Herding Cats

"I don't know if you're familiar with who runs that business but I assure you it's not the boyscouts." ~ Rodney Dangerfield



Over at American Descent, a blog who's creator showed a complete lack of common sense and intelligence by asking me to be one of the administrators (as Groucho said, "I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members"), a thread has developed in the comments section of an entry about house bill H.R. 1388: Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, in which lawmakers have proposed creating a volunteer, yet mandatory civilian youth force.

Of course, mandatory volunteerism is an oxymoron. If it's mandatory, it can't be voluntary.

And vice versa.

Naturally, such a well written and well thought out blog post has brought the Libtards out of the woodwork, as most good Conservative commentaries so often do, to object and to ridicule with all the typical Liberal half truths, obfuscations, spin, and distractions.

My own contributions to the thread are not particularly insightful or very well thought out, I admit, but I have been feeling unusually surly and curmudgeonly lately, and am pretty much fed up with the blind Obama worship being exhibited by mindless Liberal Obamaphiles since Obama burst onto America's political scene. So, I just let 'er rip without regard to sensitivities.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

But a few hours ago, while I was traveling to Northern Virginia to do some of my own voluntary (but not mandatory) volunteer work, a thought occurred to me:

It would be almost worth allowing such a bill to pass just so we can watch Obama and his minions attempt to force America's youth into volunteering for anything.

Anyone who knows teenagers know they will never willingly do anything that any authority figure wants them to do.

We all know that Obama's plan to subject America's youth to this indoctrination program is specifically targeted towards the youth in our inner cities. Of course, it doesn't have a snowball's chance in Hell of being successful, especially among inner city young people.

The youth in our inner cities have only three main goals in life:

1. Getting both rich and high off Drugs.

2. Playing Basketball.

3. Becoming a rap star. (not necessarily in that order)

Now, knowing the inner city youth of America has these lofty goals in mind, what makes Mr. Obama think they will put those goals aside to volunteer to do anything if it doesn't include basketball, drugs, or rap? Even if he makes such voluntary projects mandatory?

For that matter, does he really expect suburban youth to acquiesce? Especially those who's parents make over $250,000 a year?

It just aint going to happen.

Obama's plan will be as easy as pushing a rope.

Uphill.

I'd really like to see how Obama is going to do what parents of teenagers have failed to do since time began. Make teenagers do what they're told.

I wonder. When it becomes obvious he has bit off much more than he can chew, how will he react? Will he attempt to punish them for their disobedience? What punishments will he suggest?

He might as well try to herd cats. In fact, herding cats would be easy compared to trying to make American teenagers volunteer to do anything constructive.

Now, if Obama wants them to destroy or demolish something, I'm sure he will find little difficulty finding volunteers.

But finding teenagers willing to help? That's a laugh.