November 07, 2008
You Shall Serve The One
I have been sick as as dog (no offense to dogs) since I decided to grab a quick snack from a street vendor on my way back to Grand Central.
The post below about riding the train I wrote the other day and forgot to post it. I put up a simple screen shot to mark the the yacht Hold The Mayo crossing the finish line at Cape Town.
I had no intention of doing any blogging as all of my energy seems to be devoted to barfing. But I had to say something about the beginning of the Obama nightmare.
On his new official government campaign website Obama announces the following:
I don't know how The One intends to enforce his required service. My guess is that compliance will be tied to federal education funding. School boards that don't adhere to the wished of The One will lose federal dollars.
Unfortunately the number of school systems that would be willing, on principle, to tell The One to piss off is probably pretty small. But homeschooling would become an increasingly attractive option - even after they make it illegal.
The post below about riding the train I wrote the other day and forgot to post it. I put up a simple screen shot to mark the the yacht Hold The Mayo crossing the finish line at Cape Town.
I had no intention of doing any blogging as all of my energy seems to be devoted to barfing. But I had to say something about the beginning of the Obama nightmare.
On his new official government campaign website Obama announces the following:
The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation’s challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, as well as a new Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps. Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year. Obama will encourage retiring Americans to serve by improving programs available for individuals over age 55, while at the same time promoting youth programs such as Youth Build and Head Start.
I don't know how The One intends to enforce his required service. My guess is that compliance will be tied to federal education funding. School boards that don't adhere to the wished of The One will lose federal dollars.
Unfortunately the number of school systems that would be willing, on principle, to tell The One to piss off is probably pretty small. But homeschooling would become an increasingly attractive option - even after they make it illegal.
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 03:10 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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Ironically, a black man is suggesting "involuntary servitude".
Um... 13th amendment?
Posted by: Lee Archer at November 09, 2008 09:52 AM (VSyor)
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And less than 24 hours later the copy was CHANGEd and they were HOPING no one would notice. It now reads
"setting a goal that all middle school and high school students do 50 hours of community service a year and by developing a plan so that all college students who conduct 100 hours of community service receive a universal and fully refundable tax credit ensuring that the first $4,000 of their college education is completely free."
"setting a goal that all middle school and high school students do 50 hours of community service a year and by developing a plan so that all college students who conduct 100 hours of community service receive a universal and fully refundable tax credit ensuring that the first $4,000 of their college education is completely free."
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at November 09, 2008 02:34 PM (R7LgM)
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