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To: Rambi who wrote (20436)	4/4/1999 7:02:00 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

<<A serious note. Ammo said "Mom, I'm scared. I don't want to be drafted and have to go to Kosovo. I don't even know where it is." And I feel very angry and threatened right now. And helpless.>> I know that feeling. I turned 18 in '66. Funny thing I volunteered for the draft in '69 even though I had a deferment and drew a 256 in the lottery. If the draft came back today I'd be in Mexico or Canada. Difference is we used to have leaders and not wars to cover the personal faults of the president.

To: Rambi who wrote (20436)	4/4/1999 7:46:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

I think being an Echols scholar U.Va. is a really big deal, they get to live in the rooms on the Rotunda or something like that? Not being from Virginia, I am a little vague on that, but I think it's quite prestigious. Make sure the termites aren't Formosa termites. They came here a few years ago, by accident, and are a big problem in Louisiana, they can destroy houses and they eat live oaks. My father's wife's rental house was destroyed. I think I want to build my own house, everything new and done right the first time. A roof lasts 30 years, and I am probably good for another 30 years, so that's a no-brainer, why buy a 30 year old house? I'd like to have a solid brick house, wonder if anyone does that anymore. Chris just told me the steaks are done, so I am going to sign off. The first barbeque of the year, we usually do it on Easter.

To: Rambi who wrote (20436)	4/4/1999 8:36:00 PM
From: BlueCrab	Respond to of 71178

>>Ammo said "Mom, I'm scared. I don't want to be drafted and have to go to Kosovo. I don't even know where it is."<< Can anyone imagine the SSS being reconstituted for the Balkans? I can't imagine it under any circumstances; political - and possibly literal - suicide.

To: Rambi who wrote (20436)	4/5/1999 10:38:00 AM
From: DScottD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

A serious note. Ammo said "Mom, I'm scared. I don't want to be drafted and have to go to Kosovo. I don't even know where it is." It's doubtful that the draft would be reinstated for this Whatever-It-Is we're doing in the Balkans. But I know how he feels, because there was, at least in my mind, a real possibility when I was 18-19 of being drafted to fight Iran. I don't remember if I ever told my draft registration story, so here goes. I was in the first group of 18 year olds who had to register for the draft when President Carter reinstituted registration in 1978. So I registered at the post office, and got the speech from our local postmaster about this not meaning that there was going to be a draft, etc. and in fact we didn't even get cards or anything showing we had been registered for the draft. Eight years later, right around my 26th birthday, I get a letter from the Selective Service thanking me for registering for the draft and informing me that, as I had reached the ripe old age of 26 I was no longer on the list of eligibles in the event the draft were to be reinstated. Hurray, I thought. Then I didn't think anything else of it until I applied for the Illinois Bar a few weeks later. There was an item on the application asking if I had registered for the draft and I proudly answered yes. Then, it asked for my Selective Service number and I wrote that I didn't get one. I completed the application and sent it in and began preparing feverishly for the bar exam later that summer. Ten days before the exam I get a letter from the Illinois Bar Examiners stating my application had been turned down because I didn't provide a Selective Service number, and they needed proof that I registered for the draft. Of course, I went into an immediate panic and made a bunch of phone calls trying to explain the situation. They kept saying, "Everyone who registered for the draft got a draft card with a number." I said, "Yes. Those who registered before the draft was stopped around '73 or '74. But those who registered in '78 or after didn't get anything other than a letter when they turned 26 saying they were no longer draft eligible." The person I talked to was dumbfounded. Then she made the brilliant comment, "You should have answered 'no' then, because the question is only meant to find out if you registered for the draft back when there was a draft." Now, we learned a lot in law school about reading between the lines and all, but there was no way that anyone could have figured that out from reading the application. "So how are you handling this problem?" I asked. She says, "Get an affidavit from your postmaster stating you registered in 1978 and didn't get a number." I go to my hometown post office and the postmaster looks through the records and says "We have no record of you ever registering. You're not on the list of draft eligibles. But I remember when you came in because you were one of the first to register. So I'll sign the affidavit." There are advantages to growing up in a small town where everyone knows you, even the postmaster. The next year, the Illinois Bar rewrote the application so it asked whether you registered for the draft during the period when there was a draft, specifically noting the relevant years.