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I also heard Rahm Emanuel talk about the same plan, re a "mandatory volunteer" civil defense service. There's a podcast recording of him talking about it, if anyone wants to search & listen. It sounds kinda innocuous, like emergency response training -- which actually would be desirable for major disasters that might swamp our professional first responders.

In any case, if the Obama Brigade ever does come into existence, the clever thing might to infiltrate them, take advantage of any training & equipment they provide, & scoop up any useful intel. Then, if the gov't ever tries to use this against the people (like the E. German Stasi), they might be in for a surprise.

At this point, though, I'd say we have enough to worry about as it is!