Comments on: Welcome Instapundit (and Change.gov!) readers

By: Robert Koscick

Robert Koscick — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:40:32 +0000

What do you think will happen to anyone who refuses this mandatory voluntary service?
I can’t believe, considering that despite an electoral college landslide he only won by 6 million votes in a ntion of 300 million, that there wouldn’t be enough people willing to participate in civil disobedience.
He should be familiar with that concept.

By: National service: Ben Smith (Politico) misses the story

National service: Ben Smith (Politico) misses the story — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:52:17 +0000

[…] team’s Change.gov website flatly endorsed a mandatory, not voluntary plan, and then silently edited (and later yanked) its language when bloggers noticed. How misleading is it to describe Derbyshire as reacting to a voluntary plan when he was quite […]

By: James

James — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:06:54 +0000

No, Obama’s proposals have not changed. The language on the transition web site was a summary of those proposals, and it was updated so that the summary better reflected his proposals.

That’s not sophistry. His proposals, as originally spelled out, were clear, and they haven’t been altered.

By: thufir_hawat

thufir_hawat — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:51:43 +0000

James. Seriously?

Perhaps “the transition web site was simply updated to bring its language in line with Obama’s proposals.” But that would mean his proposal changed in response to the criticism of the summary of his proposal posted on the website.

What sophistry.

By: The Agitator » Blog Archive » Obama Walks Back Civil Service Plan

The Agitator » Blog Archive » Obama Walks Back Civil Service Plan — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:42:53 +0000

[…] Looks like Obama’s people have change the language in his plan for civil service. The language in the section on hours of service for middle and high school students has been changed from “require” to “set a goal that…” […]

By: James

James — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:16:07 +0000

Let’s bear in mind, please, that the transition web site was simply updated to bring its language in line with Obama’s proposals. Not in response to any criticism, and not to soften his proposals in any way.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:50:53 +0000

The guy that runs 24ahead strikes me as a bit unbalanced in the tinfoil-hat way.