Posted on 08/13/2009 6:43:42 PM PDT by RobinMasters
Another chestnut dug up by The One’s bete noire at Naked Emperor News, destined to be the inspiration for a new lederhosen segment on “Glenn Beck.” You might recall that this issue’s come up before in the context of Obama’s campaign: For a few days after the election, Rahm Emanuel’s stated fondness for mandatory national service was a hot topic on righty blogs, especially after the Obama transition website posted an entry on national service “requiring” 50-100 hours per year from students. After the outcry from the ’sphere, the “requirement” language was quietly replaced by more ambiguous language about “setting a goal” of 50-100 hours. I skimmed the transcript of Obama’s answers at last year’s presidential campaign forum on service and can’t find him endorsing anything like a mandatory obligation, and I find it exceedingly hard to believe that he’d have the votes for something like this in Congress when he can’t even get his health-care plan passed. But then, I’d never have guessed he’d nationalize General Motors either. Color me very skeptical that this is something to worry about — but less skeptical than I used to be.
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Zero will have used up all of political capital when ObamaCare fails. After that, he will be just another Jimmy Carter.
I heard him endorse mandatory national service during one of his many blah blah speeches ... on 10/01/08 . I have it recorded on Sirius from FoxNews. He was in LaCrosse, WI telling all kids to serve in some capacity to get a college education in return for that service.
And March 11, 2009 H.R.1444 introduced for a commission to be developed to explore:
“Whether a workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people could be developed, and how such a requirement could be implemented in a manner that would strengthen the social fabric of the Nation and overcome civic challenges by bringing together people from diverse economic, ethnic, and educational backgrounds.”
Bookmarked for later.
Also, this from WND archive:
Emanuel volunteers Americans to do ‘a lot’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80829
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