In an interview, Barack Obama was asked by George Stephanopoulos of ABC’s “This Week” program whether he’d ever thought about military service and replied: “You know, I actually did. I had to sign up for Selective Service when I graduated from high school” A few moments later, he said, “But keep in mind that I graduated in 1979.”

However, the Selective Service  Registration requirement was terminated by  Proclamation 4360 which eliminated  the registration requirement for all 18-25 year old male citizens. This proclamation was signed by President Gerald R. Ford on March 29, 1975.  According to Wikipedia, it was reestablished by Jimmy Carter in 1980, after Obama graduated:

On March 25, 1975, Pres. Gerald Ford signed Proclamation 4360, Terminating Registration Procedures Under Military Selective Service Act, eliminating the registration requirement for all 18-25 year old male citizens. Then on July 2, 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed Proclamation 4771, Registration Under the Military Selective Service Act, retroactively re-establishing the Selective Service registration requirement for all 18-26 year old male citizens born on or after January 1, 1960. Only men born between March 29, 1957, and December 31, 1959, were completely exempt from Selective Service registration.^[2] The first registrations after Proclamation 4771 took place on Monday, July 21, 1980, for those men born in January, February and March 1960 at U.S. Post Offices. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays were reserved for men born in the later quarters of the year, and registration for men born in 1961 began the following week ^[3].

I know many people are probably focusing on Obama’s “My Muslim Faith” comment during the same interview, but I think this is just as important. Why in the world would he lie about something like this? Everyone at the time knew that young men were no longer required to register.

Even if Obama didn’t know that Ford had signed the proclamation, how could he be remembering being required to sign up, when there was no requirement at all?

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So I’ll report on the big news hitting the metro Phoenix area:

Dunkin’ Donuts is reopening NINE stores, from Scottsdale to Glendale.  I thought that they had been driven out of town by Krispy Kreme, but it looks like there’s only one of those in the state, and that’s in Mesa. Personally, if I head to Mesa for fried doughy goodness, I’d rather grab some Arizona Native Frybread. It is one of the best foods on the planet! How in the world can anyone resist a Green Chili Meat Taco: “Native American Frybread smothered with shredded beef and green chili, topped with your lettuce, tomatoes, shredded cheese, and red onions.” After you finish your taco, you can have Indian dessert frybread. Look at this picture, doesn’t it make a glazed donut look puny in comparison:

(I actually wrote this post on Saturday, I had forgotten that blog posts can be time shifted. I wonder what else I need to remember? Anyway, here it is:)

I woke up this morning and decided that wombatcombat.com would be a fun name to own, but someone else beat me to it. I don’t know what I’d do with the name once I owned it, but that’s never stopped me from buying a domain name before.

Someone recently asked me how many domains I own, and I honestly don’t know off the top of my head. I have a list of some of them on this laptop, but the main chart is on my big girl desktop that I don’t use that often any more.  I guess I could sit here and try to count them all, but that’s no fun. It’s enjoyable to me to find them and buy them, everyone has to have a hobby, right? Some people collect stamps, some people collect recipes, and I collect domains.

I have never been good at 3-D puzzles, and this one is no exception. I had the choice between writing a side-splitting post and trying to unlock the secret hidden message.

Anyone have Nicolas Cage‘ email address?

Good news, Supernanny will be in the metro Phoenix area to hold open auditions this Sunday. They say they are looking for a wide variety of situations, whether its a set of divorced parents, parents of bullies, or if you’re preparing for a large event like a family reunion. The Stagebrush Theater, at 7020 East Second St in old downtown Scottsdale is hosting the event. (Hmmm…. if I were to offer to drive my neighbor, I wonder if she’d be willing to go……….)

If you’re interested, call their toll free number, 877-NANNY-TIME (877-626-6984) to make sure that AzCentral.com posted the correct information . I just checked the official website and there was no mention of any open calls in Arizona, but then again, maybe their web master misbehaved and is spending time in the naughty chair.