US pilots soon to report their skills?

No Republican President has instituted a draft since Abraham Lincoln during
the Civil War. Democrats, however, cannot imagine fighting a war without a
draft. John Kerry has frequently accused the Bush administration of having a
secret plan to reinstate the draft. There is no question that, if elected,
Kerry would push for a draft to 'resolve the current crisis.' He would blame
it on the Republicans, of course. The only bill currently before Congress to
reinstate the draft is sponsored by Democrats. Democrats have a long history
of proposing such measures, including drafts for 'peaceful' purposes such as
the Peace Corps. This is in keeping with the historical and philosophical
origins of the Democratic Party, which was founded to protect the rights of
slave owners and to represent slave states. After all, if everyone is the
slave of the US government (which they frequently allege), then what is
wrong with private ownership of humans? This philosophical view is the
foundation for Democratic positions on everything from trade unions to the
right to bear arms to taxation, and it is why Democratic 'intellectuals' are
basically aristocratic elitists.

Martin Hotze wrote:
This time the foreigners come better off.

Many of "the foreigners", e.g. Germany, are subject to compulsory
military service or approved alternatives. Are you saying that a draft
makes foreigners better off than those in the US, who have not been
subjected to a draft since 1973?

The Selective Service System was created in the US in 1940. Men in the
United States have been required to register for selective service
since that time (except during the time between during the Ford
administration when registration requirements were suspended, and when
they were resumed by President Carter). So, that part is
less-than-earth-shattering news.

The skills assessment survey described is like one that I've filled out
for every job I've taken with a company large enough to have a
dedicated Human Resources staff of at least 1 person. The goal is to
provide the company with an effective set of resources based on the
available skills. The word on the street is that this survey helps
accomplish this goal.

The entire role of the Selective Service System, as a Federal agency,
is to provide for the contingency of conscription. It has nothing to
do with whether a draft will be imposed or not.

.... but if it is imposed, why would anyone object to SSS being able to
provide resources more effectively? Why keep the government as
inefficient as possible? Who would benefit from that?

It's my understanding that "the foreigners" who are drafted are
normally given assignments NOT related to their skill set. Computer
engineers become cooks, and chefs become truck drivers. It's a waste
of skill and no one is happy about it. Is this how the foreigners come
better off?

Martin Hotze wrote:
This time the foreigners come better off.

Many of "the foreigners", e.g. Germany, are subject to compulsory
military service or approved alternatives. Are you saying that a draft
makes foreigners better off than those in the US, who have not been
subjected to a draft since 1973?

The Selective Service System was created in the US in 1940. Men in the
United States have been required to register for selective service
since that time (except during the time between during the Ford
administration when registration requirements were suspended, and when
they were resumed by President Carter). So, that part is
less-than-earth-shattering news.

The skills assessment survey described is like one that I've filled out
for every job I've taken with a company large enough to have a
dedicated Human Resources staff of at least 1 person. The goal is to
provide the company with an effective set of resources based on the
available skills. The word on the street is that this survey helps
accomplish this goal.

The entire role of the Selective Service System, as a Federal agency,
is to provide for the contingency of conscription. It has nothing to
do with whether a draft will be imposed or not.

.... but if it is imposed, why would anyone object to SSS being able to
provide resources more effectively? Why keep the government as
inefficient as possible? Who would benefit from that?

It's my understanding that "the foreigners" who are drafted are
normally given assignments NOT related to their skill set. Computer
engineers become cooks, and chefs become truck drivers. It's a waste
of skill and no one is happy about it. Is this how the foreigners come
better off?

Martin Hotze wrote:
can you cook? can you pilot an aircraft? are you into computers?

you're the (wo)man! hmm, this one is only for (US-) citizens,
methinks.
This time the foreigners come better off.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/9/12032/9687

---snip
The proposed changes discussed in this meeting include:

*(...) This non-combat skills draft would induct men and women
ages 18
to 34.
(...)
* Create a single-point, all-inclusive database, in which every
young
person would be forced to send in a "self-declaration"--like an IRS
form--of all of their critical skills, chosen from a long list o f
several
hundred occupations like the Air Force Specialty Code with Skills
Identifier. The usual penalties of imprisonment and/or a $250,000
fine
would apply to all non-registrants.
---snap

#m

--
Somehow, some way, the Left trash talks "multi-national corporations"
and
"big corporations" as if they were messengers of evil, when, in fact,
corporations represent the ultimate, perfect expression of communal
ownership of capital. (Jay Honeck in r.a.p.)

Martin Hotze wrote:
can you cook? can you pilot an aircraft? are you into computers?

you're the (wo)man! hmm, this one is only for (US-) citizens,
methinks.
This time the foreigners come better off.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/9/12032/9687

---snip
The proposed changes discussed in this meeting include:

*(...) This non-combat skills draft would induct men and women
ages 18
to 34.
(...)
* Create a single-point, all-inclusive database, in which every
young
person would be forced to send in a "self-declaration"--like an IRS
form--of all of their critical skills, chosen from a long list o f
several
hundred occupations like the Air Force Specialty Code with Skills
Identifier. The usual penalties of imprisonment and/or a $250,000
fine
would apply to all non-registrants.
---snap

#m

--
Somehow, some way, the Left trash talks "multi-national corporations"
and
"big corporations" as if they were messengers of evil, when, in fact,
corporations represent the ultimate, perfect expression of communal
ownership of capital. (Jay Honeck in r.a.p.)