The senate just voted to do WHAT?!? What ROCKhave I been living under???

[twiceblessed9]

This is not a post about whether this bill should have been passed.
It is a WHAT the HECK post!!???
How did I NOT know this was even up for a VOTE???
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HAS THIS EVEN BEEN DISCUSSED RECENTLY??? In the News? By any senator? Anywhere that a normal person might read?

The senate just approved mandatory registration of women for the draft.
I mean, does this not get any significant airtime BEFORE the vote?
Did I miss something?
What rock have I been hiding under?

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/15/politics/s...men-draft/

[ThePaladin]

I knew it was being discussed, didn't realize it was attached to the defense bill.

[Cassandra]

When will the insanity end?

[Skeetersaurus]

I saw this come up in discussion in Mainstream News a few months ago, but really figured it would be more public than it was before being voted on.

I was just talking to someone yesterday about the absurdity of several things hitting the news lately too. From men in Target berating a young mother breastfeeding her 2-month old infant (until security escorted him out), to attacks by Islamists in the US (yes, I'm talking about Orlando) that it only takes 2-days to ignore the self-professed ISIS terrorist's intentions, or his Muslim faith, and instead focusing on the fact that he did it with a legal firearm he purchased (if he had blown up the crowd with a gallon of gasoline, or drove over them in a new SUV, would this still be about firearms while we ignore the 10,000 pound elephant in the room?)

There is no return from this level of insanity without a MAJOR paradigm shift. Since those who own the paradigm and control it also happen to have their hands on the nuclear weapons and paramilitary civilian forces, I doubt this change ever comes.

(sorry, but god is the world depressing with no end in sight)

[twiceblessed9]

Only in April did have our first woman enter the US Army infantry and allow her to do full combat roles. Now 6 weeks later... the draft.
Amazing...
I am glad at least you both saw some airtime a while ago.
This should have gotten more coverage. It is all the candidates all the time ( unless there is a huge crisis taking place).
The draft? That is epic on so many levels.
Historic.