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I'm no Obama supporter, but I think he was talking about a "civilian national security force" in terms of an army of diplomats, not a "federal civilian police force."

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I didn't get the impression he was talking about diplomats. "Civilian national security force" sounds a lot like natioal police force to me. I just don't like the sound of it.
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Here is the quote:

"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set," Obama said Wednesday. "We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded."

I would like Obama to explain this one in detail, because I agreee that it scared the hell out of me too.  

Right away, I saw comparisons to the brownshirts (Sturmabteilung)of Germany in the 20s and 30s.  After learning about Obama's "truth squad" in Missouri and watching his goons go after Joe the plumber, you get an idea of how strongly he wants to suppress his detractors.

For a guy that chooses his words so carefully, if he meant something else, he would have chosen different words.

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Did you watch the entire video, or just the little clip? It's all about context.

Here's the whole thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df2p6867_pw

Right around 14:45 he starts talking about increasing Americorp from 75,000 positions to 250,000, creating an "EnergyCorp," increase the size of the foreign service and open more consulates, and double the size of the Peace Corps, THEN he makes the comment.

He IS NOT talking about a bunch of brown shirts coming to take your guns.
Obama is horrible, I voted against him, but this chicken little bullshit is getting ridiculous.

My prediction is massive military cuts, with VASTLY increased spending on the agencies he mentioned, coupled with massive tax increases.

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   I tried to watch the whole speech, but couldn't stomach it. He is going to make us do all these things for his government.  I don't like his choice of words.

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Go search it on youtube IT'll MAKE YOU SICK!

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Did you watch the short clip, or the WHOLE speech so you would have it in context?

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Did you watch the short clip, or the WHOLE speech so you would have it in context?

Just as we must value and encourage military service across our society, we must honor and expand other opportunities to serve. Because the future of our nation depends on the soldier at Fort Carson, but it also depends on the teacher in East LA, or the nurse in Appalachia, the after-school worker in New Orleans, the Peace Corps volunteer in Africa, the Foreign Service officer in Indonesia. . . .

Today, AmeriCorps – our nation’s network of local, state and national service programs – has 75,000 slots. And I know firsthand the quality of these programs. My wife Michelle once left her job at a law firm at city hall to be a founding director of an AmeriCorps program in Chicago that trains young people for careers in public service. These programs invest Americans in their communities and their country. They tap America’s greatest resource – our citizens.

That’s why as President, I will expand AmeriCorps to 250,000 slots, and make that increased service a vehicle to meet national goals like providing health care and education, saving our planet and restoring our standing in the world, so that citizens see their efforts connected to a common purpose. People of all ages, stations, and skills will be asked to serve. Because when it comes to the challenges we face, the American people are not the problem – they are the answer.

So we are going to send more college graduates to teach and mentor our young people. We’ll call on Americans to join an Energy Corps to conduct renewable energy and environmental cleanup projects in their neighborhoods all across the country. We will enlist our veterans to find jobs and support for other vets, to be there for our military families. And we’re going to grow our Foreign Service, open consulates that have been shuttered, and double the size of Peace Corps by 2011 to renew our diplomacy.

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

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...Why spend more of my money on something that will serve a purpose which is currently being taken care of by other groups that already have their hand in my pocket?

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I wonder if the new force will include the club weilding black panthers (nice uniforms) acting as "security" at polls in Philly.  (saw it on Foxnews)

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It's 3 posts above yours. Just made it hot.

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Those videos had me very scared and the whole family. We honestly believe he is planning a holocaust.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxJ7t3U3TDg

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er yeah..and ...?

really...you're THAT scared of a bunch of black frat kids chanting ...that's fucking sad.
Let me go post up some vids of some 88ers or Tualatin Valley Skins and use that to rep McCains "youth"...
seriously some of y'all are way  beyond tin foil hats

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Show me videos of them chanting "McCain this, or McCain that"

ETA: whatever. BHO is in there now, I'll shit back and shut up and watch whatever happens. Most likely the economy will just get worse and in 4 years people will hate BHO.

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Sturm Abteilung!

Sieg Heil!