Thursday, July 03, 2008
Jonah Goldberg: idiotarian
Jonah Goldberg cries that a call for volunteerism from Barak Obama is tantamount to serfdom,
I especially liked this part of Obama's speech:
when I'm President, I will set a goal for all American middle and high school students to perform 50 hours of service a year, and for all college students to perform 100 hours of service a year. This means that by the time you graduate college, you'll have done 17 weeks of service. We'll reach this goal in several ways. At the middle and high school level, we'll make federal assistance conditional on school districts developing service programs, and give schools resources to offer new service opportunities.
So 17 weeks of service is sort of like European serfdom. I can't imagine what Goldberg would say had he wanted to write a snarky article about Bush's 2002 State of the Union address,
My call tonight is for every American to commit at least two years, 4,000 hours over the rest of your lifetime, to the service of your neighbors and your nation.
Or for that matter, the Gippers legacy.
Idiot.
Labels: 2008 elections, Bush White House, Reagan, right wingers
// posted by Erik @ 7/03/2008 05:53:00 PM
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