Obama’s Call For Self-Serving Service

February 15th, 2009 11:04 am  |  by  |  Published in Activism, Big Government, Individual Responsibility, Liberty, Maven Commentary, Obama, slavery  |  0

Apparently,  Barack Obama is going to be making a call for service during the telecast of the NBA all-star game this evening in Phoenix, Arizona. According to CNN, the White House released an excerpt of his message.

Obama says that we should “lace ‘em up” for service by preparing “a care package for a soldier”, reading to children, or fixing up a basketball court. He then plugs the service website USAService.org to find “service” events near you.

I thought, “Hey, this is a good thing for our President to be doing as long as it remains voluntary and non-partisan.” So I go to the site to see what types of events I could volunteer for in my area. What I discovered were some events among the “proper” ones that were nothing more than pep rallies for Obama and the Democratic Party. I think I’ll just continue to do what I’ve always done, pay attention to my own community and not seek acceptance from the service bean counters in Washington.

Here are two events in my area alone that are deemed “service”:

  • President’s Day Mix and Meet: Democrats are invited to first meeting and mixer to enroll and meet new members. We will reorganize Community Outreach, Communications, and Precinct sub-committees.
  • Obama Day: Have a ceremony for president Barack Obama and Family. And selected community guess[sic] will attend. We will have music, Food and Games, just to show our appreciation of the Obama family.

If your among the 30% of the U.S. population who voted for Obama then USAService.org is for you.

If you are in the majority who did not, then you may want to continue to do what he is asking of everyone, but do it on your own terms and in your own community.

If the recent economic situation and Obama’s ill-conceived efforts to fix it are any indication there are going to be a lot more people that need volunteer help. Also, if enough people actually volunteer and results are seen maybe Obama won’t make it mandatory some day. How ironic would that be, the first African American President enslaves the people? That can’t happen here can it?

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