Topic: WorldNetDaily
You already know that WorldNetDaily is a flamingly dishonest website. Bob Unruh's Oct. 28 article is just one more reason why.
In it, Unruh asserts that Rep. Charles Rangel's proposed Universal National Service Act is the manifestation of President Obama's desire to "create a 'Civilian National Security Force' as big and well-funded as the $650 billion-plus U.S. military, a mysterious campaign promise ignored by virtually the entire media except WND."
First, Unruh is outright lying when he claims that Obama's discussion of a "Civilian National Security Force" has been "mysterious." As we documented when WND first peddled this bogus story more than two years ago, Obama was referring to an expansion of the State Department to create the ability to "deploy teams that combine agricultural specialists and engineers and linguists and cultural specialists who are prepared to go into some of the most dangerous areas alongside our military."
Second, Rangel's desire to create a national service requirement has nothing at all to do with Obama. Rangel has introduced verisons of this same bill at least three times previously, in 2003, 2006, and 2007.
Third, WND this story already -- back in July, when the bill was first introduced. AS we noted at the time, reporter Chelsea Schilling pulled the same bogus link to Obama's purportedly "mysterious" statement that Unruh does now, with the added benefit of citing a writer at the website of conspiracy-monger Alex Jones as backup. Unruh offers no new information beyond a comment from "a WND reader who read the plans online."WND's readers must be idiots, since this one apparently missed the original fearmongering WND did.
Fourth, the most recent action on the bill as of this writing is that it has been referred to a subcommittee. No hearings have been held on it. This lack of action makes it all but certain that the bill will die in committee with the end of this particular Congress at the end of the year. When the new Congress convenes in January, Rangel will have to reintroduce the bill yet again.
Unruh doesn't mention that his recycled fearmongering is essentially for naught. Why would he? This is the kind of story that indicates Unruh had a story quota to fill, which he did with this empty, meaningless, fundamentally dishonest piece of hackery.
But then, that's the kind of dishonest hackery that makes Unruh such a valued WND employee.
