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.
Sorry, Barry. After 28 years in the US Navy, I’m retired.
He told us during the campaign, as did his wife.
Grab a broom Comrade. Get out and sweep the streets. You want your Social Security check, Mr Retiree? Here’s your list of chores.
Unlike theoretical Communism, where everyone shares the work, I suspect that this Tax-The-Rich, Reparative-Redistribution-Scheme ideologue will continue his class and race war with the assignment of chores.
Trust me, homeschoolers and private schools are on the executioner list. Not controllable enough.
The devil is in the details.
Just another example of how BHO will pervert the Declaration of Independence to justify his agenda. Sadly most of the sheeple have no clue what the D of I really says....
Mrs. Hodar
Only a “progressive” would think the American Dream is to be a forced servant of the federal government.
This guy is going to be exceptionally bad as president. If he rams through all of this far left-wing nut nonsense early on the GOP is going to take back the Congress ‘94 style. The GOP better be ready to execute it though.
I'm extremely suspicious of any governmental service oganization with the word 'corps' in its title. After the Marine Corps*, they're all low rate wannabes.
*Before I forget, Happy 223rd birthday to the United States Marine Corps on Monday, November 10.
There is the little matter of the 13th Amendment, which bars compulsory servitude (otherwise known as “slavery”).
Maryland already has this in place. I believe alot of other states do as well.
Nice try, though, to pin this on Obama.
That’s a new one! Need to add this to the list. However, its not as evil and viscious as some of his other traits:
Terrorist Sympathizer, Secret Muslim, Anti-American, Communist, Marxist, Racist, Socialist, Infaticidal Maniac, Baby Killer, Drug Addict, Theif, Anti-Semite, Larry Sinclair’s Crack Whore, Elitist, Smug, Guy off the Street, Dangerous, Extremist, Radical, Documents Forgerer (fake birth Cirtificate), Freinds with Dicators (Odinga), AND NOW ENFORCER OF CHILD LABOR!
I wonder if the programs will be called the Young Pioneers...
Registering voters; helping people on welfare navigate the system; checking through private citizens’ garbage to be sure that they are recycling... etc.
I am a life long Reagan Conservative, and even I can see the merit to this...
getting kids involved in the community is a brilliant idea, and at just under an hour a week, it is almost nothing- people should be doing this on their own...
a lazy republican idealogue, us just as bad as an overzealous obamatron...
Hussein,
Shove it up your a$$.
Mandatory volunteerism and his other crazy ideas need to be ridiculed hard.
Why did they leave out the Apple Core?
Dear Leader is already starting to implement his great leap forward.
The real scam will be the “administrative costs” associated with this sham.
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