The following is one paragraph from a DISPATCHES post from December....the topic....the commission that was established in 2017 to answer a few questions....and give some suggestions.....on the boondoggle of what a military draft might look like it we need one again.
Breitbart's morning radio show today had the chairman of this commission on as some public hearings on the commission are now being held. The questions asked of him by the host.....(a young woman who will probably be marching at Fort Jackson before this is all over.)....were pretty good considering this is all new to most of us....but as I listened to him I was reminded of a Wally Cox type figure sitting behind a desk with an absurd gobbledygook pencil-pushing project given him....or maybe Don Knox as the corporal giving a psychiatric test to Andy Griffith on No Time For Sergeants.
The problem here is monumental....and this commission is just a part of the problem. The draft is coming....not for a Vietnam type of draft but a World War II type of draft will be needed. Think about it folks....the patriotism aspect of it....the gender aspect....the illegal immigrant aspect....the 'safe space' aspect of it....the sexual preferences part of it....and the political aspect of it? This commission seems to be oblivious to all of this and is more concerned with the politically correct aspect of even having a draft.
There is another reason that I'm emphasizing this topic today....many of the people that I try to reach in these posts are parents....If I can't get their attention from the news of the day maybe wars and a military draft will do it. This is the time to get serious.....(long past that time actually).....to humble ourselves before God.....in abject mortification at what our nation has become
"It's a temporary federal agency created towards the end of President Obama's second term. The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service was commissioned by Congress to address two issues....conduct a review of military selective service....and to see if there might be some way other than military service for all young people to serve our country. Folks this has disaster written all over it. The final report is due in 2020 but they released an interim report today. USA Today reported this...."The commission met with legal scholars in October....they split on whether the government can require public service." OK....relax....these will just be suggestions that the Commission gives.....Congress and the President will determine if changes are to be made. Did I say relax....the President and the Congress are on it.... if I did....forget it. I've posted on the subject of a draft a few times. Think about it yourself folks. Think of all the problems that will....not could.....will come up. On the other hand.....the issue of a military draft may very well be put to the test well before 2020 and the commission's report even gets here."
While on the topic I'll add this post.....this from December of 2017:
I've written on the perilous state that our nation is in so many times in the past nine years (ten years now) that at times I feel like I'm in a trance.....just sending out dots and dashes.....SOSs.....MAYDAYs. When I was 18 years old the most pressing concern for the young adult was the Vietnam War. There were a few ways to avoid the draft.....college being one of them. Some decided to go to college just for this reason.....but most who matriculated were going to go to college draft or no draft....and some specifically put off college because their country needed them. It's different today. If we have a draft then the male college student can finish the semester....unless he's a senior where he can finish the year....but that's it. Females are fully in the workforce today but they won't be drafted. Gays were not drafted during Vietnam but they would be today. I have no idea what they will do with the transgender issue. Documented and undocumented immigrant males 18-26 are also required to register. The draft board has always been ready....just in case. You can keep abreast of the policies and any changes that may be made to them at sss.gov.
"Greeting, You Are Hereby..."
There is no plan made by man that can stem the tide of wars and rumors of wars ahead. An estimation here....if I went up to one-hundred strangers on the street and gave my views on the trouble that America is in, ninety of them would think my claims utterly absurd. Nine might admit that we are in big trouble but not to the extent to which I do. One might agree with me.
If America's future is to be determined with a survey then we are in pretty good shape....maybe not.....good....shape....but pretty good shape as to at least surviving intact as a nation. Take a drive around your town.....unless you live in a metropolitan area.....take a nice walk.....particularly if you live in warm weather on the beach.....and nothing seems to have changed in America....but here's a hint.....the determining factors on our future will not be made on the congenial ambiance of a local Starbucks or pristine waters and gentle slapping of the waves on Siesta Key.
Half of America has become untethered as to an American creed, uncivilized as to any sense of fairness, and unbecoming as to any beauty that our simple flag of stars and stripes once brightened this world with. Our hopes for a supermajority in Congress or a majority in the Supreme Court means nothing when nearly half of the people despise us and everything that we stand for. They will find a way to cut our legs out from under us. Do you not see this happening every day?
Have you ever thought about what major wars in both the Pacific and the Middle East would do to our country that is pretty near perfectly divided? Have you considered what a military draft would look like? We can't even deal with Bergdahl and Manning....how are we now going to field a WWII type army in this anti-American political climate? Who gets drafted to begin with? Would we have 'safe spaces' in basic training?
The 401k was a great idea.....for half of Americans who can take advantage of it....but what about the other half? It's A Wonderful Life will be playing everywhere in America here shortly.....take note of what it looks like when a bank can't give people their money.
Many of you might say....."Well, we'll just have to depend on God." FLASH BULLETIN.....He's been warning us for half a century.....1/120th of the history of man.....half of America despises the thought of the God of the Bible and the rest of us give 100 times more attention to sports and entertainment than to Him.....and if you want to get technical.....he gave blueprints in the Old Testament for just such a disaster as we are facing.
There is only one possible recourse......and it's not in the nonsense of making America great again.....but in the accurate....humble yet effusive.....and yet tear-soaked proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.... accompanied by what would be God's will in having His Holy Spirit move over this land in a 3000 mile swath of conviction leading to repentance.
