President Obama promised that we would all be required to serve our country in some way through his Civilian Corp that he claimed would be as well funded as the military. Soon to be ousted Corruptocrat Charlie Rangel introduced a bill into the House of Representatives on July 15th that makes that part of Obama’s agenda a possibility. It is formally named “Universal National Service Act.” The name itself should send shivers down your spine. When you realize that this bill would require every American to eventually serve in some way, it should leave you outraged.
The bill reads, “To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or in civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.” Sounds like the draft does it not? Only this mandatory service is not just about military service. Obviously not all people between 18 and 42 are fit to serve in the military. So this bill goes one step further by adding “civilian service.” How exactly will we meet this national service obligation? Sec. 102 states:
“(a) Obligation for Service- It is the obligation of every citizen of the United States, and every other person residing in the United States, who is between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform a period of national service as prescribed in this title unless exempted under the provisions of this title.
(b) Forms of National Service- The national service obligation under this title shall be performed either–
(1) as a member of an active or reserve component of the uniformed services; or
So how long will this service be required? Sec. 104 reads, “(a) General Rule - Except as otherwise provided in this section, the period of national service performed by a person under this title shall be two years.” Two years of required service! In the Home of the Free! This is outrageous! Want more outrage? Who is going to implement this service, decide how you serve and when? The King of course…er, President. Sec. 105 states:
“(a) In General- The President shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out this title.
Diane is a conservative libertarian gay blogger and radio host. She not only blogs here at her home blog “Freedom’s Wings Politics,” but also contributes to various blogs and websites around the Internet. Host of the Freedom's Wings Show launched in January 2009. Co-host of Big Dawg's Music Hour. She is an original co-founder of the Conservative Alliance Media Network. Member of the Big Dawg Music Mafia Brigade. Active member of GOProud, Smart Girl Politics and Tea Party Patriots. Proud member of the Red State Talk Radio Network, Con Air Radio Network and broadcaster at From The Right Radio and Liberty Bell Radio. 
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Our government run educational system has done a fine job of inverting, in the minds of many citizens, the relationship between the individual and their government. Our Declaration of Independence clearly spell out that it is “self-evident” that each sovereign individual possesses “unalienable Rights” including “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness“. These are inherent rights which we possess as part of our human nature, and are not some gift bestowed upon us by a benevolent state. The Declaration continues: “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed“. Individuals are not duty-bound to serve the state; just the opposite! Government is created for one very explicit purpose, which is to serve the need to protect those rights possessed by every individual member of society — and nothing more. Period!
When some government bureaucrat proposes to force you, me, or anyone else, against our respective voluntary wills, to serve the government’s interests under direction of some state administrator, whether that be for an hour, a day, two years, or a lifetime, this is nothing less than slavery, and no amount of weasel words or Orwellian doublespeak will alter or hide this simple fact.
If you value your life and the freedom to decide how you wish to live it, then you should be alarmed that this bill is even being discussed in the halls of Congress by a body of elite members who have made it clear that they intend to be the masters, ruling over us and directing every aspect and decision affecting our lives. Do not wait until it is too late to fight back against this tyranny. Rise up today in protest over this abomination and work to insure that it never sees the light of day.
For a full take on this bill, see my article at: go-galt.org/Galt_Pledge/JG_Current.html
And for a discussion of the philosophical meaning underlying this issue, refer to the following web page: go-galt.org/Galt_Pledge/
In liberty,
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C. Jeffery Small