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Obama’s “service” speech: Gestapo, Red Guards, or something else?
July 21, 2008 | Tagged Culture War, gun control, national security, national service, Obama, Second Amendment | 3 Comments
A lot of conservatives are “unsettled” by Barack Obama’s speech calling youth and others to national “service.” Let’s assume for a moment that Barack H. Obama was not referring to a KGB/Gestapo-like domestic intelligence organization in his speech of 07-02-08, when he referred to a “civilian national security force.” What he said: “We cannot continue to rely only our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve gotta have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.” The previous sentence in his speech referred to the Foreign Service and the Peace Corps. The following sentence talked about federal assistance to schools “conditional on school districts developing service programs…,” and developing “…public-private partnerships so students can serve more outside the classroom.” There was also mention made of government/non-profit partnerships to facilitate “service.”
Assuming that Barack H. Obama was not talking about a new American Gestapo/KGB, it certainly sounds to me like he plans on effectively forcing American youth to participate in government-sponsored public service organizations aimed at implementing government policies. He mentioned expanding AmeriCorps to 250,000 young people, who will provide “health care and education, saving our planet and restoring our standing in the world…” (He doesn’t say how exactly these young folks are going to do those things, but when you’re a “rock star,” you don’t have to get bogged down in details. I’m sure the intellectual elite of the Left will be happy to provide marching orders.)
Obama says we are going to have an “Energy Corps to conduct renewable energy and environmental cleanup projects…” I don’t know about you, but I’m a little concerned about these “youth programs.” Nazi Germany had the Hitler Youth. The USSR had the Young Pioneers. China had the Red Guards. Those programs didn’t work out well. They all evolved into “turn in your parents and neighbors” exercises, and worse.
I really don’t think most of us would appreciate youthful “block wardens” coming around to make sure our aluminum cans and plastic bottles are in the right recycling bins. As for health care, I’m not sure home visits from government-trained “educators” would be helpful. I can imagine them saying things like, “Oh, surely you’re not listening to conservaitve talk radio, are you? That isn’t your gas-guzzling SUV in the driveway?” Another potential question: “You don’t have a gun in the house, do you? You know those things are soooo dangerous. We’d better have the police come and pick it up.”
Think I’m a little paranoid? Left-wing medical groups and “mothers’ associations” are already encouraging doctors and parents to be concerned about the gun ownership habits of American citizens. Physicians for Social Responsibility proudly helped “preserve the D.C. gun ban” in 2005. Check out the Million Moms’ website for confirmation of programs encouraging neighbors checking on neighbors.
Imagine a public/private non-profit partnership between The Joyce Foundation and an Obama Administration coordinating “education” and outreach on gun control. That could cause you to lose some sleep, Comrade!
Think! If you don’t vote, or cast an irrelevant vote, you could put BHO in the driver’s seat. “No! That’s not my car in the driveway. Honest! I don’t know how the plastic bottle got in with the aluminum cans!”
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The Antichrist Obama and his Pro-Abortion Communist Gestapo will CHANGE USA into USSA – United Socialist States of America.