Please help me on this. I'm so frustrated! I've spent hours on this.
I swear at the last debate -- not last night, before that -- Obama and Hillary both said they want Mandatory National Service for men and women ages 18 to 40.
But I can't find anything to that effect online. On his website, it says voluntary national service, but I'm sure he said he would like to see it. When I went back and watched that January 31st Debate in California, I couldn't find it anywhere.
Does anybody know where I can find that Obama wants Mandatory National Service?
I did find that Edwards definitely wanted it.
Lois
A well organized militia being necessary to the security of a free state; the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed...
I'd honestly rather everyone be "forced" into service, and that every man and woman between the ages of 18 and 40 be trained and required to keep guns in their homes. That was the purpose of the 2nd Amendment, to secure our rights against the tyranny of a corrupt government... It's time we hold ourselves to it. A government that fears the people, doesn't fuck with the people.
Let me say that I don't think every man and woman aged 18 to 40 should be called into active service, but that all of us should be trained, and the 2nd Amendment rights be adhered to in every household in the nation. It should be done just like the Swiss have done for so long... and we should be a non-interventionist country... We'd be far better off if we weren't preaching to the world that our "religion" is best for them...
Wait... that sounds like my neighbot... <--- spelled wrong on purpose. She's a bible thumping Jesus freak, and while I love God and have been raised Catholic my entire life, my respect for the rights of individuals to choose their own religion prevents me from becoming a preaching machine like she is. She says she believes in everyone's right to choose, but believes that Christianity is the only right decision... so she is no better than the Islamofascists that are going around the world preaching about Allah, then killing anyone who disagrees...
Of course, when I explained to her the whole concept of "Convert or Kill", she denied it post haste, and wouldn't talk to me about religion anymore, because "I'm blind to the truth".... I love it when people who deny evolution because of their faith tell me I'm blind to the truth, when their truth is based on a book written by men and my truth is based on fossil evidence, in combination with the Bible... no matter how you view the Bible, you must agree that even if they were inspired by God to write the Bible, no one is perfect, and mistakes and inaccuracies would be present. Look at any religious cult, just because they
say they are guided by God doesn't make their actions "right".... The greatest thing, is that the Bible and the Theory of Evolution compliment each other perfectly... I can elaborate on that if you'd like, but I don't necessarily like to get into long winded religious discussion anymore.
Long story short, she voted for Huckabee BECAUSE he wants to change the Constitution... She has zero respect for the rights of others if their beliefs are different than hers... Sad... very sad...