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AmeriCorps members helped run a program in Buffalo that gave children $5 for each toy gun they brought in, as well as a certificate praising their decision not to play with these trinkets.
In San Diego, AmeriCorps members busied themselves collecting used bras and panties for a homeless shelter.
In Los Angeles, they foisted unreliable ultra-low-flush toilets on poor people.
In San Francisco, AmeriCorps members busy themselves mediating elementary school playground disputes.
In Florida, AmeriCorps recruits in the Women in Distress program organized a poetry reading on the evils of domestic violence.
In Oswego, New York, they set up a donation bin to gather used cellphones for victims of domestic violence.
In Montana, members encouraged people to donate books to ship to Cameroon.
In Lafayette, Louisiana, with help from the local Junior League, AmeriCorps led an effort to recycle prom dresses for high-school students.
OH MY GOD!!! How awful! Imagine that, people helping others, who woulda thunk it?
This isn't about helping people. It's about FORCING people to do things AGAINST THEIR WILL. It's not a hard concept to understand (if you're honest).
Well, I don't know - a Chinese Communist scientist told me one day at the lab that when she grew up under Mao, all the school children were required to go out to the hallway, and crap and pee into their individual bowls at 8 AM every morning.
To this day, she and her husband have to "go real bad" at 8 AM every morning.
She said the whole country shat at 8 AM every morning without fail.
And, she almost decked me when I made a joke about Mao's Little Red Book.
So, there ARE lifelong benefits to having some force-elements in Public Education.
Each child should make a contribution to "society".
This isn't about helping people. It's about FORCING people to do things AGAINST THEIR WILL. It's not a hard concept to understand (if you're honest).
You did read the list, correct? I see no "forcing" going on, unless you consider rallying people to help others out as "forcing". I guess bake sales & car washes in high schools to raise funds could be considered "forcing" as well.
This is the language from the original version of the bill. The language was removed prior to the bill being approved. The mere fact that it was even in there in the first place should scare the crap out of any rational person with even a shred of knowledge of history. Anyone who knows anything about government, especially ours, should know that objectionable items that are pulled from one bill are very often placed into other bills at a later date. This bill was never meant to pass in it's entirety now, but rest assured now that most of it has been green lighted the rest will be added in short order.
Notice where it says ALL INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED STATES.
This was a trial balloon people. This stripped language will be reintroduced elsewhere. Bet on it.
First of all, that lanquage is not in the bill that was passed and which is now law, so it's not going to be "added" - it's done the way it is.
Secondly, care to offer up some proof that the language you posted was EVER in the bill? - and I don't mean some individuals' right-wing blog (such a post wouldn't prove anything - how would we know such an individual didn't just make up the language you mention), I mean something either official or from a recognized mainstream source.
The House passed the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act yesterday. The bill includes language indicating young people will be forced to participate in mandatory national service programs. The bill also states that "service learning" will be a mandatory part of the youth curriculum.
That doesn't sound much like "volunteerism" does it?
Thoughts anyone, Bambi sounds like Hitler round II.
Take one look at where the OP is from before even responsing to this rabid radical Republican I though you yahoos were seceding? Soon we hope!
I was quoting arctichomesteader w/that list. So ok, great, if what you say is true we've got a dud w/that one. You're going to deny everything else?
Actually, you quoted me, not arctichomesteader. Are you seriously trying to say that mitigating disputes between children on a playground is worth $6 billion taxpayer dollars? I know liberal freaks are morons, but are they truly THAT stupid?
Well, I don't know - a Chinese Communist scientist told me one day at the lab that when she grew up under Mao, all the school children were required to go out to the hallway, and crap and pee into their individual bowls at 8 AM every morning.
To this day, she and her husband have to "go real bad" at 8 AM every morning.
She said the whole country shat at 8 AM every morning without fail.
And, she almost decked me when I made a joke about Mao's Little Red Book.
So, there ARE lifelong benefits to having some force-elements in Public Education.
Each child should make a contribution to "society".
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