The Selective Service is recruiting from beyond the grave

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The Selective Service is recruiting from beyond the grave. This week, nearly 14,000 men from Pennsylvania, all born in the 1800's, were sent draft notices telling them to sign-up or else. The government even included the ominous warning that the draftees – who would be 117 or older if still alive – would face ”a fine and imprisonment” if they did not comply.

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The government agencies assured families that they would delete the files of their relatives so that the mistake did not happen again. We’re really sorry,” McNight also said. “We apologize.”

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