Public Allies

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Sat, 09-06-2008 - 5:57pm

So, as we all know, Obama says he was a "community organizer" and "stayed active in his community". I never doubted that at all. He seems like the kida guy who would stay an active member in his community. We need people that will be active and productive members of society. We need more of them. I totally agree. But, I never really looked into what he was an organizer of. But here it is.


Barack Obama was a founding member of the board of Public Allies in 1992, resigning before his wife became executive director of the Chicago chapter of Public Allies in 1993. Obama plans to use the nonprofit group, which he features on his campaign Web site, as the model for a national service corps. He calls his Orwellian program, "Universal Voluntary Public Service."


Big Brother had nothing on the Obamas. They plan to herd American youth into government-funded reeducation camps where they'll be brainwashed into thinking America is a racist, oppressive place in need of "social change."


The pitch Public Allies makes on its Web site doesn't seem all that radical. It promises to place young adults (18-30) in paid one-year "community leadership" positions with nonprofit or government agencies. They'll also be required to attend weekly training workshops and three retreats.


In exchange, they'll get a monthly stipend of up to $1,800, plus paid health and child care. They also get a post-service education award of $4,725 that can be used to pay off past student loans or fund future education.


But its real mission is to radicalize American youth and use them to bring about "social change" through threats, pressure, tension and confrontation — the tactics used by the father of community organizing, Saul "The Red" Alinsky.


"Our alumni are more than twice as likely as 18-34 year olds to . . . engage in protest activities," Public Allies boasts in a document found with its tax filings. It has already deployed an army of 2,200 community organizers like Obama to agitate for "justice" and "equality" in his hometown of Chicago and other U.S. cities, including Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and Washington. "I get to practice being an activist," and get paid for it, gushed Cincinnati recruit Amy Vincent.


Public Allies promotes "diversity and inclusion," a program paper says. More than 70% of its recruits are "people of color." When they're not protesting, they're staffing AIDS clinics, handing out condoms, bailing criminals out of jail and helping illegal aliens and the homeless obtain food stamps and other welfare.


Public Allies brags that more than 80% of graduates have continued working in nonprofit or government jobs. It's training the "next generation of nonprofit leaders" — future "social entrepreneurs."


The Obamas discourage work in the private sector. "Don't go into corporate America," Michelle has exhorted youth. "Work for the community. Be social workers." Shun the "money culture," Barack added. "Individual salvation depends on collective salvation."


"If you commit to serving your community," he pledged in his Denver acceptance speech, "we will make sure you can afford a college education." So, go through government to go to college, and then go back into government.


Many of today's youth find the pitch attractive. "I may spend the rest of my life trying to create social movement," said Brian Coovert of the Cincinnati chapter. "There is always going to be work to do. Until we have a perfect country, I'll have a job."


Not all the recruits appreciate the PC indoctrination. "It was too touchy-feely," said Nelly Nieblas, 29, of the 2005 Los Angeles class. "It's a lot of talk about race, a lot of talk about sexism, a lot of talk about homophobia, talk about -isms and phobias."


One of those -isms is "heterosexism," which a Public Allies training seminar in Chicago describes as a negative byproduct of "capitalism, white supremacy, patriarchy and male-dominated privilege."


The government now funds about half of Public Allies' expenses through Clinton's AmeriCorps. Obama wants to fully fund it and expand it into a national program that some see costing $500 billion. "We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded" as the military, he said.


The gall of it: The Obamas want to create a boot camp for radicals who hate the military — and stick American taxpayers with the bill.


I got this story from Investor's Business Daily.

 

 

  

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Registered: 04-09-2007
In reply to: dansmom2003
Sat, 09-06-2008 - 8:45pm
Thanks for that post! I love this idea, and I will try to remember this when my 19 month old is ready for college. Hopefully, there will be an organized volunteer program that will encourage in her a desire to serve rather than it just being a mandate from mommy.
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Sat, 09-06-2008 - 10:40pm

I learned about this story listening to the Glenn Beck program. Here is the transcript of the program. Also,he says he will look into it further, so we'll see how it turns out. I know I'm interested no matter who funded it. Also, I read through their website BEFORE I made the originall post. And sure, looking at it I see nothing wrong with it either. But, this is Obama and he has been pretty shady about a lot of things in his past and present, IMO. That is MY OPINION, and it will not change, no matter what anyone has to say otherwise. Anyway, here is the transcript:


