examiner.com - 11/8/2008
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When I wrote in September about Barack Obama's plan to mandate fifty hours of community service for high school students, I had to pull together two different documents to make the case. One was the national service plan (PDF) on his campaign Website, which said that "Schools that require ...
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America Serves — but who and how?
Joanne Jacobs —
The America Serves section of President-elect Obama’s new transition web site, Change.gov , suggests a large expansion in national service. Conservative and civil-liberties bloggers think he’s calling for a non-military draft for young adults: They envision the Obama Youth marching off to do The One’s bidding.“America Serves” starts with an Obama quote defining the American Dream as serving your nation, community or neighborhood.“When you choose to serve — whether it’s your nation, your community or simply your neighborhood — you are ...
Media Attacked Bush Over Baseless Conscription Fears, Ignores Conscription Calls From Obama And Other Dems
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... He said having a draft would not necessarily mean everyone called to duty would have to serve. Instead, “young people (would) commit themselves to a couple of years in service to this great republic, whether it’s our seaports, our airports, in schools, in hospitals,” with a promise of educational benefits at the end of service. Sound familiar to this Obama idea at change.gov? (H/T to J.D. Tuccille at the D.C. Examiner for pointing out the following : Well, no more. On the president-elect's official transition ...
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When "volunteering" becomes compulsory
maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com 11/7/2008 —
Change? This is loony. When volunteering becomes compulsory, it's not volunteering any more, is it? Same difference between charity and taxes. Same as the draft. Plus, where I live, there are more volunteers than there are things to do. ...
Rahm Emanuel and compulsory universal service
overlawyered.com 11/19/2008 — We said something relatively nice yesterday about the president-elect’s incoming chief of staff, but there’s no way to sugar-coat one of the less appealing items on the Illinois congressman’s record: his vocal advocacy of mandatory ...
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aclu.org 10/25/2008 — Know Your Voting Rights - State by State The Voting Rights Project of the ACLU is dedicated to providing citizens with information and assistance in exercising their right to vote! We are urging citizens to ACT this election year. For more information ...
A New Dawn —
WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 11/8/2008
As Barack Obama shifts from a waking dream to the real world, he faces the near-virtual reality of climate change. He has to move decisively, Ian McEwan writes.
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