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Submitted by denie, Sep 14, 2008 21:17

About 20 years ago in the windy city of Casper, Wyoming, I was privileged to serve among a group of 'community organizers.' These men and women served at the local mission, helped in latchkey school programs and we got involved in politics teaching on free enterprise and the constitution, helped register voters, and ran for precinct chairs all for the betterment of our communities. And we did it for free. Our pastors encouraged us to get off our blessed assurances and make a difference in our community. We knew what they preached and it wasn't anti-American nor did they call us white folk 'prosperity pimps'. My mentor was a hockey mom and I toted my Down Syndrome son around while doing these Random Acts of Kindness. Meanwhile in the windy city of Chicago, Barack Obama was doing his own 'organizing' involving himself for a paltry $12,000 salary (coming from taxpayer subsidies) for doing what? Serving soup? Mr. Obama has not yet answered to the public about his involvement with the far-left ACORN, Bill Ayers and those who masquerade as clergy. I guess that is why he has some skewed ideas about what service really is. I am not surprised why in the recent Service Nation Summit he promoted offering college tuition credits to students for community service. Maybe he should use the acronym IDRC for his big idea. It means - I Don't Really Care; I'm Doing it to Reduce my College tuition. Maybe he can enlist the IDRC's from liberal colleges to get more bogus voter registrations as ACORN has in over 12 states! I think Barack Obama owes an apology to those of us who have and continue to serve from the heart in communities all over this nation. Worse yet to use his questionable service activities and his 143 days in the U.S. Senate as a qualification for the executive office of President.

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About 20 years ago in the windy city of Casper, Wyoming, I was privileged to serve among a group of...	denie	Sep 14, 2008 21:17
I think Obama is all confused. He talks as if he is sitting in a court room, in front of... [MORE]	kay	Sep 11, 2008 14:40
I am a committed Democrat, what Obama said last night shows that he has schooling but no education. Nobody can... [MORE]	Kumar	Sep 10, 2008 11:06
Community organizer is self serving cause. He or she wants to look good and brag about it. There is no... [MORE]	Nari	Sep 7, 2008 07:02
I am a community organizer in New York City, and have been one for 2 years now. After reading the... [MORE]	Desiree	Sep 6, 2008 12:51
What a truly sorry state of affairs. What next, will she criticize civic volunteers unless they have church affiliation?! [MORE]	glinda	Sep 6, 2008 10:06
Some people describe community organizers as "teaching people to get more free stuff from the government." That's too charitable. Research... [MORE]	Sam Jackson	Sep 5, 2008 23:16
"There are thousands of professional community organizers in New York City...". Hum, no wonder taxes are so high. Maybe if... [MORE]	fredlave	Sep 5, 2008 22:39
In my experience, when people have trouble explaining what they do, it's either because they're not doing much of anything... [MORE]	SukieTawdry	Sep 5, 2008 15:28
If it wasn't for community organizing and community development, poor people in this country would have no opportunities to move... [MORE]	R. Thibault	Sep 5, 2008 14:14
Don't confuse "community service" with "community organizer." [MORE]	Dan Schwartz	Sep 5, 2008 13:19
13,500 "community and social service specialists" works out to at least half a billion dollars a year that is being... [MORE]	Lifeofthemind	Sep 5, 2008 11:50
So, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), issues a statement saying it was "extremely disappointed" and that... [MORE]	James	Sep 5, 2008 11:34
Are you kidding? These people are constantly being caught trying to perpetrate voter fraud. And for all of Obama's organizing... [MORE]	ruby	Sep 5, 2008 11:00
Community Organizers must be folks who search for or create problems to work on. Maybe paid by government grants. Also,... [MORE]	glenn	Sep 5, 2008 10:36
The folks should be appalled at how inept Mr. Obama was as an Organizer. I mean, just how organized is... [MORE]	patrick Gigliotti	Sep 5, 2008 10:32
The Obama Campaign attacked Sarah Palin as a "small town mayor," and implied that she was unqualified to be Vice... [MORE]	Mike Sorensen	Sep 5, 2008 10:30
There are 13,500 community and social service specialists in New York, according to a report by the U.S. Department of... [MORE]	Sharmaine	Sep 5, 2008 10:23
Being a community organizer is no criteria for becoming President of the United States of America! It might be a... [MORE]	TexGEOas	Sep 5, 2008 10:13
How come nobody ever mentions the tax-payer funding this added layer of quasi government receives? Let's be clear: These groups... [MORE]	OCULUS	Sep 5, 2008 10:05
Governor Palin nailed it! "Community organizer"? As if. What they are are a bunch of bitter, self-absorbed agitators; and like... [MORE]	Thomas	Sep 5, 2008 09:50
Would one of the thousands of of New Yorkers who purport to be Community Organizers please send me a blank... [MORE]	Marty	Sep 5, 2008 09:23
Oh let us not forget Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Sonny Carson et al, I forgot these guys are down home... [MORE]	mike don	Sep 5, 2008 08:48
In other words, they are agitators who convince people that they should pressure institutions to provide them benefits which they... [MORE]	Arthur E. Lemay	Sep 5, 2008 05:34
Great article. I too was appalled by the comments of our previous Mayor Giuliani and Palin. While you open the... [MORE]	nigel ryan	Sep 5, 2008 00:36

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