Obama's Civilian Army Begins

Obama's Civilian National Security Force. Be ready to greet them as they greet you.

In a bill set to go to the House on Tuesday, H.R. 1388 is called the GIVE (Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education) Act. The blogosphere and some on the right have been wondering when Obama said he was going to enforce a "National Civilian Security Force" what that means and if it was going to happen. Well, here it is in black and white.

‘SEC. 152. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS PROGRAM.’;

(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’ and inserting ‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’;

(3) in subsection (b)–

(A) by striking ‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’ and inserting ‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’; and

(B) by striking ‘a Civilian Community Corps’ and inserting ‘a National Civilian Community Corps’;

(4) in the heading of subsection (c), by striking ‘Programs’ and inserting ‘Components’; and

(5) in subsection (c), by striking ‘program components are residential programs’ and all that follows and inserting ‘programs referred to in subsection (b) may include a residential component.’.

SEC. 1503. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.

Section 153 (42 U.S.C. 12613) is amended–

(1) in subsection (a)–

(A) by striking ‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’ and inserting ‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’; and

(B) by striking ‘on Civilian Community Corps’ and inserting ‘on National Civilian Community Corps’;

(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘if the person’ and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘if the person will be at least 18 years of age on or before December 31 in the calendar year in which the individual enrolls in the program.’;

(3) in subsection (c)–

(A) by striking ‘Backrounds’ and inserting ‘Backgrounds’; and

(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘The Director shall take appropriate steps, including through outreach and recruitment activities carried out by the chief executive officer, to increase the percentage of participants in the program who are disadvantaged youth toward 50 percent of all participants by year 2011. The Director shall report to Congress biennially on such efforts, any challenges faced, and the annual participation rates of disadvantaged youth in the program.’; and

(4) by striking subsection (e).

There is nothing - NOTHING - in the Constitution of the United States that warrants, mandates or permits this. Chances are this will be voted down, but it is still scary to think that the Obamafurhen has this idea of a modern day Sturmabteilung in his head.