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    Former Presidential Advisor David Gergen pushes more than 70 service organizations into a ‘new order’ of shared sacrifice

    Aaron Dykes / Jones Report | May 25, 2009

    Behind globalist David Gergen is the real sense of "change" that came in with Barack Obama’s election. The enthusiasm for this new president was met with calls for service and sacrifice– and that is something former presidential advisor Gergen put on the agenda years ago.

    Gergen now lectures in public service at Harvard and directs its Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

    David Gergen sits on the boards of countless service organizations and has spoken at length about the ‘new order’ of social change he hopes the Obama-era can usher in

    Prior to the 2008 election, he was among those pushing for an expansion of Americorps from some 75,000 to more than 250,000 volunteers. That increase was quickly approved– by that exact number– under the passage of the National Service Act in the opening weeks of the Obama Administration.

    One face of that expansion of service has come in City Year, on whose board David Gergen sits. In 2007, Gergen also helped push some 70 other groups through the ‘America Forward’ coalition along with a ‘venture philanthropy fund’ called New Profit, Inc. One of its groups was even founded by Gen. Colin Powell.

    Gergen wrote that his first visit to City Year "was electrifying… there was so much vitality in the room that I came back and said, ‘I’m almost ready to give up my day job and go over there and work with them’."

    David Gergen is perhaps the most vocal proponent of a new wave of ’social entrepreneurs’ whose businesses are modeled on a ‘more-than-profit’ basis. Most of these groups aim to incorporate a partnership between the public & private sectors (sometimes known as fascism). In other words, Gergen hopes such privately-conceived organizations can benefit from government funds:

    "The government… has all the money. If you could unite the energy, ideals, and innovativeness of social entrepreneurs with the resources of government, you would have a powerhouse."

    "My argument… is that social entrepreneurs need the government’s help as a partner and a financial supporter. The government shouldn’t take over these programs. Instead, I think we’re looking at new forms of social problem solving in which government enters into partnerships with social entrepreneurial organizations."

    Encouraging Obama to usher in a new era of New Deal-style programs, David Gergen wrote only days before Obama’s inauguration that his ‘Call to Service Can’t Start Soon Enough.’

    "The moment has come for a president — echoing great leaders from Lincoln, to Roosevelt to Kennedy — to call forth Americans to an era of common sacrifice. The moment is Obama’s to seize."

    featured stories   National Service: David Gergen, City Year and the social change agenda City Year, among other groups, not only purports to help communities, but requires its members to undergo physical training (PT) and other activities reminiscent of a paramilitary organization. In fact, it sounds a lot like White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s 2006 warning to a reporter that compulsory service would include "jumping jacks."

    While that in itself is not so troubling, Emanuel made clear that such service organizations would also step up in a time of national crisis:

    "It will be a common experience and we will be prepared, God forbid, God forbid that there is a chemical hit, another terrorist act or natural disaster becoming more frequent – there’ll be a body of citizens who are ready and capable and trained – that’s all you have to think about," said Emanuel before smugly declaring, "We’re all here for you OK? It’s a circle of love."

    In fact, Americorps and its subsidiary organizations, including City Year, fall under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security. This is also true of the private (*but government affiliated) Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) . The blurring between the lines of public and private is, again, noticeable and potentially troubling.

    Frank Morales writes (Homeland Defense: The Pentagon Declares War on America):

    In the wake of 9/11, CNCS was fully integrated into “homeland defense efforts”. In March 2002, the Corporation issued a “notice of availability of funds to strengthen communities and organizations in using service and volunteers to support homeland security.” With an emphasis on “public safety” and “freeing up police time”, the grants offered under the announcement “are to assist communities in getting involved in the war against terrorism on the home front.” In the area of “public safety” the grants “will help provide members to support police departments… in tasks and other functions that can be performed by non-sworn officers.” Now mind you, the volunteers “are not armed, nor can they make arrests, but they carry out vital tasks including organizing neighborhood watch groups…” They also “organize communities to identify and respond to crime and disorder problems…”

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    City Year, among other groups, clearly has a global and even one-world outlook. Its directors, including David Gergen, and even some members have stated as much. One of City Year’s flyers even carries the slogan "BE THE CHANGE, ADVANCING GLOBAL CITIZEN SERVICE."