GLENN: All right. It's not just socialism. It is radical Marxism. I'm going to I asked you earlier, have you ever heard of Troopergate. Yes, Troopergate. Of course, Troopergate. Have you ever read this statement about Troopergate. In Troopergate the guy that Palin apparently fired said, quote: Let's be clear. Governor Palin has done nothing wrong and is an open book in this process. That's the guy she fired. Quote: The governor was rightly expressing concern about Trooper Wooten, end quote, okay? After he was fired, that's what he said. All right. But you know about Troopergate. You know about her daughter. You know about the hockey player that impregnated her. You know all of this stuff. Where was the press on this one? Where is the press on this? Talk about a vetting process by the press, the reason why we don't care about your vetting process by the press is because you don't take your job seriously. This from Investors Business Daily: Barack Obama was a founding member of the board of Public Allies in 1992. You go to the website, Public Allies, and you are going to see that it's just a community organizer. That's all this is, just community organization. Barack Obama, founding member of the board of Public Allies in 1992. His wife became the executive director of the Chicago chapter of Public Allies in 1993. Got it? Obama plans to use the nonprofit group which he features on his campaign website as the model for a national service corps.

We've heard about this national service corps, haven't we? Universal voluntary public service. When Michelle Obama said he'll never allow you to sit idly by again, he will never allow you to be unengaged. What does that mean? Universal voluntary public service, a national service corps. Quoting from the story: Our alumni from Public Allies are more than twice as likely as 18 -34 year olds to engage in protest activities. Public Allies boasts in a document found with its tax filings. It has already deployed an army of 2,200 community organizers like Obama to agitate for "Justice and equality" in his hometown of Chicago and other U.S. cities including Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and Washington. Cincinnati recruit Amy Vinson said, "I get to practice being an activist and I get paid for it." The Obamas' plan is to herd American youth into government funded reeducation camps where they will be brainwashed into thinking that America is a racist, oppressive place in need of social change. The pitch Public Allies makes on its website doesn't seem that radical. It promises to place young adults 18- 30 in a paid one year community leadership position with nonprofit or government agencies. They will also be required to attend weekly training workshops and three retreats. In exchange they will get a monthly stipend of $1800 pus healthcare and child care. They also get a public service education award of almost $5,000 that can be used to pay off student loans and fund future education. Got it? Public Allies promotes diversity and inclusion. That's what you'll find on their website. More than 70% of its recruits are people of color. When they are not protesting, they are staffing AIDS clinics, handing out condoms, bailing criminals out of jail and helping illegal aliens and the homeless obtain food stamps and other welfare. Haven't gotten to the good stuff yet. Public Allies brags that they are more than 80% of their graduates have continued working in nonprofit or government jobs.

So the people who are trained by these people, 80% of them go to nonprofit or government jobs. It's training, quote, the next generation of nonprofit leaders, future social entrepreneurs, end quote. Does any of this sound familiar? Is any of this starting to connect with the speech that you have heard Obama and Michelle give all the time? "Don't go into corporate America, work for the community, be social workers, shun the money culture." Individual salvation depends on collective salvation. If you commit to serving your community, we will make sure you can afford a college education, said Barack Obama. How was he going to do that? Well, here it is. Public Allies. Public Allies. They do some good stuff, don't get me wrong. Not everybody in Public Allies is a radical. Don't get me wrong. But not all of the recruits appreciate the PC indoctrination.

A graduate of the 2005 Los Angeles class, Nelly Nieblas, says it's just a lot of talk about race. It's a lot of talk about sexism, a lot of talk about homophobia, a lot of talk about isms and phobias. One of those isms is heterosexism, heterosexism, which a Public Allies training seminar in Chicago remember, founding member, Barack Obama. Executive director, Michelle Obama, in Chicago. That's their chapter. A Public Allies training seminar in Chicago describes heterosexism as a negative byproduct of capital quoting of capitalism, white supremacy, patriarchy and male dominated privilege, end quote. By the way, your tax dollars now fund about half of Public Allies' expenses, through Bill Clinton's AmeriCorps. Obama wants to fully fund it and expand it to a national program some say will cost $500 billion.

Obama said, quote: We have got to have a civilian national security force that is just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded as the military. Public Allies, Chicago chapter. Founding, founding member, Barack Obama. Executive director, Michelle Obama. Listen to the words in their speeches. It is all code language. It is all the language of the 1960s radicals. They have their they have their tentacles into an organization that does good things but also teaches that heterosexism is a byproduct of capitalism, white supremacy, patriarchy and male dominated privilege. Heterosexism!

