Received this today by email mass mailing.

Mandatory drafting for boys and girls (age 18-26) starting June 15, 2005, is something, everyone should know. This literally affects EVERYONE since we all have or know children that will have to go if this bill passes.

There is pending legislation in the House and Senate (twin bills: S 89 and HR 163) which will time the program’s initiation so the draft can begin at early as Spring 2005 — just after the 2004 presidential election. The administration is quietly trying to get these bills passed now, while the public’s attention is on the elections, so our action on this is needed immediately. Details and links follow.Even those voters who currently support U.S. Actions abroad may still object to this move, knowing their own children or grandchildren will not have a say about whether to fight. Not that it should make a difference, but this plan, among other things, eliminates higher education as a shelter and includes women in the draft — Also, crossing into Canada has already been made very difficult.Actions, actions, actions: Please send this on to all the parents and teachers you know, and all the aunts and uncles, grandparents, godparents…. And let your children know it’s their future, and they can be a powerful voice for change! Please also write to your representatives to ask them why they aren’t telling their constituents about these bills — and write to newspapers and other media outlets to ask them why they’re not covering this important story. The draft $28 million has been added to the 2004 selective service system (sss) budget to prepare for a military draft that could start as early as June 15, 2005. Selective Service must report to Bush on March 31, 2005 that the system, which has lain dormant for decades, is ready for activation. Please see this website www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html to view the sss annual performance plan - fiscal year 2004.

The pentagon has quietly begun a public campaign to fill all 10,350 draft bo ard positions and 11,070 appeals board slots nationwide. Though this is an unpopular election year topic, military experts and influential members of congress are suggesting that if Rumsfeld’s prediction of a “long, hard slog” in Iraq and Afghanistan [and a permanent state of war on "terrorism"] proves accurate, the U.S. may have no choice but to draft.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5146.htm http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5146.htm> www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html

Congress brought twin bills, S. 89 and HR 163 forward this year, When I got this I thought it must be more internet fiction. So I did a search and was very surprised to see those bills mentioned on congressional web sites. Here are the links if you’re interested. How come the media hasn’t reported this?Gailhttp://congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?id=215&letter_id=99397076

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?id=810&letter_id=9876027 1

aww christer i lost the cable to my external hard drive. gott knows where that is.

what a day. out of my mind. going to salvation army to get soeme shit. this place needs lcenaing so much to do like moving boxes and dusting and vacuuming and dusting. and getting speakers curtains and renters insurance. and speakers. got to get me some and also we need shelves os anyone’s got any ideas. i’ve got more pankreas that’s ready but i have so many tracks it’s getting hard to even keep track. i have to get the mixer set up and i have ot register my new flatscreen display and work on making the table i made and want to keep using more stable for using. i need a caddy for myt computer. i saw steve’s band play on tuesday,. at bay bridge in salem, ma. where all the witches got killed but there were no witches that night just steve’s band and he has almost the same amp as me. it’s like the combo versionn and i think it has reverb too. i love it all.

hey kids, so here i am again back on the train. made tons of pankreas. putting that online soon. should be doing more stuff with outboard synths as soon as i get more decompressed and don’t have my things in crates. i’ve got a flat screen now….

hey kids. back on the ledge. i’m in nyc now. its all foggy on the 18th floor. grandma’s okay. we’ve got songs buzzing up above and we’re ready for some more recording. i’m in a good place and i’m only waiting for other people. i want to work on farloff or craft or something. i’ve got the new fall fashion issue of new york. going to guided by voices this evening. pier 54. can’t wait can’t wait. went to see spoon over on the west side once. was splendid so i’ve got high expectation. it’ll probably be sold out or i’ll have had to have gone and gotten a ticket or some such thing oh my god i’m not going to get in. wanna go downtown and see if that allston beat store opened up on broadway after all. how cool would that be. also want to check out the american apparel store at 712 broadway.

we’re in providence. i just got cable modem hooked. been doing light fixtures and door knobs. lots of work. making a table. got the inner frame cut but need to do some tweaking and then clean the wood before i put it into the top. gonna steal the legs off some other ugly round table that i hope doesn’t belong to the downstairs neighbors. went to home depot like four times but they’re finished wood selection is a total sham. rocky’s ace is better for the hardware stuff, too. providence is nice and the weather hasn’t been too bad. went to the beach yesterday while em worked. been installing egg shaped doorknobs everywhere.