[squidly]

But enforced community service at this time in American history could bring immeasurable benefits to the nation's psyche as it grapples with housing foreclosures, doped-up national sports heroes and serious challenges to our international image as world leaders.

Goodness gracious gosh almighty. No wonder this woman is stuck writing for the Delaware whatchamacallit.

[John Robie]

She is just representing the ideas that will be in the ballot in 2008.

[driftless2]

"enforced community service"

Don't you just love that phrase! And how will they enforce it? "Hey, non-complier, you failed to go down and clean up the vomit and whatnot from those homeless drunks er I mean people", "we sentence you to five years in jail". Anything to do with forcing people to do this "community service" stuff is competely unconstitutional. I see a lot of lawsuits.