Comments on: President Obama To Bring Back Slavery

By: catie

catie — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:22:34 +0000

Time for me to re-read “Animal Farm”, sophmore year in high school was a very long time ago.
BTW-Office of the President Elect? He can’t be serious. If it wasn’t so tragic, I would be laughing my a$$ off.

By: CIV

CIV — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:20:17 +0000

Fascism = Socialism = Communism = 1984 = Animal Farm = Obama-ism

Thanks so much for saving a screen shot of BO’s original plan requiring service. We’re going to have to do more of that now that the Ministry of Truth will be changing pages without notice or trace of previous versions.

By: Latinos4JohnnyMac

Latinos4JohnnyMac — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:16:22 +0000

So now the government is running one gigantic work study program. This is just as scary. I still want to see what community service entails. I have a feeling it will mean a lot of partisan work packaged under “awareness” and the like.

Any time you talk about Youth “corps” run on a national level under a charismatic demagogue, you are talking about fascism. We’re still in Animal Farm and 1984 simultaneously.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:01:12 +0000

“Suddenly, all mention of “required” has been disappeared. And the college tuition incentive has been added.”

Seems we’ve moved from Animal Farm to 1984. “We’ve always been at war with Oceana.”

By: Latinos4JohnnyMac

Latinos4JohnnyMac — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:06:50 +0000

This is extremely disconcerting, I must say.

When people are lost in a cult of personality, they cannot distinguish between partisan politicking and “service” toward some social gospel their fearless leader supposedly represents.

So this whole initiative will turn into German Youth…. very quickly.

By: CIV

CIV — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:07:03 +0000

My kid had to do community service hours in middle school. But, they wouldn’t count what you did at church. Nor would they allow any double counting. So if you had to do service hours, even of a secular variety, for Confirmation or Bar Mitzvah (or Scouts), you couldn’t count those either. That was horrible — tons of homework and everyone demanding free labor and oh, by the way, hope your parents can drive you to wherever the service hours are and maybe chaperone, too.

By: catie

catie — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:37:41 +0000

Yes, they will decide what causes are “worthy” for this new involuntary servitude. Buckle up your seat belts folks, we’re in for a very bumpy ride.

By: SD

SD — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:11:25 +0000

Arbeit macht frei.

By: Lorione

Lorione — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:10:00 +0000

Ya think volunteering to promote conservative candidates and causes would be considered “service”? Say….volunteering to be an adoption advocate at crisis pregnancy centers? Or What about ROTC? Hmm?? This could get very interesting, when they start dictating which causes are worthy.

By: drowning in a sea of liberals

drowning in a sea of liberals — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:48:28 +0000

So what happens if you don’t go to college and don’t work? or worse, become a talk radio host with a conservative agenda?

I can’t to see all the inner city kids out doing their “servitude.” They can’t even complete 4 years of high school let alone work for free.

Change we can’t believe in is on the horizon.

By: Sir Corky

Sir Corky — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:32:52 +0000

So, applying liberal principles behind “green credits,” is there someone else I can pay to do my community service as well?

By: Celina

Celina — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:52:34 +0000

Dare I ask, if you DON’T perform your “required” chore what happens?

By: John Galt

John Galt — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:32:49 +0000

Does anyone remember the hue and cry that went up when Congress (the 104th, if memory serves correct) argued over whether or not to require public housing tenants to pitch in and pick up the trash around their buildings?
I remember Rush playing an actuality from some Representative (from NC?) who claimed that the Republicans who pushed for this were on the same level as the Nazis and Russians who used their people in forced labor camps.

We enter another age of “Midnight Basketball” programs upon which to spend our money.

By: Latinos4JohnnyMac

Latinos4JohnnyMac — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:10:33 +0000

Sofia, you’re right — I just realized, will some of these corvee crews be armed? Is this the beginning of an SA, with an SS to follow?

By: sofia

sofia — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:09:25 +0000

This is really, really nice. Wonderful, a beautiful thing. Forced labor, indentured servitude. I wonder how many PRObamadrones will be cheering and shooting off hand guns now