tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post6264456044645579556..comments2024-03-28T15:39:28.239-04:00Comments on Vital Remnants: Bureaucratizing Charity: Obama's plan to make all Americans community organizersMartin Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-9980987576356893582008-11-11T22:07:00.000-05:002008-11-11T22:07:00.000-05:00> Wow. I would have sworn that conscription and...> Wow. I would have sworn that conscription and voluntary service were opposites.<BR/><BR/>I think most people know the difference. Some of us are probably hoping Obama does.<BR/><BR/>Before they changed the wording:<BR/><BR/>> "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 Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974887002402743628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-26463384613014707042008-11-10T22:12:00.000-05:002008-11-10T22:12:00.000-05:00Ask not what you can do for your country, but what...Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country can do for you.<BR/><BR/>jahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-4240798080521891582008-11-10T16:08:00.000-05:002008-11-10T16:08:00.000-05:00Nope. Never heard of irony, never practiced it, w...Nope. Never heard of irony, never practiced it, wouldn't recognize it if it walked up and hit me with a cream pie.SPWestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08602329486466534720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-45323658497187761492008-11-10T14:03:00.000-05:002008-11-10T14:03:00.000-05:00Oh, goodness yes, 10:22, there will be a list.Oh, goodness yes, 10:22, there will be a list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-2396550665253189812008-11-10T11:53:00.000-05:002008-11-10T11:53:00.000-05:00sporcipine:I would have sworn that conscription an...sporcipine:<BR/><BR/><I>I would have sworn that conscription and voluntary service were opposites.</I><BR/><BR/>Ever heard of irony?Martin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-35623644570785449832008-11-10T10:22:00.000-05:002008-11-10T10:22:00.000-05:00Ah yes, habeas corpus for non-citizens captured on...Ah yes, habeas corpus for non-citizens captured on battlefields. Not to worry, sporcupine, Obama will soon close Guantanamo and peace will reign. Perhaps sharia law which justifies fathers killing their daughters because they wore short skirts will be granted first amendment privilege? BTW Will pro life and school choice activists receive education tax credits or will there be an official cause Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-77340390293067159962008-11-10T02:13:00.000-05:002008-11-10T02:13:00.000-05:00Great non-sequitur play, Anonymous.I parry your th...Great non-sequitur play, Anonymous.<BR/><BR/>I parry your thrust with....<BR/><BR/>Habeas Corpus!SPWestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08602329486466534720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-56814154745748531832008-11-09T19:05:00.000-05:002008-11-09T19:05:00.000-05:00sporcupine, it seems California voters just made s...sporcupine, it seems California voters just made sure, for the time being anyway, that the word marriage means today what it meant yesterday. Maybe some judges can re-define legislate, again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-88790522057413904482008-11-08T20:54:00.000-05:002008-11-08T20:54:00.000-05:00Anon @ 4:12,No, no, porcupines don't swim, they fl...Anon @ 4:12,<BR/><BR/>No, no, porcupines don't swim, they fly. <BR/><BR/>War is peace, slavery is freedom, voluntary is mandatory, incentives are conscription, ignorance is strength, and if you look out your window, you'll see 20 of us quilled-Americans going by in a V-formation.<BR/><BR/>You'll be fine if you just don't fixate on imagining that words mean today what they meant last week.SPWestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08602329486466534720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-61002549501917832312008-11-08T16:43:00.000-05:002008-11-08T16:43:00.000-05:00So who determines what constitutes community servi...So who determines what constitutes community service? Sorry, but I give at the office, and, on April 15.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-55825936013737887702008-11-08T16:12:00.000-05:002008-11-08T16:12:00.000-05:00Sporcupine..Does your density preclude swimming fo...Sporcupine..Does your density preclude swimming for you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-46814918454380305472008-11-08T15:21:00.000-05:002008-11-08T15:21:00.000-05:00Wow. I would have sworn that conscription and volu...Wow. <BR/><BR/>I would have sworn that conscription and voluntary service were opposites.<BR/><BR/>Also, I sure thought that offering help to pay for college was an incentive, not a mandate.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for clarifying the terminology.<BR/><BR/>Concise, lucid analysis like this is just what conservatives should use to reshape the Republican party and the nation.SPWestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08602329486466534720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-3797956913369566792008-11-08T14:16:00.000-05:002008-11-08T14:16:00.000-05:00Martin...Apparently enough was made of this yester...Martin...<BR/><BR/>Apparently enough was made of this yesterday that Team Obama has changed the wording on the America Serves web page to read as follows...<BR/><BR/><I>Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, <B>by setting a goal</B> that all middle school and high school students do 50 hours of community service a year and by developing a plan so that <B>all college students Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-68233646247473672332008-11-08T12:30:00.000-05:002008-11-08T12:30:00.000-05:00Picking out one part of this:Martin, you said "A c...Picking out one part of this:<BR/><BR/>Martin, you said "A conservative approach to help people in society would involve offering incentives for people to help others.. ". That is, in a nutshell, what the proposal for community service in schools and colleges could be. That is, if the "requirement" (I am not sure that is what it is) is seen as one by which institutions may access Federal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-1305105578428784452008-11-08T12:26:00.000-05:002008-11-08T12:26:00.000-05:00Mandatory volunteerism. Has a ring to it doesn't i...Mandatory volunteerism. Has a ring to it doesn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com