    David Gergen has criticized that Vietnam generation for failing to come together in a common cause, suggesting that collective sacrifice is part of what made the "greatest generation" of WWII so good. In March of 2007, he told the graduate students of the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas– who are coming in behind the Baby Boomer generation– that they can hope to "restore some sense that we’re all in this together– in the sense of not only building a better America, but a better world."

    In a write-up about City Year, USA Today, recently noted the rise in service among the largely pro-Obama ‘millennial’ generation. They may have been inspired by disasters such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, along with the added motivation of mandatory programs.

    "Unlike culturally polarized Baby Boomers or cynical Gen-Xers, this is "a generation of activist doers," they write. More than 80% of Millennials did it, often because it was required."

    David Gergen has long been an advocate of service. Wikipedia even notes the government servant and CNN correspondent as a "well-known proponent of mandatory national service."

    It was Gergen who helped put on the ‘Service Forum’ on anniversary of September 11th during the 2008 campaign. Both McCain and Obama spoke in favor of greater service. Obama reiterated the need for a ‘civilian defense force’, restated his national service plan and prepared people for an era of sacrifice– including requirements on fuel emissions, energy efficiency and other "green" measures. Obama further emphasized the need to get youth involved in service from an early age.

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    97 Responses to “National Service: David Gergen, City Year and the social change agenda”

    1. waldo Says:

      wow this reacs of fashisism

      Old man and no date Reply:

      Waldo… You are an idiot!

      whatever Reply:

      wow … cant even leave a simple comment without being called an idiot. good stuff … idiot

      showmebby Reply:

      Thats the kind of idiocy I will stand behind. NO TO FASHISM

      -FREE HUMANITY

      pd Reply:

      Down with Fashisism!

      God help any of those red shirts that come on to my property…

      Mark Abell Reply:

      WE SHALL OVERCOME!

      DOWN WITH “FASCISM”

      Franky V Reply:

      Obamanomalies

      http://ftags.com/V5IS

      let the twitterverse know we exist

      Dogfood Reply:

      Poor Waldo…

      Vichy Tel Aviv Reply:

      One more of the self-proclaimed Chosen Tribe, volunteering OTHERS to be the minions, do the low or unpaid dirty work, make the sacrifices and take risks so the “supierior” Tribe can further their smug ‘entitlements’ to World Governement.

      Anyone see the resemblance here to the middle east war series they planned and implemented for the same purpose? US soldiers dying, US taxpayer paying, and the NWO corporations and zionist CEOs benefiting. US homeless while the stupid goy beasts of burden sacrifice and live in tents? When will American people wake up and grow up?

      NO is a complete sentence.

      Axewinder Reply:

      It is Fascism! The goverment has no right to make us sacrifice our time and life for their cause. As for you, freakin’ old wrinkled bastard with no date, Signs Ze Papers old man.

      Corporate Death Reply:

      Gergan is revolting.
      turn your eyes away from the snake..

      mr_breaksmyth Reply:

      He had a name.
      His name was Robert Paulsen!
      How can we infiltrate CITY YEAR?
      CITY YEAR means something to the people that created it.
      It’s a code.
      But what could it really mean?
      Because it makes no sense.
      Expose what it really means and you expose them.
      Is has some cryptic meaning.
      city has 4 letters and ends in a y
      year has 4 letters and starts with a y.
      what is the city?
      what is the year?
      something’s gonna happen?

      showmebby Reply:

      HIS NAME WAS ROBERT PAULSEN !

      Dont forget you fu*#ing builderbergers, cfr, the fed………
      We are your maids, your mechanics, your gardeners. your cooks. Some of us never visit these sights. You dont know who we all are. We are in the bushes, the trees, and always standing just around the corner.

      FREE HUMANITY

      rogueliberty Reply:

      …nice…

      chemtrailzombie Reply:

      trying to brain wash kids getting people programed to take the chip!very sick

      KDUBBLL Reply:

      my guess if anything were to go down i would say chicago would be a target, and then obongo would play up to how near and dear chicago is to his heart.

