Comments on: Ask what your country will force you to do http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/07/31/ask-what-your-country-will-force-you-to-do/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:57:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: BrianE http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/07/31/ask-what-your-country-will-force-you-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-26845 BrianE Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:26:12 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3326#comment-26845 Here's a doozey, and I haven't seen anything reported on it. <blockquote>For several days now, WND has been hounding Barack Obama's campaign about a statement he made July 2 in Colorado Springs – a statement that blew my mind, one that has had me scratching my head ever since. In talking about his plans to double the size of the Peace Corps and nearly quadruple the size of AmeriCorps and the size of the nation's military services, he made this rather shocking (and chilling) pledge: "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."</blockquote> http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=69601 I remember reading it at the time and thought WHAT? I suppose the statement is so absurd, the MSM has just ignored it, but the implications, if Obama is serious, are mindboggling. Here’s a doozey, and I haven’t seen anything reported on it.

For several days now, WND has been hounding Barack Obama’s campaign about a statement he made July 2 in Colorado Springs – a statement that blew my mind, one that has had me scratching my head ever since.

In talking about his plans to double the size of the Peace Corps and nearly quadruple the size of AmeriCorps and the size of the nation’s military services, he made this rather shocking (and chilling) pledge: “We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=69601

I remember reading it at the time and thought WHAT? I suppose the statement is so absurd, the MSM has just ignored it, but the implications, if Obama is serious, are mindboggling.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/07/31/ask-what-your-country-will-force-you-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-26788 Ymarsakar Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:56:56 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3326#comment-26788 And this is exactly why they don't want the military on their schools and indoctrination camps. They don't want any kind of competing philosophy that could prove their teachings to be unwise or megalomaniacal. It is easy to believe a fake thing to be the genuine article, when you haven't seen the real thing. By keeping liberty, free speech, and self-sacrifice, in the form of the military, from polluting the minds of the young, they are able to demonstrate that their philosophy and <B>armed groups</b> are superior. And this is exactly why they don’t want the military on their schools and indoctrination camps.

They don’t want any kind of competing philosophy that could prove their teachings to be unwise or megalomaniacal.

It is easy to believe a fake thing to be the genuine article, when you haven’t seen the real thing. By keeping liberty, free speech, and self-sacrifice, in the form of the military, from polluting the minds of the young, they are able to demonstrate that their philosophy and armed groups are superior.

]]> By: Bookworm http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/07/31/ask-what-your-country-will-force-you-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-26781 Bookworm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:34:26 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3326#comment-26781 All of you are hitting the nail on the head. I especially agree with David's and Deana's take, one about the freedom to choose what's beneficial, and the other about the hypocrisy that characterizes the Obamas. I've said it before and, after reading all these comments, I'll say it again: I have smart blog friends. All of you are hitting the nail on the head. I especially agree with David’s and Deana’s take, one about the freedom to choose what’s beneficial, and the other about the hypocrisy that characterizes the Obamas. I’ve said it before and, after reading all these comments, I’ll say it again: I have smart blog friends.

]]> By: Deana http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/07/31/ask-what-your-country-will-force-you-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-26780 Deana Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:40:52 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3326#comment-26780 How does that man excuse his wife's job and astronomical salary at the University of Chicago Hospital? So the Obamas can have a pretty big house in Chicago, nice suits, and no apparent need to do much volunteering but we are supposed to? I don't know - the only image I have in my head when I hear this is Michelle Obama saying several months ago in a speech that "Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism." All of this just gives me the willies. Deana How does that man excuse his wife’s job and astronomical salary at the University of Chicago Hospital?

So the Obamas can have a pretty big house in Chicago, nice suits, and no apparent need to do much volunteering but we are supposed to?

I don’t know – the only image I have in my head when I hear this is Michelle Obama saying several months ago in a speech that “Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism.”

All of this just gives me the willies.

Deana

]]> By: David Foster http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/07/31/ask-what-your-country-will-force-you-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-26778 David Foster Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:43:18 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3326#comment-26778 This goes way beyond Obama. I think we must challenge the whole assertion of the political and "policy" classes that what they do--what they define as "public service"--is inherently morally superior to what other Americans do. Is the pursuit of power inherently nobler than the pursuit of money? (Note that power also generally yields money, or money-equivalents, in the mode of Rangel or even of Ted Stevens) Is the government worker who writes about agricultural policy morally superior to the farmer who actually grows food? Is the "nonprofit" analyst who writes about transportation policy morally superior to the railroad executive who deals with the practicalities every day? Is the environmentalist morally superior to the entrepreneur who puts his own money at risk in new energy technologies? This goes way beyond Obama. I think we must challenge the whole assertion of the political and “policy” classes that what they do–what they define as “public service”–is inherently morally superior to what other Americans do.

Is the pursuit of power inherently nobler than the pursuit of money? (Note that power also generally yields money, or money-equivalents, in the mode of Rangel or even of Ted Stevens)

Is the government worker who writes about agricultural policy morally superior to the farmer who actually grows food?

Is the “nonprofit” analyst who writes about transportation policy morally superior to the railroad executive who deals with the practicalities every day?

Is the environmentalist morally superior to the entrepreneur who puts his own money at risk in new energy technologies?

]]> By: Al http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/07/31/ask-what-your-country-will-force-you-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-26777 Al Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:36:48 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3326#comment-26777 As these Communist policies are rolled out by Vladimir Ilich Obama, more and more of the regular voters will switch to McCain. Al As these Communist policies are rolled out by Vladimir Ilich Obama,
more and more of the regular voters will switch to McCain.
Al

]]> By: benning http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/07/31/ask-what-your-country-will-force-you-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-26776 benning Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:28:00 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3326#comment-26776 This is what comes of allowing Socialists to take over American schools for more than a century. I loathe Obama. Utterly loathe the creature. This is what comes of allowing Socialists to take over American schools for more than a century. I loathe Obama. Utterly loathe the creature.

]]> By: David Foster http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/07/31/ask-what-your-country-will-force-you-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-26772 David Foster Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:23:43 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3326#comment-26772 Instead of pursuing money, you could enter "public service" and--like Charlie Rangel and many others--get people to give you special favors. The Soviet ruling class, of course, perfected this principal--with very modest salaries, they lived lives of luxury. Instead of pursuing money, you could enter “public service” and–like Charlie Rangel and many others–get people to give you special favors.

The Soviet ruling class, of course, perfected this principal–with very modest salaries, they lived lives of luxury.

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