examiner.com - 11/7/2008
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Rahm Emanuel Rep. Rahm Emanuel wants to force people 18 to 25 to labor for the government.
blogs.cqpolitics.com - 11/6/2008
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As I wrote yesterday , it's hard to
depict Representative Rahm Emanuel, who has been picked by...
President-elect Barack Obama to be his White House chief of staff, as an agent of change. After all, Emanuel has been a Washington player for years and, ...
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Is Rahm Emanuel Right for Obama's White House of Change?
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POLITICS: Where His Bread Is Buttered
Baseball Crank —
... Then there's Rahm's plan for compulsory national service. And they said Republicans were the ones plotting to bring back the draft. ...
Rahm Emanuel: Universal Service
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
According to this November 6, 2008 article in the Examiner, the following appears in The Plan: Big Ideas for America, a book Rahm Emanuel coauthored: ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/8/2008
Gates of Vienna —
... Emanuel Co-Authored Book Calling for Compulsory Universal Service ‘These young people will be available to address their communities’ most pressing needs’ The following excerpt is from pages 61-62 of the 2006 book: It’s time for a real Patriot Act that brings out the patriot in all of us. We propose universal civilian service for every young American. Under this plan, All Americans between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five will be asked to serve their country by going through ...
Rahm Emanuel Proposes Compulsory Government Service
Moonbattery —
... Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel confirms the authoritarian outlook of the next administration. Here he is in The Plan: Big Ideas for America, proposing compulsory government service, via The Examiner: ...
Rahm Emanuel and compulsory universal service
Overlawyered —
... time for a real Patriot Act that brings out the patriot in all of us. We propose universal civilian service for every young American. Under this plan, All Americans between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five will be asked to serve their country by going through three months of basic training, civil defense preparation and community service.
(J.D. Tuccille, “Obama’s chief of staff choice favors compulsory universal service”, Examiner, Nov. 6).
Some think we’re being alarmist in wanting to know more about the episode late last ...
The Audacity of Hype
Antiwar.com Original —
... Obama's remarks were just about expanding the already existing Americorps program and the president-elect was taken out of context. Yet his words speak for themselves, as do the words of his recently chosen chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, who declared in his book:"It's time for a real PATRIOT Act that brings out the patriot in all of us. We propose universal civilian service for every young American. Under this plan, All Americans between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five will be asked to serve their country by going through three months of basic training, civil defense ...
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Wash Post Elections 11/7/2008
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