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Actually, we serve our community and have been serving our community without any President asking/telling us to do so. The high schools in our area already have programs for students to perform community service. Students over the summer at various camps perform great acts of service. For example, students go to different countries or other states to help build or renovate homes or facilities. This is not a new thing. I'm proud of the people of my community. We suffered through the hurricanes of 2004, and people in our community bent over backwards to help each other, and still do.
Including myself, at least 8 family members have served in the military. In my household, I keep up my yard, pick up my trash that blows into my yard, obey the laws, and when my ditch gets too shallow or my culvert gets clogged I dig it out myself instead of asking the city to do it for me. I report crimes I witness. I slow when approaching road construction or emergency vehicles. I don't have time to go out and about picking up trash when I have to work full time and take care of my wife and father-in-law when I come home from work.
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LOL Where was all this patriotism when Bush was in office? It's not about the president, it's about the country. If you're really that concerned about your country it seems to me you wouldn't have waited til now. Flakey.
Pubilc_Newsense, that's the difference between conservatives (not necessarily Republicans) and liberals. My family has loved this country no matter who is president. Liberals only seem to love this country when their choice of candidate is president. I served in the military during George HW Bush and during Clinton. I didn't quit when Clinton became president even though I didn't like him. I was forced out of the service due to a shoulder injury. I thought it was sad seeing black organizations picking up trash and cleaning up the neighborhood for the first time now that Obama became president. The reason why I thought it was sad is because it took them all this time before they finally got around to doing something for their neighborhood instead of demanding someone else (city government) do it for them.
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Sailordave, thank you to you and your family for your service to this country. Words don't seem adequate but it's all I have. I'm sorry about your injury. I hope it's being taken care of. This is like someone praising Hollywood for suddenly saying that they want to do something too. Why now? We were a nation before Obama. We still needed the loyalty of it's people regardless of who was president. Hollywood is out to help Hollywood, nothing more, nothing less.
As for the picking up of trash, I hadn't heard of that. It's too bad they didn't possess the pride and dignity to start sooner but I'm glad it happened. It's never too late (I hope) to start somewhere.. Hopefully, this isn't a fad b'c fads fade quickly.
Well, I've been told for the last 8 years that "dissent is patriotic," so I think I might make a movie about Obama being assassinated. Maybe rig up an effigy of the new President. Call him an idiot and a liar. Print some "Make 01/20/13 Obama's last day" bumper stickers and plaster them all over my car.
I've got lots of things I can do to "support" this country the way the left has been doing it for the last 8 years.
LOL Where was all this patriotism when Bush was in office? It's not about the president, it's about the country. If you're really that concerned about your country it seems to me you wouldn't have waited til now. Flakey.
Great post!!!!
Funny that NOW there is someone they like in the WH it is time for ALL of us to put aside our differences and serve him...NOT the country mind you but the President.
Well, I've been told for the last 8 years that "dissent is patriotic," so I think I might make a movie about Obama being assassinated. Maybe rig up an effigy of the new President. Call him an idiot and a liar. Print some "Make 01/20/13 Obama's last day" bumper stickers and plaster them all over my car.
I've got lots of things I can do to "support" this country the way the left has been doing it for the last 8 years.
I know this is in jest but IF someone did such things there would be consequences in my opinion....
At my workplace it is overwhelmingly Obama supporters and during the elections discussions were very heated on the part of them...I actually didn't vote for McCain and told them so I simply wasn't going to vote for EITHER of the two evils but you would think I had insulted their mother...
I can easily see violence happening to those who tarnish the image of their leader.
Let's all sing, "KevK's gotta crush on Obama!" Dancing around in a tight T-shirt and shorts is optional.
I like Obama, but I am not a good dancer. Trust me, no one wants to see my old, wrinkled, fat body in tight T-shirt and shorts. May I wear a mumu?
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