Saturday, July 01, 2006
I (used to) think you should at least respect the Office of the President. But--and I feel sad about this--I've never felt that about Congress. Not in my current lifetime, anyways. And especially not in this current session.
"Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., once mocked AmeriCorps as a sweet deal for people "picking up trash and singing 'Kumbaya.' " He and other critics have long ridiculed the concept of compensating volunteers.
But attacking the program over the use of the term "volunteer" is silly. The nation is defended by an "all-volunteer" military, after all."
Read the rest in this brief editorial on the cutting of the AmeriCorps Budget. Then read this one from James Lee Witt, former head of FEMA 1993-2001 and a guy who actually knows what he's talking about. Unlike, say, Mr. Santorum.
¶ 7/01/2006 10:00:00 AM
"Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., once mocked AmeriCorps as a sweet deal for people "picking up trash and singing 'Kumbaya.' " He and other critics have long ridiculed the concept of compensating volunteers.
But attacking the program over the use of the term "volunteer" is silly. The nation is defended by an "all-volunteer" military, after all."
Read the rest in this brief editorial on the cutting of the AmeriCorps Budget. Then read this one from James Lee Witt, former head of FEMA 1993-2001 and a guy who actually knows what he's talking about. Unlike, say, Mr. Santorum.
¶ 7/01/2006 10:00:00 AM
