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cindy25
12-04-2007, 01:23 AM
this is from the Black and Brown forum in Iowa; the entire article is on Huffington:



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/hillary-clinton



Moderator Ray Suarez: "Recently in my house, a young person, turned 18, and he received a letter from the Selective Service who wrote that in no uncertain terms he had to make himself known to the Selective Service, in case he needs to be called up. I have another teenager, and she won't be hearing from the government. I'm wondering if this is giving the wrong message to our young people."

Senator Dodd: "Yes. Great question...I'm a strong person advocating that each young person gives 1,000 hours...I'm a big advocate of universal national service for our young people. I'm the only candidate who has advocated for a national service program." Suarez asked all the candidates if they would support a national youth service program if it included non-military service.

All of the candidates agreed, but Dennis Kucinich said, "Americans should be going away
from militarism."

dmspilot00
12-04-2007, 01:51 AM
Funny, I thought we outlawed involuntary servitude.

PredatorOC
12-04-2007, 02:03 AM
Is this for real? Is it out of context? Because there is another word for this: slavery.

ctb619
12-04-2007, 02:11 AM
national greatness socialism

bunklocoempire
12-04-2007, 02:11 AM
(any other candidate)........."We'll have our lawyers look into that"

Lois
12-04-2007, 04:46 AM
I scrolled down the whole page and couldn't find the story. Is there a better link with the actual story?

Thanks.

Lois

FSP-Rebel
12-04-2007, 10:00 AM
Yeah, dems like the draft because it is more egalitarian than our current voluntary system. Their main goal is not to wage war minimally, but promote it subtly by stating that even the rich white folks will have their kids sent as well.

cindy25
12-04-2007, 07:34 PM
McCain has in the past advocated forced national service, and according to ServeNext, a pro-draft organization, the Huck has signed a pledge to expand national service.

Time magazine has recently been pushing for this, and it has been a centerpiece of dlc.org ( a Clinton group) since the 90s.

murrayrothbard
12-04-2007, 07:52 PM
Funny, I thought we outlawed involuntary servitude.

Only chattel slavery is outlawed. Public slavery is bread and butter of the state.