Posted on 03/23/2009 10:21:53 PM PDT by melt
Following overwhelming House passage last week, the Senate tonight voted 74 to 14 on a procedural move that essentially guarantees a major expansion of a national service corps, a cornerstone of volunteerism that dates back to the era of President Kennedy. It’s akin to a call to arms by President Obama, who has harkened back to those early days to demand giving back by those who voted for him.
In fact, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the senior Democrat from Massachusetts whose battle with brain cancer has oft kept him absent from the Senate these days, appeared on the floor to welcomes all around as he cast his approving vote as a co-sponsor.
From President Kennedy’s days to the creation of Americorps by then President Bill Clinton, the notion of public service has become a rallying cry. Tonight’s vote, propelled by President Obama’s urging of an expansion, would mean a growth in such work from 75,000 community service jobs to 250,000.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the cost of the Senate bill at least would be an outlay for the fiscal year 2010 of $418 million to about $5.7 billion from 2010 through 2014.
It’s an historic vote in the sense that a national service corps, an army dispersed to help with education, health services and the environment, would vastly enlarge the notion of “community organizing,” and allow, as Senator Barbara Mikulski, Democrat of Maryland, said tonight, for about 7 million people to be engaged in such work.
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“So, while one “volunteers”, they lose their constitutional rights?”
Aren’t active military fols supposed to refrain from political activities?
Moot, though, the Senate version does not have that section.
And leaving people alone is antithetical to the ideology of those who currently have power and seek to entrench themselves.
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The unwashed masses are jumping for joy a the free stuff.
this is essentially UNIONIZING the volunteers so they get more free stuff.
Obama is comming across as a sugar daddy for the urban sewer dweller class.
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OMG !!
Change that I can do WITHOUT !!! :(
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Pingin’ my General Interest and Texas Lists here.
Ping! Ping! Ping!
Thank you too Holly. You would not believe how many people are looking at the site.
EVERY aspect of 0bama’s agenda falls under the heading of “reparations”.
There has never been any question in my mind WRT KBH, she is an authoritarian, and a globalist; Cornyn has some similar tendencies, but seems to be trying to distance himself from his past voting habits. I don't buy it.
This is not Good Meek.
thanks for the ping.
It is actually under Sec. 1304, amending the National and Community Service Act of 1990, Section 125, to become “PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS” & what follows (it’s currently Sec. 125 12575 “Training and technical assistance”). At least that’s what I’m seeing.
The face of the new Corps will be black and female, so it will be impossible to make the MSM understand the similarities to the SA. Any columnist who dares to draw the comparison will instantly shouted down as racist.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:s277rs.txt.pdf
Here’s what I’m using, S 277 as reported in Senate. “Prohibited” is not in any title and shows once in the body. I wonder what’s wrong?
PING!
This shows how much trouble we are really in.”
Just look up Rick Warren and P.E.A.C.E. Plan and Apostasy and see what comes up.
Rick Warren speaking at the Davos World Economic Forum:
“At the World Economic Forum in Davos you will hear endlessly recited the importance of public and private partnerships in attacking global problems. While this is certainly essential, it is not enough. Neither business nor government has the universal distribution, the ARMY of volunteers or the credibility in villages to get the job done. A one- or two-legged stool will fall over. You need three legs.”
-”The Tyranny of 3-legged Branding”
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2007/06/tyranny-of-3-legged-branding.html
In addition, Senator Hatch mentioned that the Rev. Rick Warren, the evangelical minister of Saddleback Church and author of “A Purpose Driven Life,” was an enthusiastic supporter of this effort, as was Senator John McCain, the former Republican presidential nominee. The latter’s support, to Senator Hatch, demonstrated the exceptional bipartisan backing of the expansion.
Effin' quislings.
It’s time for Texas to cut out from the herd.
I don’t wear tin foil at all, but starting to look like time to wrap the old noggin. Wow, that is funny how close together we posted the same link.
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