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Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by Rams59lb
The president and first lady Michelle Obama did their part at Fort McNair, helping volunteers load 15,000 backpacks with books, healthy snacks and toys for children of the men and women of the armed forces.
Oh PAHLEEEEZE! Like Michelle in her french designer sneakers is going to break a sweat? Like she's really going to toil for hours helping people out of the goodness of her heart? Bah!
There is soooooooo much more that I could say ...
[edit on 6/26/2009 by FlyersFan]
Originally posted by hypervigilant
The thing that I have noticed that comes through loud and clear through out this thread and surely poisons the minds of the children growing up in this country, is that work and responibility is bad..... Right from the start people associate community service with punishment..... People I know have children living in their homes that are over 30 that don't work because they have been conditioned to view getting off of their butts and committing to responsibility and waking in the morning and going to a job as an unpleasant experience.... People in Mexico grow up contributing to the well being of their families and communities and work is considered a privilege, and even he lowest paying hardest dirtiest work is done with a sense of pride...... If and when there are volunteer programs initiated to teach skills and work ethics to young people that have grown up without learning these things, I will be happy to sign up in any capacity that I am qualified to do in order to contribute to this cause.
Originally posted by XXXN3O
reply to post by Rams59lb
Well where I come from community service is a punishment.
Maybe being american is a crime in his eyes?
Is there a punishment if you do not obey?
Edit to add: "Serving our country is not just something that we should expect our members of our armed forces to do," Obama said, "That's something that we should expect all of us as citizens to do"
Erm, but military forces are paid!
[edit on 26-6-2009 by XXXN3O]
Originally posted by hypervigilant
The thing that I have noticed that comes through loud and clear through out this thread and surely poisons the minds of the children growing up in this country, is that work and responibility is bad..... Right from the start people associate community service with punishment..... People I know have children living in their homes that are over 30 that don't work because they have been conditioned to view getting off of their butts and committing to responsibility and waking in the morning and going to a job as an unpleasant experience.... People in Mexico grow up contributing to the well being of their families and communities and work is considered a privilege, and even he lowest paying hardest dirtiest work is done with a sense of pride...... If and when there are volunteer programs initiated to teach skills and work ethics to young people that have grown up without learning these things, I will be happy to sign up in any capacity that I am qualified to do in order to contribute to this cause.