[jerseygirl]

Here's more information about NPRC, including how to apply if interested.

(The listed cities All had strategic/economic/symbolic value. My paranoid guess is that there is information suggesting that these cities may well be on the AQ hit list.)

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AmeriCorps National Preparedness and Response Corps (NPRC)

NOW RECRUITING!

Thursday, April 22, 2004 — The National Preparedness and Response Corps (NPRC) is one of two national direct programs sponsored by the American National Red Cross and funded by an AmeriCorps grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service. The mission of the NPRC is to provide vital emergency assistance to communities affected by disaster and increase preparedness in the areas of greatest need before disasters strike by recruiting, training and supporting young adults who will provide integrated community outreach and education through Red Cross service activities focusing on homeland security.

The NPRC program is currently recruiting candidates available to serve full-time at American Red Cross chapters in the following cities:

Anchorage, Alaska
Glendale, California
Los Angeles County, California
Oakland, California
Pasadena, California
Santa Barbara, California
Whittier, California
Greenwich/Stamford, Connecticut
Fort Myers, Florida
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Chicago, Illinois
Peoria, Illinois
Springfield, Illinois
Topeka, Kansas
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
Lowell, Massachusetts
Baltimore, Maryland
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Belton, Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Richmond, Virginia
Seattle, Washington



Candidates for the National Preparedness and Response Corps must:

Be available full-time (at least 40 hours per week) including occasional weekend/evening hours for 10-1/2 months;

Be interested in teaching/training. Approximately 90% of member time is spent teaching and making presentations;

Be able to mobilize on disaster assignments for 21 days at a time with little advance notice;

Be at least 18 years of age;

Be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or lawful permanent resident alien of the United States;

Possess a current and valid driver's license;

Have a high school diploma or GED equivalent; and

Have at least one year of national or community volunteer experience.

NPRC members receive a bi-weekly living allowance, extensive Red Cross training, limited health care and dental coverage and an education award of $4,725.00 upon successful completion of the program.

To apply for the 2004-2005 program term that begins September 7, 2004 and ends July 15, 2005, please complete the NPRC application (PDF - 218KB). The NPRC program has a rolling admission process, and it is strongly recommended that applications be sent to the participating chapter(s) no later than July 31, 2004.

For more information email nprc@usa.redcross.org

[Lucy Lake]

This will make you sick, the world needs to read this:

The Psychoanalytic Roots of Islamic Terrorism
FPM ^ | 5/3/04 | Phyllis Chesler

...what kind of culture produces human bombs, glorifies mass murderers, and supports humiliation-based revenge?

...counter-terrorism expert Yoram Schweitzer, describe barbarous family and clan dynamics in which children, both boys and girls, are routinely orally and anally raped by male relatives; infant males are sometimes sadistically over-stimulated by being masturbated; boys between the ages of 7-12 are publicly and traumatically circumcised; many girls are clitoridectomized; and women are seen as the source of all shame and dishonor and treated accordingly: very, very badly.

"The little girl lives her life under a communal death threat--the honor killing."

...Widespread child sexual abuse leads to paranoid, highly traumatized, and revenge-seeking adults.

...a polygamous, patriarchal culture also leads to an infernal, fraternal competition for paternal favor and inheritance. It is brother against brother, full brothers against half-brothers, full and half brothers against first cousins--and thus, can entire families and clans remain locked in revenge-fueled mortal combat for generations.
Clearly, only evolution of democracy and the elevation of women can begin to change such dynamics.

"It is a strange society. Homosexuality is forbidden but if you're the penetrator, not the penetrated, it's okay."

...teenage boys prey upon younger children; older male relatives prey upon pre-adolescent and adolescent boys and girls. They do not have intercourse with the girls since this would render them un-marriageable and bring shame upon their families. I heard many stories in both Afghanistan and Iran about the male preference for anal sex, even within marriage, either as a form of birth control or as a preferred homosexual practice.

The male sexual abuse of female children exists everywhere; it is one of the main means of traumatizing and shaming women into obedience and rendering them incapable of resistance or rebellion. However, the male sexual abuse of male children--denied, never admitted--may work differently and may turn boys into predatory, pedophilic men. Also, among Arabs and Muslims, revenge killings are uniquely prevalent.


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1129572/posts

[MamaDearest]

Thank you Jerseygirl for researching the NPRC info. It appears to be full-time salaried work. Also interesting that it begins a couple of months prior to elections (September 2004). Workers to be on disaster assignments (mobilization) for 21 days continuously.... Hmmmmmmmmmmm?

[Oorang]

Thanks for researching that. Aside from the threat connection this whole scenario implies, the AmeriCorps connection does not give me a lot of confidence in this. There is an ongoing AmeriCorps group in the small, rural area where I live. It's a couple of adults that are burnt-out, somewhat spaced-out old hippie types. They, I believe, receive the regular salary. Very PC liberal groovy types. They are in charge of a revolving group of about 15 people in their early 20's also hippie types. They are mainly there for the free room and board and the education money they receive (so they told me).

They do good deeds; help elderly folks clear brush, paint the post office, etc. They wanted to buy beef from us and asked to come look at the steers. No problem. They all came out. I don't know what was stronger the smell of patchouli oil or the smell of pot. This did give me an opportunity to ask them about AmeriCorps as I honestly didn't know much about it. They all seemed to have the attitude (including the older folks "in charge") that Americorps was a great way to get easy tax money. A great way to make a living and not do much. I was not pleased. Your tax $$ at work!