Pentagon Keeps Database of Youthful War TalentMinutemanMedia.Org
by Jim Hightower
Hey, youngsters – Uncle Sam not only wants you, he's got your number!
Not yet sure what you want to do in life? Why not get paid and see an exotic part of the world while you're getting it all together? Yes, you could summer in sunny Iraq...and be a part of our exciting occupation forces there, where there's never a dull moment!
If you are 16 to 25 years old, chances are you'll soon be receiving such a sales pitch from the Army. How will recruiters find you? Easy – thanks to a new database secretly built by the Pentagon, they know where you live. They also know your phone number. And your social security number, your email address, your height and weight, your grades in school, your ethnicity...and so much more.
The Pentagon's "Joint Advertising Market Research Studies Division" (did you know they had one of those?) brags that this superdandy database is "arguably the largest repository of 16-to-25-year-old youth data in the country, containing roughly 30 million records." It includes the names and personal info on 3.1 million graduating high school seniors and 4.7 million college students - possibly including you or someone you know. All this is to be used to target, reach, and recruit young folks to fill the troop quotas for George W's war in
Jim Hightower is the best-selling author of "Thieves In
High Places: They've Stolen Our Country And It's Time To Take It Back," on
sale now from Viking Press. jimhightower.com
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