Serve.gov: Buffy Wicks Wasn’t Joking About ‘Being Part of This Administration’

Service to our nation is a noble effort, which is why some may view Serve.gov in a good light. How could anyone think that promoting national service is a bad thing? 

Well, when our government uses “service” as a mechanism to keep their volunteers active in government, it is not so noble. 

I claimed last week that the White House Office of Public Engagement’s rationale for promoting service was to keep Obama’s campaign volunteers active. I also claimed that the White House was using Serve.gov to manage those volunteers and as a mechanism to acquire new volunteers for their use. To support that claim I referenced a statement from Buffy Wicks, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, on the now infamous August 10th conference call. Wicks explained to the call participants, an arts group that worked on Obama’s 2008 election campaign, the White House’s rationale for using service:  (more…)

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Tags: allforgood, Buffy Wicks, Serve.gov, Volunteer Army
Posted Oct 22nd 2009 at 12:23 pm in Art, Featured Story, Political Humor | 25049842 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/pcourrielche/2009/10/22/serve-gov-sampling-buffy-wicks-told-the-truth/Serve.gov%3A+Buffy+Wicks+Wasn%27t+Joking+About+%27Being+Part+of+This+Administration%272009-10-22+19%3A23%3A48Patrick+Courrielche