      As Above, So Below Reply:

      It is funny how these politicians keep repeating , “…this will teach people what it is to be American.” I did not realize they were charged with the duty to tell me what I must do to remain an American under this new definition.
      Silly me I thought to be American was to live by the Bill of Rights and Constitutional rule of law. Unless maybe they are trying to tell us that we need to get proactive and start organizing those State Militias that the second amendment refers too. After all there would no longer be any need to keep these glee parades going. What a concept!

      Vichy Tel Aviv Reply:

      That the traitors presume to tell us anything is preposterous. Rahm went to fight on behalf of his real loyalty- Israel- during Desert Storm in 1990. He wasnt in the Iraq heat with a gas mask like real American troops, but exploiting the best of both worlds. And this Mossad spy is now rewarded with the top job at the WH, Obbam being just the cutout. This “Plan” was broached by him in his book of the same name. Treasoners now educating us on how to be acceptable citizens?

      …Keep voting them all back in America, paying their salaries and sealing your own death warrants.

      Xjjeeperx Reply:

      Kudos As above!! I share your view! I been reading this forum for awhile an I rarely comment unless I feel moved to lol. That being said, Anyone ever thought of seriously getting some organization going? We have IM systems and forums and chat, we could really get some communication going and maybe group up at state an city levels. In my Mil training they always said if u can imagine it happening, train for it. Yeah we all have guns and a few good buddies who will be there, but how we gonna band together when and if the “s--- hits the fan”? In the old days the Militia members were organized at community levels, the people in power know that now days there’s no real sense of community and alone were not goin to do anything but killed or jailed. I made a forum for people who are serious and would like to get something going. To me the Militia doesn’t just come out for a gunfight! We need people who will stand against our local Senate and State Gov and make them vote how WE want them to vote, we need to let others know whats going on by having local demonstrations, and let big brother know were here and that We the people still own America. Then if they want a fight, were ready! join the forum at http://gomilitia.darkbb.com

      F Censorship Reply:

      Freedom of Speech – No Censorship

      freespeech.forumotion.net

      JP Reply:

      Some of us need to reconsider posting or please for the love of anything at all, use spell check. It is great to be passionate and communicate your views but imagine what a skeptic or possible new info-warrior might think when they read the comments and see “FASHISISM”. Let’s at least look organized.

    2. a. freeman Says:

      just say no.

      that’s what they told us, remember.

      http://www.fistfulofnothing.net

    3. Buck27713 Says:

      In the video, it mentions that all ages are to serve. I have news for them, I will not. Neither will my ill father and 96 year old grandmother.

      MusterX Reply:

      I think they will end up letting everyone slide, except your children. they want the children because young people are easily indoctrinated. If you get your hands on all young people then eventually all of society will be at your whim.

      Captain KIRK Reply:

      I (46 yrs old ) will not do time for free for our currupt GOVT. and most likly they can’t pay me enough to wipe their asses. As for my childern – it will be the coldest day in hell befor I consent to their slavery of ANY kind……. Dergen and the rest are Satanists and I sure hope they pay eternally in a specail hell for all those people who “had” the power to make the world a better place but instead only made their little worlds better.

      DEATH to the FED

      KIRK out

    4. Woodrunner Says:

      Gergen said he likes running around naked in the woods of the Bohemian Grove. See film Martial Law 9/11 Rise of the Police State and various WeAreChange confrontations.

      Georgette Orwell Reply:

      Perhaps Emanuel was referring to Bohemian Grove when he declared, “…It’s a circle of love.”
      Where I come from they call that “a train”.

      showmebby Reply:

      LMFAO LOL HAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

    5. Tom Says:

      Wow – just wow… it’s so in your face now…

    6. i wonder? Says:

      I wonder if he will tell the volunteers that there were no commercial planes on 911 and that his program is based on a treasonous, murderous lie?

