damn, the boys down at the selective service are good.

[LastKnight]

on exactly my 18th bday (yesterday, was searchin through the mail piles and found it.) this automated mail shows up... telling me to 'register today! its quick, its easy, and ITS THE LAW in about that exact same print. it has a picture of an eagle that looks like its on steriods. i open it up and inside its got a little section on the redundant, unnecessary instructions, and it has a nice sized section for why i should comply, and tells me the conciquences if i dont. my god thier trying too hard. i mean, they already know all/most my information apparently, why dont they just sign me up on thier own? lol

-LK

[atre]

1. If I remember correctly, mine arrived BEFORE I turned 18

nm

[strategery blunder]

2. If they signed you up automatically, they wouldn't be able to

throw you in jail for unpatriotic noncompliance.:evilfrown:

[LastKnight]

4. but they could when they force me to sign up?

they way i see it is... IF i didnt sign up, id get my student loans turned down, fined, and prison or any combination of them all. and if i do sign up, and IF i did get drafted and IF i did refuse to participate, i could get fines and prison time? what a crock o shit. how is that any different than signing me up automatically, cause hell its like putting a gun to somones head and telling them to do something.

-LK

[strategery blunder]

8. They don't want to have to wait until a draft

to arrest you for unpatriotic noncompliance. This is why the SS makes you go through the ritual.

[jpgray]

3. Actually, most of us on DU are paid to monitor you. My shift's almost up

Do you like adventure? Exotic locales? :D

[LastKnight]

5. so THATS why our population grows so fast...

cause keeping tabs on me is a full time job... lol

-LK

[Exultant Democracy]

7. Hey, could you stay on for an extra shift tonight?

I have some paper work to get done, I will cover for you next weekend.

[jpgray]

10. You can run nothingshocksmeanymore's 6th personality for me on Saturday

'Just and righteous caps-lock filled exasperation' always tuckers my typing fingers out. ;-)

[Zinfandel]

12. This sounds interesting, elaborate please...

[jpgray]

14. Hard to elaborate on a silly joke

:D

NSMA has great range as a poster here, so I decided to give a little spoof on it--all in good fun of course.

[TSIAS]

6. I had to sign up

If you want to, you can even sign up online. Hooray!!!

[Eureka]

9. Happy Birthday!!

Of course, turning 18 over here (Aus) is much more fun because then you can go to the pub, but happy birthday.

Don't let the shitfaces get you down!

[LastKnight]

15. yea, thats right, im old enough to be dragged away from my life...

... given a gun, and told to go die for something. but yet, not old enough to legally have a beer.

-LK

[Eureka]

16. Then come over

and I'll personally take you to the pub and get you totally maggoted, hows that for a deal?

Sorry I can't offer a solution to anything but the alcohol problem though, seriously.

The best I could do is suggest that when you come for a beer you could just 'disappear', after all Australia is about the same size as mainland US but only 20 million people live here, not hard to go unnoticed.

[LastKnight]

17. haha sounds fun... might give it some thought. canada is too cold anyway.

nt

[madrchsod]

11. it`s the letter you get

saying to report for your physical that`s when you know you are in the shit..then you get the letter saying to report to the induction center-then you are in shit over your head..just wait it`s going to happen if bush gets reselected..better tell your friends,i know my daughters friends don`t believe her..

[LastKnight]

13. i believe it...

im just surpised they have all this info about me already, im kinda uneasy about it. i thought i had to go down to some office somewhere and pick up a card and they didnt know me from the next guy, im kinda uneasy about to the extent they know about me lol. i mean, they already have my name, address, birthday, social security number, and other pieces of info, what else do they know i wonder...

big brother must be somewhere around here... heh...

-LK

[zbird]

19. Big brother is right at your school.

More than three quarters of the Nation’s 21,500 public, private, and vocational high schools have Selective Service Registrars appointed at their school. Participation is easy and requires little time and effort. Schools simply nominate a counselor, teacher or other staff member to be appointed as an “Uncompensated Selective Service Registrar.” Registrars are then given registration forms, display posters and other informative literature. They may also incorporate Selective Service education into the school’s curriculum or make registration “reminder” announcements on the public address system.

http://www.sss.gov/reg5.htm

[countmyvote4real]

18. It's just like jury duty, but the odds of getting killed are greater.

really!