We Have A Winner For The Big First Prize

A few months ago, this blog surmised that the Bush Administration's harebrained scheme to run a "futures" market for geopolitical events might have seen speculators putting down some serious cash on Dubya reinstating the draft.

Holders of draft futures would today be giddily licking their lips: "The Selective Service System wants to hear from men and women in the community who might be willing to serve as members of a local draft board."

How low can The Superbrain's popularity go? Hang on to your hats, boys 'n' girls: we're about to find out.

Can you say "giant sucking sound"? I knew you could!

Update: "The Pentagon wouldn't comment on the notice, and by [November 7] it had been pulled from the Web site without explanation." The missing page has been restored by the always-helpful miners at The Memory Hole.

Posted by Eddie Tews at November 5, 2003 04:23 PM