Breitbart's morning radio show today had the chairman of this commission on as some public hearings on the commission are now being held. The questions asked of him by the host.....(a young woman who will probably be marching at Fort Jackson before this is all over.)....were pretty good considering this is all new to most of us....but as I listened to him I was reminded of a Wally Cox type figure sitting behind a desk with an absurd gobbledygook pencil-pushing project given him....or maybe Don Knox as the corporal giving a psychiatric test to Andy Griffith on No Time For Sergeants.
The problem here is monumental....and this commission is just a part of the problem. The draft is coming....not for a Vietnam type of draft but a World War II type of draft will be needed. Think about it folks....the patriotism aspect of it....the gender aspect....the illegal immigrant aspect....the 'safe space' aspect of it....the sexual preferences part of it....and the political aspect of it? This commission seems to be oblivious to all of this and is more concerned with the politically correct aspect of even having a draft.
There is another reason that I'm emphasizing this topic today....many of the people that I try to reach in these posts are parents....If I can't get their attention from the news of the day maybe wars and a military draft will do it. This is the time to get serious.....(long past that time actually).....to humble ourselves before God.....in abject mortification at what our nation has become
"It's a temporary federal agency created towards the end of President Obama's second term. The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service was commissioned by Congress to address two issues....conduct a review of military selective service....and to see if there might be some way other than military service for all young people to serve our country. Folks this has disaster written all over it. The final report is due in 2020 but they released an interim report today. USA Today reported this...."The commission met with legal scholars in October....they split on whether the government can require public service." OK....relax....these will just be suggestions that the Commission gives.....Congress and the President will determine if changes are to be made. Did I say relax....the President and the Congress are on it.... if I did....forget it. I've posted on the subject of a draft a few times. Think about it yourself folks. Think of all the problems that will....not could.....will come up. On the other hand.....the issue of a military draft may very well be put to the test well before 2020 and the commission's report even gets here."
While on the topic I'll add this post.....this from December of 2017:
I've written on the perilous state that our nation is in so many times in the past nine years (ten years now) that at times I feel like I'm in a trance.....just sending out dots and dashes.....SOSs.....MAYDAYs. When I was 18 years old the most pressing concern for the young adult was the Vietnam War. There were a few ways to avoid the draft.....college being one of them. Some decided to go to college just for this reason.....but most who matriculated were going to go to college draft or no draft....and some specifically put off college because their country needed them. It's different today. If we have a draft then the male college student can finish the semester....unless he's a senior where he can finish the year....but that's it. Females are fully in the workforce today but they won't be drafted. Gays were not drafted during Vietnam but they would be today. I have no idea what they will do with the transgender issue. Documented and undocumented immigrant males 18-26 are also required to register. The draft board has always been ready....just in case. You can keep abreast of the policies and any changes that may be made to them at sss.gov.
"Greeting, You Are Hereby..."
There is no plan made by man that can stem the tide of wars and rumors of wars ahead. An estimation here....if I went up to one-hundred strangers on the street and gave my views on the trouble that America is in, ninety of them would think my claims utterly absurd. Nine might admit that we are in big trouble but not to the extent to which I do. One might agree with me.
If America's future is to be determined with a survey then we are in pretty good shape....maybe not.....good....shape....but pretty good shape as to at least surviving intact as a nation. Take a drive around your town.....unless you live in a metropolitan area.....take a nice walk.....particularly if you live in warm weather on the beach.....and nothing seems to have changed in America....but here's a hint.....the determining factors on our future will not be made on the congenial ambiance of a local Starbucks or pristine waters and gentle slapping of the waves on Siesta Key.
Half of America has become untethered as to an American creed, uncivilized as to any sense of fairness, and unbecoming as to any beauty that our simple flag of stars and stripes once brightened this world with. Our hopes for a supermajority in Congress or a majority in the Supreme Court means nothing when nearly half of the people despise us and everything that we stand for. They will find a way to cut our legs out from under us. Do you not see this happening every day?
Have you ever thought about what major wars in both the Pacific and the Middle East would do to our country that is pretty near perfectly divided? Have you considered what a military draft would look like? We can't even deal with Bergdahl and Manning....how are we now going to field a WWII type army in this anti-American political climate? Who gets drafted to begin with? Would we have 'safe spaces' in basic training?
The 401k was a great idea.....for half of Americans who can take advantage of it....but what about the other half? It's A Wonderful Life will be playing everywhere in America here shortly.....take note of what it looks like when a bank can't give people their money.
Many of you might say....."Well, we'll just have to depend on God." FLASH BULLETIN.....He's been warning us for half a century.....1/120th of the history of man.....half of America despises the thought of the God of the Bible and the rest of us give 100 times more attention to sports and entertainment than to Him.....and if you want to get technical.....he gave blueprints in the Old Testament for just such a disaster as we are facing.
There is only one possible recourse......and it's not in the nonsense of making America great again.....but in the accurate....humble yet effusive.....and yet tear-soaked proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.... accompanied by what would be God's will in having His Holy Spirit move over this land in a 3000 mile swath of conviction leading to repentance.