    7. apwoe04 Says:

      We all need to volunteer to prepare Americans for hyperinflation before it is too late. The US dollar is already starting to crash and will soon be worthless. Signup for the free National Inflation Association newsletter at http://inflation.us

    8. Grove Boi Toy Says:

      David Gergen seems more like Donald Rumsfeld Lite with every passing day.

      Vichy Tel Aviv Reply:

      Where did this idea come from? Modeled on the mandatory 2yrs service every Israeli must do in the IDF. Reflective of the fact that the Knesset runs our country- not us. WAKE UP and RISE people.

    9. laura Says:

      A “circle of love”, huh?? What one really notices is that these people are stark raving mad. They have a “thin veneer” of a civilized front. But, like Hitler, in actuality they are stark raving mad.

    10. Georgette Orwell Says:

      Gergen wrote, “The moment has come for a president — echoing great leaders from Lincoln, to Roosevelt to Kennedy — to call forth Americans to an era of common sacrifice. The moment is Obama’s to seize.”

      Is he, I wonder, referring to HUMAN SACRIFICE?

      deathbyrevolt Reply:

      They can take their sacrifice and stick it up their butt. I cannot believe their are dumb drones willing to work for free. I guess if they make them feel important enough they would do it. I guess they need it to feel good about themselves. This is what I call sheeple. People who need to be lead around by the nose. To bad. I hope for their sake these drones do not show up at my house.
      t

      Georgette Orwell Reply:

      As you say, deathbyrevolt, people will do just about anything to boost their sense of self-importance. And the David Gergens of this world know this. Perhaps this is why the public school system, for several decades, has infused their curriculum, not with math, science and reading, but rather, with SELF-ESTEEM curricula.

      Of course, preceding and accompanying this curriculum, they have nurtured a self-esteem-damaging environment (by various means) to ripen our youth for such programs as City Year where they will gain that needed sense of importance, affiliation, belonging. The Hegelian Dialect in action.

      oldnamvet Reply:

      Gergen I hope you make to Bohemian grove in july and you can suck kissassenger ass for him and play with pedophile gwbush 41 little pecker,than do me a favor go sacrifice yourself to the 45 owl there,jump in the fire and get cleansed by satan.You f---ing evil motherf---.Ramhel I challenge you to a duel you stinging zionsist fake jew bastard.

    11. Ozboy Says:

      Wow. Michael Brown (shirt?) , the president of City Year realises “young people are able to tap into a deep sense of IDEALISM is asked to serve.”

      Gee. This is EXACTLY what the Nazis knew. Helloo.. Hitler youth – worship your leader – get all superior about your beliefs – then start kicking the snot out of people (this can mean “figuratively” btw at least to start with) who don’t agree with you. Thus, ensuring a future full of “leaders” for greater America.

      Sieg Heil O-BAAAA MA!

    12. roaddog Says:

      Their definition of sacrifice is death. They need to self-sacrifice. All these old fools calling for death. We should be calling for their deaths, every single one of the bastards.

    13. showmebby Says:

      hear hear

    14. cooper Says:

      David Gergen is a NWO member, another puppet.

    15. Michael Says:

      And I just listened to the Memorial Speech; this useless cocksucker will not waste any opportunity to push forth his social agenda. Bombs going off in NYC, North Korea and Iran offering to debate the USA as they have decided that they are without a doubt going forward with a bomb and we are going to take a solemn speech to push our service agenda?

      We have elected a complete idiot, this world has just gotten way more dangerous in the last 72 hours, the attacks are again in our country and this group of idiots is working toward healthcare and simple service. Oh yeah, if you want to feel good about the plans that this administration believe in and what we are in for if we don’t get pissed off, watch some of the Guardian Angles videos on You Tube. These people think that this is a good thing, makes my hair stand on end. The one where the man is smoking a blunt on a train platform and the group holds him for police, scary man.

      Hey Obaaamaa your grandmother was right; when a group of young black men is approaching you? Cross the street, it only makes sense. The only place that I feel unsafe in this whole country is in a black intercity neighborhood; not racist just a fact. Think about that, and if anyone can tell me another place let me know, I want to experience it!

