My Daily Domestic Diigolet 03/27/2009

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    • So implies the Serve America Act (S. 277).[1] Serve America is the Senate’s attempt to turn into reality President Obama’s campaign promises about public service. Since the campaign, Obama has described these promises as the start of a new era of selflessness and civic responsibility. But in practice, the bill (and its House companion, the Generations Invigorating Volunteering and Education Act, or GIVE[2]) hearkens back to an old era and to the old ideas of someone Congress should hesitate to mimic in a recession: Herbert Hoover.
  • Forced volunteerism is on the way!
    • The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, known
      as the GIVE Act — sponsored by Reps. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y, and George Miller, D-Calif. — was approved by a 321-105
      vote and now goes to the Senate.
      The legislation, slated to cost $6 billion over five years, would create 175,000 “new
      service opportunities” under AmeriCorps, bringing the number of participants in the national volunteer program to 250,000.
      It would also create additional “corps” to expand the reach of volunteerism into new sectors, including a Clean Energy Corps,
      Education Corps, Healthy Futures Corps and Veterans Service Corps, and it expands the National Civilian Community Corps to
      focus on additional areas like disaster relief and energy conservation.
    • But
      the bill’s opponents — and there are only a few in Congress — say it could cram ideology down the throats of young “volunteers,”
      many of whom could be forced into service since the bill creates a “Congressional Commission on Civic Service.”
    • “I think this is a problem that is rife throughout the federal government.
      When you dramatically expand the program, then you dramatically expand the ability for these left-wing advocacy organizations
      to get more funding. I don’t see a lot of attention being paid to that, even from those who are critical. That’s where the
      focus should be. Republicans tend to say its not that they oppose the program, they just want to spend less money. It’s the
      program that’s bad.”
  • Good list to keep in mind for wedding planning.
  • I can’t say this was the will of God. I can’t say that it was not. I do believe everything happens for a reason though. What are the chances of this happening though?
    • Abortion chain owner’s family died in MT cemetery plane crash – near Tomb of the Unborn
  • Approval rating for economy and national security dips to 48%.
    • For the second straight week, 48% of all voters say that the President is doing a good or excellent job handling the economy. Thirty-three percent (33%) say he is doing a poor job in that arena (Premium Members can see data and trends).

      Forty-eight percent (48%) also say the President is doing a good or excellent job on national security issues. That’s down four points from a week ago and the first time his numbers have dipped below 50% on the national security front.

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