New program at mentor.gov called "My Brother's Keeper"

Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 4 months ago to Politics

This is an ultimate AS: Now Non-Fiction moment. President Zero teaching Steph Curry, the best basketball player in the world at the moment, about the finer points of shooting hoops. Then later on in the commercial you see a sign for "My Brother's Keeper". If I don't laugh, I'll cry.

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http://www.serve.gov/mentor

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Posted by Olduglycarl 9 years, 4 months ago

I wonder how much that is costing us.

By the way...we are Not our brothers keeper...Pager U had a great vid on that one.
Conscious Humans, will automatically share what ever they might have in abundance according to their essence.

To see obobo pretending to care...is sickening...he probably slept well that night thinking he could do something Conscious beings do naturally...(left alone and allowed to do so)

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  Posted by term2 9 years, 4 months ago
  
  If I am my brother's keeper, I think I would rather have NO brothers
  
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    Posted by Olduglycarl 9 years, 4 months ago
    
    Touche'
    
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  Posted by MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago
  
  Of course not. That is a religious concept and to accept it goes back to establishment of a state religion. Which means most of welfare is illegal and why it was not included in the Constitution. General Welfare must apply to the benefit of everyone not a select few.
  
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    Posted by Olduglycarl 9 years, 4 months ago
    
    Mostly it was a Misconception of what our biblical ancestors were talking about....but as you state, the state, the rulers, the organizers of religions turned it backwards to suit their redistribution notions.
    Actually that's another pretty good definition of progressivism...turning things backwards against the population, society and the individual.
    
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      Posted by MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago
      
      I have an easy quick answer for progressives. Lock one magazine of ballots load. At my command open.....vote!
      
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        Posted by Olduglycarl 9 years, 4 months ago
        
        Nice metaphor...
        
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Posted by Abaco 9 years, 4 months ago

Yeah. Interesting. I was sad to see Curry hurt his knee yesterday. I'm not an NBA fan but his level of excellence has captured me (and, his team is an hour from my place).

I don't know. Kids do need mentors. But, anything coming from DC tends to creep me out anymore - LOL.

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  Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 4 months ago
  
  Watching Steph Curry do what he does is a bit like seeing Richard Halley, I imagine.
  
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Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 4 months ago

Personally, I would prefer to belong to the Cape Cod Kipper Keepers.
But, I shouldn't make light of BHO's attempt at sainthood.

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  Posted by MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago
  
  What church would that be? LMAO
  
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    Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 4 months ago
    
    The Church of Unrepentant Grace.
    
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      Posted by MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago
      
      You will remember Don Imus of course. When he first started doing his skits on a station I think in Ohio one which didn't make the CD but might have been on the DVD concerned the Church of Faith, Good Hope, and Salvation Discount House in Del Rio Texas with the Reverend Billy Sol Hargis. That was in the 70's CUG for BHO might indicate CFGHSDH for either the use of Trump-ettes or the BRodHam Choir....or both conveniently seated to yore left.
      
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        Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 4 months ago
        
        I used to listen to Imus now and then. I particularly liked the advice he got from the dead Richard Nixon.
        
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        Posted by MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago
        
        I particularly liked the way he toasted and roasted Bubba Cute Butthead. The look on Waddle face must have frozen forever. We're talking major ugly.
        
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      Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 4 months ago
      
      I thought it would be the High Church of the Painful Truth.
      
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        Posted by MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago
        
        He retired Damn. Also the Black Avenger Unbearable light of truth, justice and the American Way on egg sucking dog liberals. Where are the true Atlas's when we really need them...Well we didn't listen enough back then so.....we're stuck with three and a half egg sucking dogs.
        
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        Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 4 months ago
        
        I do miss Neal Boortz.
        
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        Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 4 months ago
        
        I am sure that no matter what, there will be pain involved.
        Of course, it may be necessary to re-define truth.
        "Truth is that which pertains to whatever we want it to be."
        
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        Posted by MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago
        
        Truth is whatever serves the party at the moment V.I. Lenin, A Hitler, and others including a long line of left wing fascists in Washington DC
        
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Posted by strugatsky 9 years, 4 months ago

That picture alone makes me want to puke.