      What a bunch of idiots, hey Bomb Emanuel I don’t know if you realize it but the crisis is out of f---ing control! Time to do what you were elected to do, keep the county safe and lead, cut the bulls--- or resign.

    16. American Truth Says:

      My Children will not participate in this socialized krap…. Grab your guns its time ! If they come for your children…What will you do???

      Vichy Tel Aviv Reply:

      By the time they come for your children, its too late, and the fight is over. By the time they kick down your door, your gunshot resistance is nothing by useless suicide.

      What will you do NOW?

      reply Reply:

      thats why you need a handy dandy refuegee cart all packed up with your new life from now on its just you and me

      Captain KIRK Reply:

      Whatever it takes !

    17. Viet Nam Vet Says:

      Lets see………………….

      Red shirts, Boy Scouts, Black clad jack boots……………..

      Buy more ammo!!!!!!!!!!

      A Patriot is a Militiaman who readies himself EVERYDAY in “Quiet Fury”!

      VNV

      To ALL my Veteran Brothers in Arms…………..

      Have a safe and enjoyable Veterans Day.

      VNV

    18. Carl Says:

      If anyone in this forum could spell, it might be possible to take things seriously. As it is, one seems to have stumbled into a room full of drunken 11 year olds. Angry drunks at that.

      Vichy Tel Aviv Reply:

      Its not spelling that is the problem, its typos. We can spell, but our typing skills are for crap!

      Captain KIRK Reply:

      YA CARL – Lay off the spelling, if you can figure it out, what does it matter if some here graduated 6th or 12th grade?

    19. Will Says:

      Anyone ever listen to Dead Kennedy’s?

      Check out the song California Uber Alles.

      Though dated it, the song speaks about liberalism being the roadway to Fascism.

      “California Uber Alles”

      I am Governor Jerry Brown
      My aura smiles
      And never frowns
      Soon I will be president…

      Carter Power will soon go away
      I will be Fuhrer one day
      I will command all of you
      Your kids will meditate in school
      Your kids will meditate in school!

      [Chorus:]
      California Uber Alles
      California Uber Alles
      Uber Alles California
      Uber Alles California

      Zen fascists will control you
      100% natural
      You will jog for the master race
      And always wear the happy face

      Close your eyes, can’t happen here
      Big Bro’ on white horse is near
      The hippies won’t come back you say
      Mellow out or you will pay
      Mellow out or you will pay!

      [Chorus]

      Now it is 1984
      Knock-knock at your front door
      It’s the suede/denim secret police
      They have come for your uncool niece

      Come quietly to the camp
      You’d look nice as a drawstring lamp
      Don’t you worry, it’s only a shower
      For your clothes here’s a pretty flower.

      DIE on organic poison gas
      Serpent’s egg’s already hatched
      You will croak, you little clown
      When you mess with President Brown
      When you mess with President Brown

      [Chorus]

      enjoy

    20. roaddog Says:

      yep. They’re handing out tickets to the earth and worms parade.

    21. Neocon Narc Says:

      I think a mandatory politician program would be good.
      They can serve the people by doing civic labor and maybe fight in a war across seas to help support our military that is thin because someone overextended them.
      This will help build character and help the politicians become more involved with their communities.
      I think it will help bring in the New World that we all wish for…
      It is so great for the people….why is it not for the politicians?

      First they go after the kids who cannot defend against such idiotic proposals.
      The adults do nothing because it is not them.
      That comes later and then it is too late.

    22. Dave Says:

      Can you say back door draft?
      Everyone knows that a draft won’t be tolerated,but if there are several hundred thousand “mandatory volunteers” who just so happened to be trained with an M16,don’t be surprised if all of a sudden we have a major “terrorist attack” (false flag by Israel) in order to get the stupid American kids(cannon fodder) delivered to the next threat to the state of Israel.
      The proof that this is what is being planned is when these kids who are ostensibly training to paint over graffit are trained for weapons use.

      deathbyrevolt Reply:

      Yes I call it a sucker draft. Most need to be lead by the nose to feel good about themselves. The Chumps among the population. I cannot believe there are people willing to work for free. I guess if enough join in a given area many others will join due to peer pressure. Al though I do not understand the peer pressure to want to go and work for free somewhere. I guess if you stage a brutal enough attack and take enough of the basic living necessities away enough suckers will show up.

