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Permalink Reply by lisa mincey on October 18, 2009 at 4:00pm

well mr. rothchild...volunteerism should not be forced...i hope as a "conservative you must surely see that if it is forced or our respect for a foul individual is forced we have lost our freedoms...all bad things happen in baby steps so is it a molehill or is it a mountain?...just a thought

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Permalink Reply by Jim Robinson on October 18, 2009 at 5:20pm

Agreed -- and since when does a sitting president need "volunteers" to serve him in any capacity?!! And the picture of socialism just keeps growing and growing . . .

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Permalink Reply by Jason Cannon on October 18, 2009 at 12:34am

You guys are being plain stupid. The President George H. W. Bush asked people to be respectful. What is he not allowed to do that? That is violating his rights you know. This is no threat to Texas or America. He came to talk about volunteering. You guys make so much out of so little. Calm down. Seriously.

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Permalink Reply by lisa mincey on October 18, 2009 at 9:57am

amen paddy...texas or for that matter the south do not need obummer and his skanky liberal followers...in fact these fools are stifling our ways...i guarantee you if the conservatives were allowed to do things their way and i do not mean RINO's but true conservatives vs liberals...the conservatives would be financially more successful, have far more freedoms, would be able to take care of our own business without big brother sticking his big nose in it and happier in general while liberals would have no one to tax so they could not fund all their failing policies, would be completely restricted in the constitutional freedoms, and wishing they had listened to the right...GO TEXAS

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Permalink Reply by Jason Cannon on October 19, 2009 at 10:52am

Grow up you guys! Comunity service is a good thing to do! Serving your country is a good thing! It is not mandatory, it is volunteer based. You guys are the crazy right wing nuts that discredit our movement.

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Permalink Reply by lisa mincey on October 19, 2009 at 5:40pm

jason, maybe you need t stop being sooooo naive...look at obama and his plans...(youth corps?...how hitlerish is this)...open your eyes babes...you will get an eye full...p,s, insults don't win you any favors in here toots so ya might wanna cool it...know your stuff before you come in here blowing smoke

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Permalink Reply by Jim Robinson on October 19, 2009 at 12:55pm

Jason - I don't see anyone here knocking volunteerism, but I do see folks questioning Obama's desire to "force" volunteerism on kids against their choice and decision. Making it "mandatory" service (in an Obama led youth corps, of all things) is the same thing that Hitler and the Nazi party did in Germany - and the parallels here are truly frightening to those that have either studied Nazi history or lived it.

And anything "mandatory" is no longer "volunteerism." Making voluntary service mandatory is an oxymoron, and a proven historical tool used by all forms and branches of Socialism. And Socialism is what folks here are knocking - not volunteerism in general!

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Permalink Reply by Jim Robinson on October 19, 2009 at 10:02pm

Youth are easier to persuade - and this is both good and bad! When high schoolers don't understand that Obama's health care plan is pure, unbridled Socialism, and they blindly support it because their teachers tell them it's a "good" thing, we have a major problem in our schools, Folks! Kids today don't know how to recognize Socialism because most are not being taught what Socialism really is. And history has well taught us that tyrants and despots always go after the hearts and minds of children to build a future base of loyal supporters to their cause and reign.

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