Obama Calls for More Public Service

In a recent commencement address , Barack Obama called on the graduates to spend more time in public service. While he listed numerous ways to serve the nation--as a teacher, in the Peace Corps., etc.--he never mentioned serving in the military. In fact, Obama said at a campus of the University of Colorado that this call for more public service "will be a central cause of my presidency." (Not fighting terrorism, lowering gas prices, increasing economy, etc.)

Obama doesn't mean "public service" though. He does not mean serving the public in the private sector- no, only the public sector. And he does not mean serving in the military. Some of Obama's biggest supporters are trying to decrease the number of graduates who spend time serving in our armed forces, and many of his biggest supporters actively intimidate military recruiters, forcing them off campus.

Obama wants to add thousands of non-skilled paid volunteers who will perform non-efficient tasks to help out the community, environment, and education. Imagine a worker with a 'job' walking around Obama's White House with a balloon to scare off crows- public service! And employment! Now that's change that FDR believed in during the Great Depression!

Finally, the Chicago senator said he would set a goal for all middle and high school students to perform 50 hours of service a year, and for college students to serve twice that number of hours. As if students are not burdened enough- they have sports, classes, jobs, and hobbies that more than fill their time. Oh, and only particular approved public service will count- helping build a church in Mexico through your youth group wouldn't count- but hand delivering a welfare check to a dangerous neighborhood would!

This election is a real important one, and we have a real choice on what kind of public servant to elect- and I pray we don't go with Obama.