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Posted by fosterj717 9 years, 4 months ago

It is obvious these folks have no clue as to what "Objectivism" is all about. Antithesis if you will!

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  Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 4 months ago
  
  Are you sure? I think they know exactly what Objectivism is about, see it as their enemy, and are actively tweaking us (and rather well, too).
  
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    Posted by fosterj717 9 years, 4 months ago
    
    Good point!
    
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Posted by allosaur 9 years, 4 months ago

Think about it. If Barry had spent his last seven years in office doing nothing else but such O=0 nonsense when not playing golf. we would all be way more by far better off.

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Posted by Radio_Randy 9 years, 4 months ago

I don't know...is he my brother, or is he my sister, today?

I'm confused!

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  Posted by MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago
  
  That's their line.
  
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  Posted by roneida 9 years, 4 months ago
  
  Randy.. OR, maybe both???
  
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  Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 4 months ago
  
  Dripping with sarcasm: "He's not heavy. He's my 800 pound, welfare-moochin' brother."
  
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    Posted by roneida 9 years, 4 months ago
    
    jbrenner, Or. He's not my brother, he's just heavy.
    
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Posted by wiggys 9 years, 4 months ago

put a community organizer in the white house and get a community organizer to organize the world, he stops at nothing. notice all the young men who need a keeper are black. we have unfortunately had a congress that loves what he has done. this is not an accident waiting to happen it is an accident in process.

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Posted by jimjamesjames 9 years, 4 months ago

Need does not impute obligation.

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  Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 4 months ago
  
  Indeed.
  
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Posted by Esceptico 9 years, 4 months ago

Obama should give back to the community. Hell, he has taken enough from us.

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  Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 4 months ago
  
  Please, no. His "gifts" would be counterproductive.
  
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Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 4 months ago

Based on the video and text, I strongly support what they're doing. But I thought the name was going to be what critics call the program.

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  Posted by khalling 9 years, 4 months ago
  
  1.I hate the name of the program
  2.I hate that they are telling young people that they should "give back" to their community
  3. I think mentoring programs are great
  4. the website is "serve.gov" that is chilling to me. it is not anyone's job to serve the government. quite the opposite.
  4. some of these programs are set up because college grads can't find jobs-their only hope outside entrepreneurship is to jump thru the hoops of what the govt requires for entry level govt positions. programs like this one are part of what is required. If they qualify for programs such as "Teach" America, they can get higher level govt positions after 3-4 years of basically slave labor-WAY below 15 per hour. hmmmmm. but-they can get SNAP to augment their costs. Most of these grads qualifying for "TEACH" America come from affluent families btw.
  
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    Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 4 months ago
    
    I agree with 1-4. I'm not knowledgeable about the fifth point, but it rings true, like par for the course for a gov't prog.
    
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    Posted by MinorLiberator 9 years, 4 months ago
    
    You beat me to it: indeed, I found URL exactly as you say: Chilling.
    
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    Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 4 months ago
    
    I thought you might find this chilling. I was watching Steph Curry, the basketball player in the ad, during his playoff game, and what I posted was the "public service" ad during the commercial timeout.
    
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    Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 4 months ago
    
    +1.
    
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  Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 4 months ago
  
  No, the irony is that the name of the program is a book chapter title right out of Atlas Shrugged.
  
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    Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 4 months ago
    
    It blows my mind how you need things spoon fed.
    
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      Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 4 months ago
      
      When you said that you strongly endorse what they are doing, it is hard to tell what is sarcasm and what is not.
      
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      Posted by khalling 9 years, 4 months ago
      
      is that a rhetorical "you"? or are you referring to j?
      
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        Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 4 months ago
        
        He is referring to me.
        
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        Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 4 months ago
        
        It refers specifically to jbrenner and my initial joke that "Brother's Keeper" sounds like a name the program's critics would try to give it to liken it to AS and religious-based sacrifice.
        
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        Posted by khalling 9 years, 4 months ago
        
        I got the sarcasm-but cg-c'mon, sometimes we don't know with you :)
        
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New program at mentor.gov called "My Brother's Keeper"

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