    23. Afreepress Says:

      What will they do if I refuse to let my kids learn to ‘goose-step’ for Obama?
      I cannot in good conscience allow my children to be victimized like that.
      I guess we wait til they come to our door and then “deal with them”.

      omfg Reply:

      Wow you should kill yourself and your children if you actually have to wait for them to break open your door. they won’t know idiot!!!

      Vichy Tel Aviv Reply:

      When your kids are starving, your tent is freezing, and the military gig is the only job in town?

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    25. omfg Says:

      DAVID GERGEN SUCKS ON ALL OF OUR BALLS!!!! HE HAS EM ALL IN HIS MOUTH!!! WHAT THE f--- IS UP WITH THESE PEOPLE SATANIC s---!!!

    26. omfg Says:

      f--- DEMOCRACY!!! LET’S GET RID OF THESE f---S AND BEGIN A FREE WORLD AN ACTUAL FREE WORLD.

    27. omfg Says:

      DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION!!! THE BILL OF RIGHTS!!!

    28. jdogg92056 Says:

      Poor stupid dumbsh*t David Gergen. He thinks, “The government… has all the money.” Well, according to my main man, Barak, “We don’t gots no mo’ money, yo”! Poor stupid dumbsh*t David Gergen.

    29. As Above, So Below Says:

      Why not activate state militias that were intended, state rights and decisions made by the people?

    30. fools Says:

      Yo, man. Obama can make it rain baby!

    31. JD Says:

      David Gergen – one of the creepiest men in politics today. This guy is just too weird to ever be taken seriously.

      Captain KIRK Reply:

      I do agree with you JD. That’s my take on Gergen as well — SUPERCREEP

    32. neon Says:

      Disney Nazi cartoon – Education For Death

      http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ed5_1173409405

      The more things ‘change’, the more they are the same.
      Alphonse Karr

    33. dave Says:

      I would recommend that all patriots infiltrate this group.
      fight for liberty from the inside!

      Dave B.

    34. rogueliberty Says:

      …I do not want or need the government telling me what it is to be an American…I am one. They work for us as our representatives and WE TELL THEM. I say they need to all stand down and cease the treasonous behavior NOW…that is why we have record gun sales because WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE GOVERNMENT and we will defend ourselves from all enemies foreign and domestic(.)

    35. kahoneez Says:

      This plan obviously has been in the works for a long time , and is very huge , but we aren’t told what the ultimate goal is and the notion that generals are ” desperate for a civilian counter part ” is laughable , since we the super power spend over a TRILLION a year on the military , Intelligence , homeland “security ” . How much power do these globalist want , what is their ultimate goal , because this isn’t a ROOTS UP program , it’s designed , organized and dictated by the Obama Regime .

      You want to Volunteer , it’s as easy as walking out your front door , you don’t need dictates from he Government telling you , you can’t be involved in politics , can’t protest , can’t support issues or politicians , while in this supposed ” volunteer ” program , yet strangely it has language like ” mandatory ” in the bill and “compulsory ” in HR 1388 .

      Gergen is not a puppet , that implies he’s being used , he must really believe in this authoritarian future based on rules by the New World order , he’s embracing the fact they want to exploit the youth to further their agenda , by sending them into “difficult areas ” overseas , where is that OBAMA , occupied IRAQ or OCCUPIED AFGHANISTAN or OCCUPIED AFRICA , where they deviously sneak in the military for” humanitarian” aid and create cover for their numerous BASES and special operations , aiding the UGANDAN DICTATOR TO ATTACK his neighbors .

