Posting at Houblog:

HB 1388 passed the Senate today. That’s the GIVE act, aka “The Obama Youth Act of 2009.” It will:

“combine the best practices of civilian service with the best aspects of military service,” while establishing “campuses” that serve as “operational headquarters,” complete with “superintendents” and “uniforms” for all participants. It allows for the elimination of all age restrictions in order to involve Americans at all stages of life. And it calls for creation of “a permanent cadre” in a “National Community Civilian Corps.”
But that’s not all. The bill also calls for “youth engagement zones” in which “service learning” is “a mandatory part of the curriculum in all of the secondary schools served by the local educational agency.” This updated form of voluntary community service is also to be “integrated into the science, technology, engineering and mathematics curricula” at all levels of schooling.

(DC Examiner Editorial, emphasis added)

So in other words, it doesn’t matter whether your kid enrolls in it or not, they’re still going to get the indoctrination force-fed to them.

Republican senators voting AYE: 22. NAY: 19. That’s right, more than half the Senate’s GOP voted FOR this bill.

See anybody you know on this list?
Republicans Voting ‘Aye’
Name Voted
Sen. Lamar Alexander [R, TN] Aye
Sen. Robert Bennett [R, UT] Aye
Sen. Christopher Bond [R, MO] Aye
Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC] Aye
Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA] Aye
Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS] Aye
Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME] Aye
Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY] Aye
Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA] Aye
Sen. Judd Gregg [R, NH] Aye
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT] Aye
Sen. Kay Hutchison [R, TX] Aye
Sen. John Isakson [R, GA] Aye
Sen. Mike Johanns [R, NE] Aye
Sen. Richard Lugar [R, IN] Aye
Sen. Mel Martinez [R, FL] Aye
Sen. John McCain [R, AZ] Aye
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK] Aye
Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME] Aye
Sen. Arlen Specter [R, PA] Aye
Sen. George Voinovich [R, OH] Aye
Sen. Roger Wicker [R, MS] Aye

Guess who’s not getting my vote for Governor? It’s almost enough to make me vote for BIll White for Senator too. (Ok, really, not much could make me do that).

Seventy Republican members of the House also voted for this piece of socialist indoctrination. Despite that, I shouldn’t….I really shouldn’t, but I’m mad right now, so I’m going to snark in a very petty manner. Forgive me my moment of weakness: “So, all you pro-‘two party’ folks out there, how’s that working out for ya?” This goes beyond disappointment. The entire bill passed the Senate in three days. And the GOP wasnt’ even a frigging speed bump.

An absolute iron lock on the local school boards just became vital. Forget the tea parties, we need to have some tar-and-feather parties for any board member that doesn’t pledge right now to refuse to cooperate with Americorps.