I agree with this to an extent. Civics and the culture of service in this nation really have gone by the way side. It was a local thing once to help someone build a home, to bring food and goods to the needy in your community.
Question is in this new global economy, with communities being based more on you're social group than your location these days, how do we return to a point where people feel some kind of national or even local responsibility? -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 12:17 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Bush Administration considered overturning Constitution. > Grant wrote: > Give that man a medal! He's every bit as brave as G.I. Joe dodging bullets It's my own little theory, but I think this attitude is what's caused the global economic crisis. People have forgotten how they serve their country and what that means. During the Republican convention they mocked Pres Obama for being a community activist, but celebrated the military. It's not an either/or proposition. But you walk around DC in a uniform and people might thank you for serving. If you're a bureaucrat, you're mocked. So what do top college grads do? They join banks. No money OR prestige in government service unless it's the military. "if you're not in the military you can't serve" And that's how the core rots. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290824 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