      Not surprising Gergen is on CNN , it’s all rigged with globalist , CFR & Trilateral people like Zahkaria , AIPAC Blitzer ; Schneider American Enterprise member ; Anderson Cooper (former CIA student at Langley ) & frequent guest CFR Richard Haass , who writes ” sovereignty is a hindrance to economic prosperity ” its all pure propaganda , and GERGEN is a willing participant , getting his small piece of the pie . FU GERGEN and your cabal , FU and your family , FU and your collaborators . We ain’t having it and expect some serious RESISTANCE , you will pay the stupid tax , believe it , buddy .

    36. Ben Says:

      There is never, ever, the slightest room for individual freedom in Washington or European Union officials’ projects. There is only obedience, submission, and collectivist activities precluding any personal initiative; it’s just gang mentality.

      Pack a gun and pay no tax. (If you like this slogan, you can put it on t-shirts, bumper stickers, or whatever. I think there is no way of claiming more freedom with fewer and briefer words).

    37. Chemical Says:

      Hey Aaaron I like your reporting style — write more stories!

      Thanks!

    38. who's your daddy Says:

      Service is a great thing. Maybe even the best thing.

      BUT, in the words of Dennis Kucinich to Asst. Treasury Secretary Neel Kashkari at the recent Congressional oversight hearings of the banker bailout,

      “I don’t think anyone questions, Mr. Kashkari, that you’re workin’ hard. Our question is, ‘who’re you workin’ for.”

    39. someone Says:

      Fashisism must be stooped. lol

    40. Jesse Kantstopolis Says:

      F you Gergen

    41. maestro Says:

      a little more truth about the nwo (illuminati) debunk this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwurslsTDmE

    42. Kim American Says:

      Millennials sound like they are great kids. “doers”
      Give me a break.
      They weren’t hatched. These kids were raised by the Boomers & probably have family members that are Gen-Xers.
      Our corrupt Government will be preying on our most troubled youth.
      Whispering in their ears that it is ALL our fault why things are so bad.
      While Gov. continues to shovel the money out the back door.
      Talk with your kids or Gov. will.
      I believe, volunteering is a good thing.
      The Elites are turning volunteering into “back door” slavery.
      Working without pay. Don’t worry Gov. will take care of you crap.
      NO, to Global Civil Service! NO, to Global Slavery!

      VICTORY IS OURS!!!

      Listen to Manning Report on http://www.atlah.org

    43. Twilighttime Says:

      Dear David and Barack,

      Since my tax bucks and those of my kids for the next 10 generations were laundered for use as multinational corporate welfare payoffs, I’ve been a little “short” of funds recently. I could use a few of the new breed of slaves my tax bucks are funding the creation of. I live on a farm and forestry acreage in Maine. I could use…oh, ten or so across the summer for cutting forestry paths and thinning inappropriate tree growth. Another 3 (not trying to be overly greedy here) or 4 to work in the garden would really help too. If you’e feeling particularly generous I could really use another 4 to dig a pond and do some miscellaneous building that needs done here. Before you send a bus to move them on to their next concentration, err, work camp, I’ll pop for a nice picnic and take them fishing on one of local lakes–unless you think it would leave them too demanding of perks or decent treatment.

      Oh, and since neither of you have been seen doing anything “for vs too” American citizens let alone small farmers any of us who aren’t elitists have yet to see, I won’t hold my breath expecting anything of any beneficial nature ever coming from DC.

      Cordially,
      Just Another Small Farmer DC Keeps Trying to Put out of Business

    44. Red Dawn Now! Says:

      Gergen is a bohemian homorat, he has no business whatsoever trying to dictate what our children are subjected to, he is a molech worhipping occultist maggot!

    45. Hate Says:

      lulz they had the kids picking up trash ….. lololololololol

    46. Dr. Hamond Says:

      yes you will be asked to serves the NWO its Americans turn

    47. Mr.Chun Li Says:

      Obama wants you to service him Dr. Hamond the answer is will you

    48. Dr.Hamond Says:

      How dare you Chun were are you from China

    49. Oxley Says:

      we talk about all you guys from infowars and the conspiracy community and much more:

      http://thepiratebay.org/torren....._Gossip__O

      the last lone ranger Reply:

      funny!.

