Web faux pas: Plan leaked for 'civilian security force'?
Before blogs caught it, Obama site told of requiring students to serve
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Posted: November 08, 2008
3:36 pm Eastern
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The official website of President-Elect Barack Obama, Change.gov, originally announced that Obama would "require" all middle school through college students to participate in community service programs; but after a flurry of blogs protested children being drafted into Obama's proposed youth corps, the website's wording was softened.
Originally, under the tab "America Serves" Change.gov read, "President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in under served 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," the site announced.
The language of requiring students to serve and the creation of a "Classroom Corps" sparked a surge of criticism from bloggers for bringing back memories of the much-publicized video of marching Obama youth and Obama's "civilian national security force," which the candidate said in July would be just as powerful and well-funded as the U.S. military.
sb: I am all for public service, but this country was founded on volunteerism, and not forced charity--which REALLY isn't CHARITY after all! Forced sacrifice is oppression.
Monday, November 10, 2008
This is A SERIOUS Concern For Me
Posted by 1LDSmom at 5:33 PM
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This is just what Hitler was doing with the youth in his rule. Oh my goodness, can't people see what is happening?
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[Rep. Paul] Broun said he also believes Obama likely will move to ban gun ownership if he does build a national police force.
Obama has said he respects the Second Amendment right to bear arms and favors "common sense" gun laws. Gun rights advocates interpret that as meaning he'll at least enact curbs on ownership of assault weapons and concealed weapons. As an Illinois state lawmaker, Obama supported a ban on semiautomatic weapons and tighter restrictions on firearms generally.
"We can't be lulled into complacency," Broun said. "You have to remember that Adolf Hitler was elected in a democratic Germany. I'm not comparing him to Adolf Hitler. What I'm saying is there is the potential."
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Obama can have my gun when he (or a member of his national security force) pries it from my cold, dead hands. Lest we forget, this country wouldn't exist if not for an armed citizenry that refused to allow an unholy government to destroy freedom. As Thomas Jefferson put it, "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
Hello! I just stumbled upon your blog in my attempts to find the original blog post by John Schroeder defending Mormon's in the Prop 8 debate. I am so happy I found your blog! I, too, am an LDS mom and will certainly be a frequent visitor here! Thanks for bringing to light these political issues-- I am shocked by this forced service. I hadn't even heard about it until now. I am now off to the Obama website to investigate. Thanks!
Unbelievable. I think it is great if he wants to encourage kids, especially teenagers, to serve their fellowman, but it is horrible to try to force them to do it. Service needs to come from the heart, not because it is a requirement to get your degree.
Forced sacrifice isn't just oppression, it is Slavery. My thought...could this be a form of reparation?
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