Yes. Very (dis)comforting.
During the Vietnam war, my dad, a decorated WWII officer, had money for two airplane tickets in reserve for my two younger brothers in case they were to be drafted.
That, to me, says something.
> In fact, recruitment is so low that the
> draft is almost a certainty within the next
> year or so.
>
> http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2005/04/more_evidence_r_1.html
>
> http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GD29Ak03.html
>
> http://legalaffairs.org/webexclusive/debateclub_draft0405.msp
>
> http://www.thisisrumorcontrol.org/taxonomy/term/9
> However, reinstating the draft would create
> civil unrest and provoke an immediate
> nationwide movement to unseat the already
> very unpopular administration.
> Unless of course, the nation were to suffer
> a series of "enemy attacks" which
> would "justify" declaring martial
> law.
>
> http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:kc6SJvaBeW4J:www.asiantribune.com/show_article.php
> %3Fid%3D2620+%22martial+law%22+Bush+attack&hl=fr&gl=fr&ct=clnk&cd=1&lr=lang_en
>
> http://rwor.org/a/012/pentagon-plan-martial-law.htm
> ------------------
> Preparations for imposing martial law have
> already been made. Notably Executive Order
> 12919 which was issued by Clinton in 1994.
> It gathered together a lot of special powers
> that had been authorized for specific
> emergencies in the past, going back as far
> as the Cuban missile crisis.
>
> http://www.20kweb.com/weird_stuff/bonfire_for_the_constitution.html
> The following EOs (executive orders) all
> fall under EO 12919
>
> http://www.disastercenter.com/laworder/12919.htm
> EO 10990:
> "allows the government to take over all
> modes of transportation and control of
> highways and seaports."
> EO 10997:
> Federal seizure of all electric power,
> fuels, minerals, public and private.
> EO 10998:
> Federal seizure of all food supplies and
> resources, public and private and all farms
> and equipment.
> EO 10999:
> Federal seizure of all means of
> transportation, including cars, trucks, or
> vehicles of any kind and total control over
> all highways, seaports and water ways.
> EO 11000:
> Federal seizure of American people for work
> forces under federal supervision, including
> the splitting up of families if the
> government so desires.
> EO 11001:
> Federal seizure of all health, education and
> welfare facilities, both public and private.
> EO 11002:
> Empowers the Postmaster General to register
> every single person in the US.
> EO 11003:
> Federal seizure of all airports and
> aircraft.
> EO 11004:
> Federal seizure of all housing and finances,
> and authority to establish forced
> relocation. Authority to designate areas to
> be abandoned as 'unsafe,' establish new
> locations for populations, relocate
> communities, build new housing with public
> funds.
> EO 11005:
> Seizure of all railroads, inland waterways
> and storage facilities, both public and
> private.
> EO 11051:
> Provides FEMA complete authorization to put
> all of the above orders into effect in times
> of increased international tension of
> economic or financial crisis
> FEMA will be in control in case of 'National
> Emergency'.
> Isn't that a comfort?