28. March 2009 by student.

I served tables for four years while making my way through high school and the beginning of my college career. I established regular clientele, two of which were a married couple that had moved to
South Florida to begin a peaceful retirement. Only, from my point of view, their retirement didn’t look so peaceful. Every time they came into the restaurant, they were greeted with stares and dropped jaws. The husband looked like your typical aging Baby Boomer, with graying hair and bifocal lenses. However, his wife was another story. She had a shaved head, and was covered almost head-to-toe in thick tattooed markings that resembled some form of tribal art. To see a woman styled in such a masculine way was shocking. As I got to know the couple, they shared with me that they had moved from
New York City. They were not degenerates, social outcasts, or dead-beats of any kind, as the other patrons in the restaurant assumed. The wife was actually the recently retired CEO of a successful company, and had worn a wig and a business suit to work every day for decades. None of her colleagues had ever witnessed her choice in appearance reserved for her personal time, and had the utmost respect for their conservative peer. Little did they know…

I think that it says a lot about today’s society when a person finds it necessary to cover up all tattoos to such a great extent, but I don’t blame her for choosing that deception. I have many friends that have decided to express themselves through body art to a great extent, and I never fail to notice and become slightly uncomfortable when the stares described above are aimed in my direction. I think this should change. Hair color, cut, clothing style, the adornment of jewelry: all of these are socially-acceptable ways to express one’s individuality. Why should tattoos be any different? Ink markings don’t affect a person’s ability to think or act as a rational, moral being. In our society, we are continuously told and conditioned from childhood to not judge “books” by their “covers”. Visual perception is not an accurate representation of a person’s worth, and that includes not only factors like race and gender. This open attitude should also apply to choices of clothing or the presence and design of tattoos. I would like to believe we are truly interested in a person’s abilities and personality over appearance, but I fear that is not the case. What kind of a hypocritical society are we living in?

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28. March 2009 by student.

The GIVE ACT H.R 1388, has just passed the Senate and the House; All that remains is the signature of Obama himself.

Under these circumstances ALL college students, men and women, will be forced to join one of Americorps slots. This will mean that they will have to do 100+ hours of service AND they will have to do 3-4 months of military training.

In my previous post about how Obama can be linked to Hitler, I have recieved logical questions and idiotic responses such as:

“how is Hilter like Obama?”

A: He is making a civilian task force which will be… “just as well funded, just as strong, and just as powerful…” as our military. It will cost about 6 Billion Dollars to Start, and it will increase 250,000 slots per year in Americorp. Hitler did the same exact thing, but instead of making them full-military, he recruited Hitler’s Youth as a Cub Scout like program. Then he took ANY Hitler’s youth that wished to join the war, which at the time was their only option, they would be paid more. THIS IS THE SPEC’S.

Anyone who claims that this is NOT what Hitler did, does not know about Hitler’s Youth obviously. There has been numerous amounts of people who had been in the Hitler’s youth, that have came out and said things like “they made me join,” or “…it was our only option at the time.”  RESEARCH IS KEY IN ANY DEBATE.

“You’re an idiot, he wants to end the war not start a new one”

A: He does want to end wars. This is not about WAR, this is about making us all MILITARY FRIENDLY, so that we can “approach the 21st century with our heads up”~ Obama.  Also, when the call of War arises, he can pull our files, see which of us had MILITARY TRAINING and be FAST TRACKED into our destination.

But all of them chose to question it, no one believed it. So that’s fine, here I’m going to ASK not tell you about it.

Name: GIVE ACT (H.R 1388)

Description: Mandatory Civilian Task Force

All I’m asking is that you read it, if not for yourself,but to enlighten others on it.

America is built on a belief. The belief of freedom, governed by the First Amendment and the Constitution.  If our freedoms are stripped from us, and we are FORCED by the Government to do something, does that still mean this is America? Or by that logic does it mean that we have driven far from the original beliefs of America.

I want to know your opinion on this Civilian Task Force. Please share.

Do not post about how idiotic you may find me to be. That’s fine and all, but take the time out of your day (1O MINUTES) to view the SPEECHES of Obama himself. Then the LINKS I will post, which are CREDIBLE, because they’re links to the BILL itself.

After watching these videos and reading the site, think about these quotes:

“We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set.  We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.” ~ Obama in his Colorado Springs Speech 2008.

“If one of us goes to war, we all go.”  ~Obama in his Colorado Springs Speech 2008

‘civilian national security force would ‘deploy alongside the military, if needed.” ~Obama WEBSITE

“I will not put these civilians into HARMS WAY unless…during acts of war” ~Obama, Colorado Springs 2008

All of these quotes are FROM Obama himself. 3 of which are in the first video I placed. ENJOY

LINKS:

http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=3581

Describes the Bill with an OPEN MIND.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df2p6867_pw

Obama himself TELLING the people of Colorado Springs, what he believes should be a reality.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfGNgacysHg&eurl=http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0109/Organizing_for_America.html

Organizing for America By Barack Obama.  Describes HOW we can all become organized by joining his ELITE TASK FORCE.

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