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CITY YEAR

Posted on 08/28/2009 3:57:56 AM PDT by 7thson

Does anyone know anything about City Year? I have seen commercials on the tube about them. Helping poor blighted areas. Dressed in tan slacks and red jackets. I looked them up on wikipedia. Very favorable toward them. Started by a Michael Brown and another guy. Is this the same Mike Brown that is the son of the Commerce guy who was found in a plane crash with a pistol wound in the head? Started in 88 and rolled into AmeriCorps while Clinton was President. Receive 25 percent of their funding from AmeriCorps, the rest from foundations and corporations but the article does not say which ones.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Maryland; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: americorps; cityyear; civiliancorps

1 posted on 08/28/2009 3:57:56 AM PDT by 7thson
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To: 7thson

From my experience, City Year is an early and relatively mild form of Obama’s Brownshirts. I knew people who were involved many years ago, and they were all hardcore Leftists who lied about it and claimed not to be political at all. I consider City Year to be a subversive organization.


2 posted on 08/28/2009 4:05:54 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
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“Who’s the next generation that is going to lead us and inspire us and build an America we can all be proud of? When I look out at all of the City Year corps members who have been giving so much of themselves for a cause that is so much larger than themselves, I think I have an answer to that question.” – President Barack Obama


3 posted on 08/28/2009 4:10:07 AM PDT by WVKayaker (Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -Arthur C Clarke)
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To: WVKayaker

Statenjugen.

Your tax dollars being used to recruit innocent children to steal more tax dollars from you later.

Bootcamp for hack larvae.

When I worked for a living, they used to line up in front of South Station in Boston to do calisthenics during rush hour.

Disgusting.


4 posted on 08/28/2009 5:49:20 AM PDT by ForegoneAlternative (The cost of anything is...)
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To: WVKayaker

"1...2...3...Whoooa CITY YEAR!"

5 posted on 08/29/2009 2:16:50 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Barack Obama: in your guts, you know he's nuts!)
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To: ForegoneAlternative
When I worked for a living, they used to line up in front of South Station in Boston to do calisthenics during rush hour.

a.k.a. Morning Physical Jerks.

6 posted on 08/29/2009 2:17:38 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Barack Obama: in your guts, you know he's nuts!)
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