Yeah god forbid you give back to the nation that enables us to the live the soft comfortable lives we live.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 1:50 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Thoughts on national service > > I don't like the government mandating what I do with my 'free' time. > > Seems more like servitude than anythign else if its mandatory. > > Also, its not patriotic if its mandatory. > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 1:40 AM, Judah McAuley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Obama is proposing a pretty broad program of national > service geared > > toward middle school, high school and college students. At > one point > > it was being discussed as mandatory. Now the language looks to have > > softened. > > > > http://change.gov/americaserves/ > > > > What do people think about the idea of mandatory national service? > > > > Personally, I like the idea. I think that serving your country is > > patriotic and could help get a lot done. I have some > practical qualms, > > wondering if we'd be able to effectively use the volunteer power at > > hand or if it would really go to waste. I'd also be concerned about > > kids that are working a lot in addition to school. How much time do > > they really have? But 50 hours a year seems pretty doable for most > > situations and I really do like the ideal. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Judah > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279512 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