    50. Charlotte Says:

      Well, Alex…you exposed Gergen in Bohemian Grove. When interviewed you got “S-T-R-I-K-E!” when it came to revealing to him that you infiltrated and filmed the Cremation of Care. Now, his ideals, involvements, and plans should not shock anyone. Again, Cremation of CARE. Think about it.

    51. Van Says:

      The “new age” is coming whether we oppose it or not and, Jesus said not to stress about it. (Matthew 24:6)
      I told my congregation to google the Supreme Court built by Jacob Rothchild in Jerusalem..the site of welcome for the antichrist. With tears rolling down my face, the Spirit united us in humility and peace. That which has been prophesied cannot be manipulated by man. I sat through the NGE program yesterday about “Airforce 1″. The decent man that piloted the plane for Bush and the fine man now piloting for Obama… I ask myself, why doesn’t someone on board end the entire wicked bunch..especially when so convenient, all together on a 747? Those monitoring this site I ask you, is it worth the few dollars of your pay to betray a population and serve evil?

    52. we the people Says:

      Mr know it all… you have a serious personality disorder. your where on the other article about the elite meeting in secrete to discuss population control. you said

      MR KNOW IT ALL Reply:
      May 25th, 2009 at 11:47 am

      I AGREE WITH HER

      THE INNER CITY GHETTO’S AND THE WELFARE STATE SHOULD BE THE FIRST TO GO.

      THAT WILL PREVENT MORE OBAMA’S FROM BEING GIVEN POWER BASED UPON THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.

      dude your values are in serious disarray you need some more tap water.

    53. Prinzowhales Says:

      “…Common sacrifice…?” We already sacrifice a considerable percentage of our time and energy sacrificing to pay for goverment ’services’…that is more than enough… if more ’sacrifice’ is called for, I suggest, we build a altar with some old crates and start dispatching politicians like sheep.

    54. August Says:

      In other words, there will be 250,000 SNITCHES dispersed on every street corner & work site in America!

    55. August Says:

      These kids will come back to their communities, after their prison sentences, like the Stepford Wives

    56. NatureBoy Says:

      david gergen is an evil twisted fork-tonged son of a bitch,who needs to be ended- along with obama

      this man has worked with every piece of s--- scumbag president you can think of. hes loves worshiping satan at bohemian grove. and he spread his propaganda and evil agenda on one of the biggest disinformation brainwashing networks cnn(figures they would have him on) and also he goes to speak at schools trying to control and recrute young adults. gergen is just doing his masters bidding in the new world order.

      this man is neither right nor left he just goes to w/e side he can spread his agenda of war mongering and being a slave to your crooked government who doesnt give a s--- about you

      Davidicke.com

    57. emmanuel jackson Says:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSmVmg544_0

    58. A.T.M.D Says:

      Those City Year twits are a gaggle of brain dead maggots with no personal lives. And they are backed by every gun grabbing globolist politician you can think of.

    59. USmom Says:

      Since this movie The Wave was based on a real experiment at a high school in 1967, you can just ignore those who glibly claim that “it can’t happen here”. Unfortunately, it can happen here and it IS happening here. The proof is in the fact that I can’t even talk like this in public without the people around me getting very disturbed and hostile. And if I were to walk up to a group of shoppers at the mall suggesting that we live in a fascist dictatorship, that our rights are being stripped, that private property is under threat, that 9/11 was an inside job, that the war is a total fraud, that global warming is a hoax designed to “unite the world” and that our leaders on both sides are murdering terrorist gangsters who have defrauded Americans of trillions and are pushing us by stealth into a North-American Union and on to global government, someone is bound to come try to shut me up while others will be afraid to say anything lest they be attacked themselves.

      Please sit down with your kids and your family and watch this short film:
      So as you watch this movie, keep in mind that anyone, of any political persuasion, can be whipped up into a fascist mindset, even though he sees it as something wonderful and fantastic. Hitler put it best:

      “Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way around, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.”

      The Wave – 46 min –
      http://video.google.com/google.....&hl=en

      1981 – Based on the real experience of a high school class in Palo Alto, CA in April 1967, whose teacher wanted to explain the rise of the Nazi party to his students.