Posted on 10/18/2013 10:58:33 AM PDT by Sheapdog
Last March, North Dakota gave us a heart-warming demonstration of traditional voluntary service -- in minus 20 degree weather. As the rising Red River threatened to flood Fargo, willing volunteers gathered by the thousands. Before long, they had filled and stacked over 2 million sandbags to barricade the city against the raging waters. Christians prayed for victory over the forces of nature, and by God's grace, the make-shift dikes held.
About 6,000 volunteers of all ages had simply followed their conscience, worked together and met the need. Unlike President Obama's plan for government-directed "service," neither prayer nor God's comforting Truths were banned. Volunteers weren't hindered by trained facilitators and unconscionable boundaries. As the flood subsided, they were free to thank God together for the amazing victory.
Traditional American volunteerism and self-giving service has served people around the world. But it may soon be replaced with a government system of mandatory service and re-education for all ages. Obama's signature on H.R. 1388 "Serve America Act," [See 2] will usher in a new era. While people of all ages will be recruited, the main focus will be on the youth. Words such as "uniforms," "youth corps," campuses" and "boarding" [i.e. "grouped together as appropriate in campuses for operational, support, and boarding purposes" SEC. 1516] bring memories of totalitarian government-controlled youth service.[4]
"Service learning" -- the heart of this evolving program -- is grounded in Soviet ideology. Banning Biblical sharing, it reflects Communism's "dialectical materialism" and notorious "re-education" camps. Its basic formula is simple:
1. Immersion into a group [collective] environment with diverse beliefs and values. For decades, our government has been guiding migration and assessing cities on their success in building "unity in diversity," i.e. social capital."[5]
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Last week, in a totally unrelated thread an interesting convergence just became oddly apparent....
China's Official Press Agency Calls For New Reserve Currency, And New World Order
Your post links to this line, For decades, our government has been guiding migration and assessing cities on their success in building "unity in diversity," i.e. social capital."[5]
Take a look at the new world currency proposed by Russia's Medved some time back. Look at the slogan.
To Vince Ferrer, I think this article might explain, That slogan makes no sense from the other day.
I haven’t heard anything about Obama’s consentration camps, and his commie indoctrination of our youth through voluntary service for awhile now. Fortunate for us, it is a flop like Obamacare.
They do a lot of sandbag filling in the Dakotas. A friend of mine is the Secretary of Treasure in SD, and the last time I spoke with him he was filling sandbags, and had been at it for 24 hours.
http://www.lastgeneration.us/three_sixteen_nine.html
That link refers to the 1988 article in The Economist that calls for a new currency called the Phoenix to be a reality by 2018.
I know.
I just thought it an amazing coincidence that the slogans were exactly the same.
Jugend dient dem Führer: Alle Zehnjährigen in die HJ!
I think the social psychologists know how to get people to do things without guns. Look at the recycling programs going on all over. Not a shot fired. But have we stopped abortion? no.
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