Comments on: Want to Serve Your Country? Well, What’s Stopping You!

By: Enforced charity « Blunt Object

Enforced charity « Blunt Object — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:54:23 +0000

[...] Want to serve your country? Well, what’s stopping you? (The Liberty Papers) Let’s be honest. If you really want to “serve your country/community/world,” again I ask you: What’s stopping you? Your level of service has not one thing to do with who occupies the White House at any given time. [...]

By: Quincy

Quincy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:53:00 +0000

Is it time to co-opt the slogan “Keep your laws off my body?”

By: Capt. Karl

Capt. Karl — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:53:28 +0000

I, Sir, choose, as it appears you do, to serve my country and my fellow Americans by educating the public on Liberty and Freedom, showing them the effects of the constitutionally contemptuous legislation that the tyrants in Congress have and are enacted/enacting, and motivating my fellow countrymen not to stand for it.

The loss of liberty in the march toward socialism, resulting in the equal distribution of misery is far too great to endure. Yes, it is time to volunteer and to act for our rights and our constitution. May I humbly request, Sir, that you place my blog “The Liberty Tree Lantern” in your blogroll?

By: Brad Warbiany

Brad Warbiany — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:56:25 +0000

tbob,

Good idea… Raise the social security age to 70, but leave the minimum retirement age at 62. If you want to claim benefits at 62, you need to do some community service :-)

By: Thomas Blair

Thomas Blair — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:01:26 +0000

QFT:

“America is very good at marshaling all the forces of bullshit in our society toward a noble end, like stopping cruelty to animals or hounding sexual predators. Pressuring young people to “serve” for a year or two is a perfect subject for one of these campaigns.”

By: trumpetbob15

trumpetbob15 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:48:01 +0000

When I was in high school, the teachers and other group leaders wanted me to help out at a senior home. However, they would get mad when I said to screw off. Why should a high school student, trying to save up money for those high tuition costs, be forced to help out with people who at one time 1) owned their own home, 2) more than likely have children and grandchildren of their own that aren’t showing up, and 3) pay good money for a nursing home to take care of them? Why should I have to give up my time to help when instead I could be out in the workforce learning the skills that will help me get to a financially secure position?

Though I am against coercion, I think I will offer an exception to help out McCain and Obama. How about this one? “Hit 65, time to volunteer” and no Medicare or Social Security without at least 20 hours of community service per week? I doubt either of those two “fine” gentlemen have a problem with that requirement on graduating seniors so how about for up-and-coming seniors?

By: jwh

jwh — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:53:44 +0000

So, I guess serving in the military doesn’t count for anything, eh?