There's a Draft Coming

Kevin Drum, along with many others, thinks that there will be no draft:

Personally, I still doubt this is anything more than normal agency planning. However, you may draw your own conclusions based on your own personal level of paranoia.

I respect and admire Kevin, and I would take a pay cut to work for any company he headed up. But beside my mouse pad is a letter from the Selective Service, which I am in the process of responding to. It's an application to serve on a draft board. Interestingly enough, I meet the qualifications perfectly:

• Must be 18 years old or older
• Must be a citizen of the United States
• Men must have registered with the Selective Service, except those born from March 29, 1957 through December 31, 1959.
• Must not be an employee of any law enforcement organization
• Must not be an active or retired member of the Armed Forces
• Must not have been convicted of any criminal offense.

I pray to every deity that humans worship that I will never have to serve.

Posted 9:09 PM by Jon Link