Obama’s Civilian Defense Force Update April 5th, 2009
April 5, 2009 · carl · Print This Article
I thought that I had better include a date in the title because the staff here at Freedom Medium will have a lot to say on this topic in the coming weeks and months.
At the end of this article you will find a link to the White House website where you can check the accuracy of what I am about to write.
I’m doing it that way because I am sure that by now, given the current administration’s intense dislike of anyone who does not agree with one of their policies, I don’t want to be charged with plagarism or copyright infringement.
Now, let’s get down to business.
Part of the Obama administration’s agenda is to expand AmeriCorps from 75,000 slots to 250.000.
Where in the world are an additional One Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand people supposed to come from?
And the part about helping communities plan, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
If we are talking about such things as floods or hurricanes, isn’t that what the National Guard is for?
Please don’t tell me that these forces are meant to supplement the National Guard.
Perhaps they will be called upon to perform duties that members of the military would refuse to do, because the orders they received were unconstitutional.
Again this is one I will leave you to draw your own conclusions on.
Then we have this one: “Require 100 Hours Of Service in College.”
Of course, this is meant to be offset by a new “American Opportunity Tax Credit of $4,000 a year in exchange for 100 hours of public service a year.”
Before you tell me that I am out of my mind to sneer at a $4,000 tax credit, allow me to ask a question:
When the hell did the United States Government acquire the right to require a citizen of the United States to perform 100 hours of community service a year simply because they are attending college?
If someone could become eligible to receive this credit because they volunteered for and performed
100 hours of community service, I would not have a problem with that.
To an extent, I would even be OK with this if it were part of a provision for receiving tuition grants, perhaps even securing a student loan.
I am one of those old fashioned patriots who feels that the only thing the government can require
me to do is to obey the law, and of course to pay my taxes.
Unlike most members of President Obama’s Cabinet.
Here’s the link: White House Agenda
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This “Civilian Defense Force” is a very scary thing to me. I mean, if they need more military members (which I have heard they are not), why wouldn’t they just re-institute the draft? Well, it’s because, as it says in this blog, that this force would follow a whole different set of rules than the military. I have a 17-yr. old son who is also very worried about it. I think that if it were to be enacted, he would join the military instead.
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Well I looked in your white house link and found no mention that this force of 250,000 would be used to do unconstitutional things as you imply. I’m sorry but I’m going to have to call BS on this article in my opinion.
@George
That’s fair enough, you are entitled to your opinion.
However, I ask that you check back tomorrow, and we will get into this a bit more in depth.