Posted on 11/07/2008 9:20:01 AM PST by Khepri
America Serves
"When you choose to serve -- whether it's your nation, your community or simply your neighborhood -- you are connected to that fundamental American ideal that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness not just for ourselves, but for all Americans. That's why it's called the American dream."
The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation’s challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, as well as a new Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps. Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year. Obama will encourage retiring Americans to serve by improving programs available for individuals over age 55, while at the same time promoting youth programs such as Youth Build and Head Start.
My parents forced me to go to church as a child and I’m the better for it. Is it a good idea for government to do the same?
The basis of your argument is utterly without merit.
Please explain how forced servitude will build a child’s self esteem.
That is exactly what they have in mind Slapshot. And don’t think they don’ know what they are doing.
Another example of why the Obama administration is in for a rude awakening. The only “change” the voters wanted was more freebies or, at least, a stabilization of the economy and rapid return to economic growth. People are concerned about their jobs, their mortgages, their savings, their retirement.
Obama was elected because millions of swing voters were terrified enough about the future to vote for Obama after going Bush in 2000 and 2004. People don’t want to be sent to reeducation camps or other “change the world nonsense. They want the good times back. If this is the sort of BS Obama has in mind he is going to destroy himself pretty quick.
The truth of Obama's community service plan is that not only does the Constitution not authorize the feds to run such programs, but the 13th Amendment prohibits involuntary servitude.
As I've mentioned elsewhere, I'm beginning to think that G-d is allowing constitutionally clueless Obama to run the country so that the people will rediscover the Constitution. Then the people will be able to protect themselves from Obama Socialism.
Even a Reagan Conservative? You gave yourself away in the first sentence. You must be new. In your reply be sure to use the words "lockstep" and "propaganda."
“We” here at FR didn’t nominate McCain. Rinos, democrats and independents did.
“We” did try to defeat Obama by voting for McCain/Palin. Rest assured if McCain had won and tried to push this crap, it would have been opposed to most long term Freepers just as Bush/McCain amnesty was.
Sorry, Pabiance. You want to get that retirement check certified so you can cash it?
Do your 100 hours of "community service" like a man and stop shirking. When you're finished and filled those squares, we'll authorize it and send it!
P.S. - The same will go for your Social Security check...
Two words and a number: Hands off. 2010.
The point you may be missing is that they don’t want the government to control their lives, they want government to control other people’s lives.
They just haven’t made the link that a government with that kind of power will eventually turn on them. Liberals can’t link.
The point you may be missing is that they don’t want the government to control their lives, they want government to control other people’s lives.
They just haven’t made the link that a government with that kind of power will eventually turn on them. Liberals can’t link.
Well said. And it’s backed up by the strong opposition we had in word and deed to a number of Bush’s moves. Immigration reform, Harriet Meirs, etc.
Fixed. BTW, it's Open House Week at our local parochial and private schools. Christian beliefs, Christian philosophy, Christian teachers.
Involuntary servitude is unconstitutional.
Compulsory volunteerism has nothing to do with coercion?
Please respond with the definitions of compulsory and coercion and explain how they have nothing to do with each other.
The arrogance is astounding, isn’t it? And presumptuous to boot!
Most high schools already have opportunities for volunteerism. My daughter has DECIDED on her own to get involved.
Also, I can imagine no organization wants kids that don’t want to be there. It creates more work for them!
Yep, it's a weak crop come'a cropper. The '00 trolls were much more inventive.
Oh well, they'll be gone in a month, while I'm still sowing 1000+ dissention daily on Daily POS and DUmmie Underground. And believe me, those DUmbasses have the shakes from buyer's remorse already. They fear the 2010 mid-term elections!
Mandatory volunteerism:
Just another jobs creation program for the government.
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