Let me tell you something, gang. When you can name the children of a woman that lives in Alaska that you just met seven days ago, you know half of the story. You know all the bad things about this woman and some of the bad things that aren't even true about this woman, but you've never heard of Public Allies. You've got to ask yourself why. When you see somebody take down Sarah Palin, you've got to ask yourself why. When you see the media, who has always been in bed with John McCain, now say John McCain, no, you've got to ask yourself why. It is the liberal elite. It is the march of socialism that has been happening in our universities forever. It is the Marxism that has been festering in our large cities and nobody is willing to call it by name. It is the reason why Barack Obama, who should have a 20 point lead. This is the best thing about America. America, you don't know this stuff. Why doesn't Barack Obama have a 20 point lead with everything he has? Because something in your gut says something's not right. He can't close the deal because enough people say something's not right here. This is it, and it's been kept from you, somewhat. Every piece of this puzzle has been outed. Every piece of this puzzle is out there. But nobody will put the pieces together. All they want to say is look at the nice Greek columns, look at the nice stage show. Isn't it cool that he's African American? We'll bring more on this story as it continues to develop in Investors Business Daily. The national review and the Glenn Beck program. I wonder when we'll get the journalists who have such a responsibility to the fourth branch of government to actually fulfill their civic duty. In the meantime we'll pull our load. We'll give you this story in the newsletter today at GlennBeck.com. Read it; share it with your friends.

 

 

  

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Registered: 09-11-2007
In reply to: dansmom2003
Sat, 09-06-2008 - 11:00pm

Just another Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity.....same old same old.


Public Allies looks like a fantastic Organazation...not some raidcal militia. What a ludicrous idea. I'm sure Beck also says Obama is a closet terrorist. *yawn*


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In reply to: dansmom2003
Sat, 09-06-2008 - 11:09pm

Glenn Beck - just another conservative talking head/propoganda machine. Why would you even listen to his drivel, much less post his comments as if they should be taken seriously?

"On June 28, 2007, Beck read on his radio program a fake ad created by the "Insiders" — a group of subscribers to his web site — that recommended turning the bodies of Mexican illegal immigrants into fuel. Beck noted at the outset that "sometimes the Insiders go too far," and remarked "I don't think we need to make the illegal aliens into fuel....That would be evil conservative, yeah. I don't even know if that's conservative. That would be...psychotic, perhaps? Sociopathic, perhaps?" Despite Beck's comments distancing himself from the fake advertisement, Media Matters pointed out that "the ad was posted on the front page of Beck's website under the title 'Picture of the Day,' with a caption that described the 'ad' as a 'brilliant creation.'"

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In reply to: dansmom2003
Sat, 09-06-2008 - 11:15pm

It is amazing the double standards. I mean really no one comments when the Far Right appeals to the EvangeIAL Christians. Jerry Farwell... Pat Robertson.. They aren't exactly too thrilled with anybody who is not in their frame of minds.


To compare groups is silly. Obama seems to be a resonable guy. But to compare a youth group to something as a radical .. Like what the Al Kida. Or lets go for the Hitler Youth.. I think is crazy. I would think is Obama didn't have a funny name, was biracial, or raised

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In reply to: dansmom2003
Sat, 09-06-2008 - 11:17pm
How Charming....compassionate conservatives at their best.
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In reply to: dansmom2003
Sat, 09-06-2008 - 11:23pm

What exactly did you learn from this piece?

 

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In reply to: dansmom2003
Sun, 09-07-2008 - 12:47am

I learned about this story listening to the Glenn Beck program


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In reply to: dansmom2003
Sun, 09-07-2008 - 12:50am

To compare groups is silly. Obama seems to be a resonable guy. But to compare a youth group to something as a radical .. Like what the Al Kida. Or lets go for the Hitler Youth.. I think is crazy. I would think is Obama didn't have a funny name, was biracial, or raised

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In reply to: dansmom2003
Sun, 09-07-2008 - 5:54am

omg! Glenn Beck is not the news! he is a commentator. and now you should know - if you didn't already - that Glenn Beck and his kind (Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Hannity) do not check their facts before they spout off. and they NEVER offer a retraction or apology for spreading misinformation.

"That is MY OPINION, and it will not change, no matter what anyone has to say otherwise." Which is why smear campaigns work with people who refuse to distill new information.

I don't know why Glenn and these commentators are so surprised about the stories on Palin: they invented that kind of "journalism."

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