Source: The Omaha World-Herald
Sen. Chuck Hagel, speaking to an audience of Lincoln High School students, warned Tuesday that the nation may need to turn to compulsory military service "or some kind of draft" to support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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With that in mind, we're having some fun and taking a look at how things might change if the slate were wiped clean and the NFL held a re-draft today. Knowing how things have changed, what might happen? Read on …
Source: Breitbart
The Army began its recruiting year Oct. 1 with fewer signed up for basic training than in any year since it became an all-volunteer service in 1973, a top general said Wednesday.
Source: Times
WASHINGTON: Conscription or draft, terms normally used to describe the mandatory enrollment in the armed forces, is coming to the US diplomatic service.
Source: CNN
The NFL on Tuesday cut from 15 minutes to 10 the time between picks in the first round of its draft after a 2007 record round of 6 hours and 8 minutes.
Source: The New York Times
Serious problems with the war in Iraq are well chronicled, but I am struck by one that does not seem to trouble the country's leadership, even though it is profoundly corrosive to our common good: the disparity between the lives of the few who are fighting and being killed, and …
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In what's being called the "Drug War Draft," President Bush's policies deny financial aid to students with drug convictions but make it easy for them to enlist in the military. A group of college students made this video that points out the hypocrisy of the Drug War Draft.
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2008 NFL draft
Source: thesportswatchers.com
TSW knows why the fall of the NBA East occurred when it did.
After Israel commits a form of idolatry in asking for a king, God decides to give them one more chance to change their minds.
Source: projectspurs.com
The NBA offseason isn't officially over. NBA training camp is slated to start in about a month.
The current issue of Newsweek includes an article written by one Cpl. Mark Finelli who spent seven months serving with the U.S. Marine Corp in Iraq. Mr. Finelli writes of the need to reinstate the military draft, and lists several reasons for doing so.
Source: tenthamendmentcenter.com
As compelling as these constitutional arguments may be, they still miss the mark The most important argument against the draft is moral. Whatever the excuse given for its implementation, the draft is a form of slavery. Period.
Source: MSNBC
He was in the firefights of Fallujah. He saw gaps in America's arsenal that he believes can only be filled when America's elite puts its sons on the battlefield. A plea for selective service.
Source: The American View
Homosexuality and the Military. Is homosexuality a sin? Paul says he's "not as judgmental about that probably because of my medical background. I don't see it in [such] simplistic terms.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
So Ted Nugent roams a concert stage while toting automatic weapons, calls Barack Obama "a piece of -----" and says he told Obama to suck on one of his machine-guns. He also calls Hillary Clinton a "worthless @!$%#" and Dianne Feinstein a "worthless whore."
Source: Crooks and Liars
By his own admission, Nugent stopped all forms of personal hygiene for a month and showed up for his draft board physical in pants caked with his own urine and feces, winning a deferment. Creative!
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The Pentagon sharply rejected Monday a key general's assertion that a return to the military draft has always been "an option on the table" and should be considered.
Source: Think Progress
Rangel continues to push for a draft, but argues that it should not resemble the one this nation experienced in Vietnam. "Vietnam had a political draft," he said. "All you had to do is what Cheney did, what Bush did.
Source: Daily Kos
There's only so much that war supporters are willing to do in their might and heroic struggle against Islamofacism. For example, they're willing to endlessly talk macho. But they're not willing to, you know, actually wear combat boots.
Source: Raw Story
The Pentagon sharply rejected Monday a key general's assertion that a return to the military draft has always been "an option on the table" and should be considered.
Recently, President Bush's new war advisor, Doug Lute, danced around the possibility of re-instituting the military draft in America.
Source: parade.com
If a woman is old enough to sign a contract, buy a house and get married, isn't she also old enough to sip champagne at her wedding? If a man is mature enough to serve on a jury or risk his life in a war halfway around the world, isn't he also mature enough to drink a beer?
Source: Think Progress
Bush's 10 yr plan for Iraq: bring back the draft.
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On 23 Sept 2003, the Defense Department Website called "Defend America" posted a notice for people to join local draft boards.