http://www.bloggernews.net/18464 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:05:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/18464#comment-1429561 The Volunteerism Scandals Hollywood Won't Be Broadcasting - Politics and Other Controversies - Page 7 - City-Data Forum Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:24:15 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18464#comment-1429561 [...] Originally Posted by LML What I see as I read through the thread is the utter hypocrisy of people who cheered President Bush 41 for his "Thousand Points of Light", cheered Nancy Reagan for her "Just Say No", cheered both Barbara and Laura Bush for their literacy campaigns, cheered President Bush 43 for his "compassionate conservativism", etc. etc. etc. now jeering President Obama for encouraging volunteerism and urging the entertainment industry to use their considerable clout to encourage a new generation to volunteer. You don't like the spokespeople and say they are not genuine. Since you do not know these people personally and certainly do not know what they do or do not do in their personal lives to help others then what you really mean is that you do not like their politics and you are upset by the idea that people might actually learn that liberals do good things and do help others. Since you want the message to be "Conservatives good, liberals bad" I can see why you are upset that a different message is being heard. Tough. No... YOU'RE making it political, as evidenced in your above post. I was refering to this study: "Volunteering is usually associated with wealthy people and college students. However, a new survey has put out results that show that white women and those living in the Midwest volunteer the most. Cities on the coasts were said to have the lowest volunteer rates." » Study Shows Who Volunteers The Most In U.S. - Blogger News Network [...] […] Originally Posted by LML What I see as I read through the thread is the utter hypocrisy of people who cheered President Bush 41 for his "Thousand Points of Light", cheered Nancy Reagan for her "Just Say No", cheered both Barbara and Laura Bush for their literacy campaigns, cheered President Bush 43 for his "compassionate conservativism", etc. etc. etc. now jeering President Obama for encouraging volunteerism and urging the entertainment industry to use their considerable clout to encourage a new generation to volunteer. You don’t like the spokespeople and say they are not genuine. Since you do not know these people personally and certainly do not know what they do or do not do in their personal lives to help others then what you really mean is that you do not like their politics and you are upset by the idea that people might actually learn that liberals do good things and do help others. Since you want the message to be "Conservatives good, liberals bad" I can see why you are upset that a different message is being heard. Tough. No… YOU’RE making it political, as evidenced in your above post. I was refering to this study: "Volunteering is usually associated with wealthy people and college students. However, a new survey has put out results that show that white women and those living in the Midwest volunteer the most. Cities on the coasts were said to have the lowest volunteer rates." » Study Shows Who Volunteers The Most In U.S. - Blogger News Network […]

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