILING LIST. Alternative Service is geared up for first time in 31 years! Papers to place Conscientious Objectors with employers are actually drawn up. SSS has been brought up to 95% operational capability, full Medical draft capability is set for 2005, and all DRAFT BOARD vacancies are to be filled by Spring 2005!
March 31, 2005—
SSS Director must report to the Congress that the entire system is primed and ready to open 2,000 draft board offices and to start inducting within 75 days: June 15, 2005.
Blatant Truth (http://blatanttruth.org/rangel.htm)
RANGEL PROTEST BILL
Click here for text of HR163 (http://www.theorator.com/bills108/hr163.html)
Would replace current draft legislation that drafts only men for combat, retaining current exemptions such as high school and Conscientious Objector status.
Closes loopholes that allow privileged treatment for the wealthy and well-connected; no more college deferments, for example.
Drafts women for combat as well as men, ages 18–34.
Does not draft for skills, this is a combat draft only.
ACTUAL BUSH SSS ACTIVITY TOWARD A 2005 DRAFT
Only men are drafted for combat, 18–25 (current law—no Rangel bill needed)
“Groundwork being laid” (SSS Spokesman Amon) for a non-combat skills draft of men and women age 18–34. The two-year process to gear up SKILLS DRAFT started nearly two years ago, in Feb. 2003, meaning a skills draft would be ready in 2005 (a new law would be passed if Bush gets “re-selected”).
The Medical Draft registration data collection is also going to be readied for operational use in 2005 by use of work already done on the Skills Draft, and by modifying the draft registration card to include a list of medical skills. This means the Medical Draft would be ready in 2005, men and women age 20–44 (this draft, like the current combat draft for men 18-25, is already the law of the land)
The secret Issue Paper actually proposes being able to call a Skills and Medical Draft WITHOUT calling a combat draft.
The biggest difference of course is that the RANGEL PROTEST BILL will NEVER happen and the NEW BUSH DRAFT has already begun gearing up for 2005:
Timeline of activity on Skills and Medical Drafts
Feb. 11 2003—Top-level meeting between the head of the SSS and Deputy Undersecretary Abell in charge of Personnel and Readiness of the DoD on the SKILLS DRAFT. This is the meeting recorded in the unpublicized Issue Paper, revealed by a Freedom of Information Act request in May 2004. The SSS goes back to the drawing board after this meeting, encouraged enough to do some more planning.
Summer 2003—A drive begins to start filling Draft Board vacancies by asking current board members to find new ones.
Fall 2003—DoD announces critical skills shortages in linguists, computer experts and engineers. SSS Director Brodsky orders the designing of the SKILLS DRAFT procedures, the registration card, and the massive database needed to track every young American under the age of 35 AND their skills. Brodsky, who “plays” J. E. McNeil, the head of Center on Conscience & War, a Conscientious Objector support and information group, and other anti-draft leaders by calling them regularly and schmoozing them, lies to McNeil, telling her that in February of 2003 the SSS had to “justify their existence” before a hostile committee—when in reality the SSS and DoD were having the SKILLS DRAFT meeting and he himself had just started designing the new system and making it his top priority.
Sept 2003—Draft board recruitment ad goes up on the Internet.
November 2003—Draft board ad scrubbed!
Dec. 2003—Brodsky announces the Skills Draft to be the “top priority” of the SSS in newsletter and tells of rapid progress to come.
March 13, 2004—Word of Skills Draft leaks out in a SF Chronicle story—the SSS admits it and tells reporters it’s just a “planning contingency.” In an attempt to throw the press off, the SSS also says it would take 2 years to gear up and work the kinks out of a Skills Draft and that there is no funding for it. Eric Rosenberg, the reporter on the story, finds out about the Feb. 11 meeting Issue Paper and files a Freedom of Information Act request to get a copy.
May 1, 2004—An article on the Skills Draft fails to mention several key points: skills conscription would be expanded to fill labor shortages throughout the Dept of Homeland Security, which is 1/3 of the whole government, the Skills Draft can be called without a combat draft, Skills induction will take a mere 90 days of reauthorization, the SSS wanted to “promptly” change the very MISSION of the SSS, and so on. The article does, however, reveal many major points of the sweeping plan.
Sept 13, 2004—Issue Paper agenda memo of key Feb 2003 meeting posted on the Web, including this:
“while a conventional draft may never be needed, a draft of men and women possessing these critical skills may be warranted in a future crisis if too few volunteer.”
2004—MOCK DRAFT LOTTERY HELD, and SAMPLE MEDICAL EXAM REPORT ORDERS ISSUED TO MAILING LIST. Alternative Service is geared up for first time in 31 years! Papers to place Conscientious Objectors with employers are actually drawn up. SSS has been brought up to 95% operational capability, full Medical draft capability is set for 2005, and all DRAFT BOARD vacancies are to be filled by Spring 2005!
March 31, 2005—
SSS Director must report to the Congress that the entire system is primed and ready to open 2,000 draft board offices and to start inducting within 75 days: June 15, 2005.
Blatant Truth (http://blatanttruth.org/rangel.htm)