Obama Touts Volunteerism, Cribbing a Bush Theme

[rad4life1]

What if you dont want to "serve"? or is there no choice in the matter? You can have my vote because I am counting on YOU the president to serve the people...NOT the other way around!

[Fendergrunge]

Here come the nazi 'brown shirts' again - this time wearing green.

[FightingForFreedom23]

And who says you have to give up your individuality, to be united? Who says that you have to give up being part of a collective to be free? Well, whether you like it or not, we are all part of the collective consciousness of humanity, all facets of the whole, cells in the human collective body..you can choose to help uplift the human body, or keep doing nothing as it dies before us. I believe too Obama is only toeing the line, as Kennedy did..wait and see the fruits of Obama before we condemn

[FightingForFreedom23]

America was founded on people serving one another, what the hell are you talking about. Individual liberty doesnt mean being only concerned for your own little lot in life. Every responsibile citizen SHOULD serve to uplift their country. But whenever someone suggests, hey maybe you should get off your ass and volunteer to do something..no! Outcry! I rather sit on my couch and watch football! Give me a break. If we all did something to serve our country, we wouldnt have the problems we have now!

[AscendedMaster]

Obama has already served his country, he turned down high paying wall street jobs to be a community organizer in the ghettos of Chicago.He put himself through years of schooling to get in a position to run for senate, and then for president..so he can be in a position to change YOUR lives, because YOU wont do it!The NWO could be defeated in a day if you people just smartened up.Obama is not NWO, he has to toe their line to get into office, as kennedy did, remember! I just hope they dont kill him

[louis12346]

This is the DRAFT in sheeps clothing

Any civilian can be involuntarily sent anywhere in the world to support military missions for up to two years.How is that any different from a DRAFT?the elite are underestimating the rebellious nature of people here, so to get it straight were all going to be drafted into the civilian military and basic training and weapons and then were going to turn around and police our friends and families?Make $ be a Snitch Narc TAX Collector, or a Hired Killer

[aquatrap]

How much money did Obama rake in as a Community Organizer? Id like to hear from one person who Obama has made an impact on.Obama is definitely a Washington insider, what was his voting record in the Illinois State senate?He claimed to write a letter to Paulson in April08, yet never in all his speeches did he make mention to the current economic trouble.Why did he bawk on the campaign finance promises?Why are his cabinet former lobbyists?

[lakeviewviking]

America was founded on the idea of individual liberty, not this fascist/collectivist manure that obama is selling.

[AscendedMaster]

SERVING is the highest cause you can take up. How many of you would actually go serve your country by volunteering at a shelter or orphanage! Most people wont even give money to a homeless man! Obama mentions once the phrase civilian defense force, and you ppl go nuts. Go watch the video, he means serving your community, serving your fellow man in need, and taking time to learn about defense, which was required of every man in rome, greece, and every responsible citizen here should know it too!

[aquatrap]

Im a veteran of the USArmy,and im appalled that you would require anything of americans. No one was required to serve in Iraq. No one was even expected to show our troops respect .Now your suggesting we should serve because they do it in Rome? Are we Romans?Obama wants all this community service, cause he cannot find the money to pay them.He's just like Vlad Lenin.I wonder who his Trotsky will be?

[AscendedMaster]

if you actually go watch the full 26 minute speech, and listen intentively, you will see that it is actually very brilliant, and he has actually very good ideas. It seems when you people hear the word "serve" automatically you point to your right to be lazy..as if serving your country is a bad thing. He doesnt mean joining the military to go blow up iraqis, like some of you who "serve" do! Watch the full speech, youll see what he means by serve your country! Hell even pay you to do it!

[tonkhunter]

Fuck that communist nigger!

[twilightzone918]

"I won't just ask for your vote as a candidate... I will ask for your service and active citizenship when I'm president.... We will ask Americans to serve."

Has Obama never heard of the 13th amendment? He should! It gave blacks the right to vote.

It also says:

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime ... shall exist within the United States."

[jaydude60]

He said "We will ask Americans to serve". Not "We will FORCE Americans to serve."

[JERSEYSIDE]

JAYDUDE60 & L0m4Xx - Obama's Universal Voluntary Citizens Service Plan includes a goal of 50 volunteer hours/year for middle & high school students and 100 hours/year for college students. Public schools lose fed $'s if they don't comply. No gov financial aid for college tuition unless you do 100 hours.

It's not mandatory unless you are poor & want to go to college. But why strive for middle-classness? Michelle O recommends you NOT go to college and rack up those tuition bills like she did.

[L0m4Xx]

What part of "ASK" and "volunteer" don't you get?

[az10101010]

No matter how many times you tell Obama supporters that this guy is a socialist who's policies are bad for America, they will just ignore you and tell you they are inspired by him. What a bunch of brain dead brain stems.

[Bigone5555J]

Yeah, We are facing determined enemies abroad, so we are going to bring our troups home. Volunteer for what? The Hitler opps I mean the Obama Youth Corps?

[oneUSAforAll]

Obama 08, I'll donate for both Obama and Hillary. Great lead on Mccain...keep it up Obama!

[jakesunrider01]

oneUSAforAll, Obama could easily win with Hillary as the V.P., but, word out of the camp is Michelle will not allow him to put her on the ticket. That is too bad because Obama doesn't have a chance without her. Just today, a secret meeting of Christian leaders in Denver has now endorsed McCain. Obama alienated them early on in his career and cannot get them back. Rev Wright and Farrakhan plus partial birth abortion has really hurt obama.  The repub Mean Machine has not even started yet. Jake

[southernliberal]

I'm with you! Even if he is a socialist like az10101010 says, I don't see any socialist countries in the mess we're in!

[jakesunrider01]

Barack Hussein Obama, destroys MEDICARE:

fOX nEWS: Hello, I'm Hillary Clinton, contributer to Fox News, Today is March 1, 2011. Vice President Richardson announced today the social program Medicare which provided care for millions of elderly people who worked all their lives and still paid a monthly premium was bankrupt. Obama used Medicare to provide free care for 50 million people which included 15 million illegal aliens. That broke the back of Medicare. Social Security is Next, sorry

[jakesunrider01]

test, one two three

[marcaGeronis]

The "faith based" inititative pioneered by Bush was always troubling. Do we really want far-right evangelicals running our poverty programs and indoctrinating people? If that is bad imagine the "faith based" inititatives under Barack Hussein Obama Jr!?! Gee, wonder how many mosques, madrasses, and "Islamic charities" will be funded with the money really going to militants, indoctrination centers, or even terrorists. Let secular government run programs- not Islamic charities under Obama!

[DonkeyFist]

Obama made $4.2 million last year. Hilary and Bill made over $20 million in 2007. John McCain and Cindy are part owners of a $100 million plus beer distribution company...

Every single candidate, Republican and Democrat, spew the same hypocritical garbage. While they are busy reaping the rewards of back door deals and dirty politics they are telling Americans to give more of their time and money.

[donnyjayw]

When mcain as 20 he was serving his country. What the hell were you doing when you were 20 Obama? Oh yea doing and selling drugs.

[shapeshiftersexist]

volunteer? cool... so how much do you get paid?

[Curium244]

You lost my vote u zionist loving scumbag.

[Baseball101Films]

McCain 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dafttool]

After watching how badly the government botched Katrina, I would sooner put my faith in charities than anything the government is actively a party to.

[donnyjayw]

local govt. bottched that. not federal.

[dafttool]

FEMA is federal. All levels of government failed, local, state & federal. Just last week FEMA supplies were shipped to New Orleans from various Texas communities that had never used what they had been given, while New Orleans had never gotten those same supplies.