November 14, 2003
1. Join the NRA blacklist!
2. Some think the draft may be brought
back, esp if the long hard slog prediction is accurate
3. See which Senators voted for the $87
billion reconstruction bill - and who never showed up for the vote.
4. Some info about Howard Dean
5. Voter Guide on Foreign Policy issues
from Peace Action
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1. You will be in stellar company if
you put yourself on the NRA blacklist. Doing so means you want the
ban on assault weapons to continue, and you don't want to absolve
gun manufacturers from responsibility in civil suits.
2. The government is quietly recruiting
people to join local draft boards, which some observers believe may
be an indicator that a draft could be resumed. Probably not before
the election, but if GW is re-elected, who knows? Maybe we should
all be applying - could clog up the system with our apps, and maybe
a few of us would actually get on a draft board, in which case we
could exempt away!
3. Unbelievably, the reconstruction
bill passed 5-1. Yes, out of 100 senators only 6 showed up to go on
record.
4. I don't normally include this sort
of thing here, but since Dean is seen as a progressive peace
candidate by many in the peace movement, I think it behooves all of
us to see what the record says about him. Make your own judgements.
5. Peace Action has put together a
voter guide on where candidates stand on foreign policy issues. No
major surprises, but helpful to see their positions laid out in the
table for easy comparison.