The New Hitler Youth

Last summer, then-candidate Barack Obama proposed “a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as the regular military. Slightly different versions of his proposal now have passed both houses of Congress. The bill calls for “a workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people.” It also clearly anticipates such service to be universal, including elementary school students. 

The Washington Examiner describes the proposal as summoning up “unsettling memories of World War II-era paramilitary groups by saying the new program should ‘combine the best practices of civilian service with the best aspects of military service,’ while establishing ‘campuses’ that serve as ‘operational headquarters,’ complete with ‘superintendents’ and ‘uniforms’ for all participants. It allows for the elimination of all age restrictions in order to involve Americans at all stages of life. And it calls for creation of ‘a permanent cadre’ in a ‘National Community Civilian Corps.’

Those old enough to remember the 1960s find this creepily reminiscent of Chairman Mao’s Red Brigades during Communist China’s “Cultural Revolution;” our grandparents might be thinking of Germany’s Hitler Youth of the 1930s and 40s. In both cases, citizen membership in paramilitary groups was mandatory (with prison camps or execution for those unwilling or deemed unworthy to participate), and the main purpose of the organizations was to silence all dissent through shame or violence. The Red Brigades in particular was a large scale Prætorian Guard, loyal to Mao rather than to the nominal rulers of China.

The US Senate version of “The Serve America Act,” sponsored by Massachusetts Democrat Ted Kennedy, was amended to remove some of the most egregious sections. The bill now goes to a conference committee -- where every bad section eliminated from the Senate version will be reinstated.

The language of the bill and its purpose are blasphemous to the US Constitution and to the American tradition of individualism. Let this be a reminder that our current administration and congress (not to mention the ACLU) are not at all concerned about individual liberty.

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Quote of the Day

The National Government will regard it as its first and foremost duty to revive in the nation the spirit of unity and cooperation.

- Adolph Hitler

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Adolph Hitler Removed from Home

A 3-year-old boy named Adolf Hitler and his two Nazi-named younger sisters were removed from their New Jersey home last week and placed in state custody, police said.

Adolf Hitler Campbell and his sisters, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell, were taken from their Holland Township, N.J., home on Friday by the state's Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS), Sgt. John Harris of the Holland Township Police Department told FOXNews.com.

Their father, Heath Campbell, is expected in court Thursday in Flemington, N.J., in connection with the case.

Kate Bernyk, a spokeswoman for the DYFS, said confidentiality laws barred her from commenting on the case or even confirming that the Campbell children were involved.

"DYFS has their reasons and they normally don’t release any information, so we kind of have to go on faith with them," Harris said. Police were not told what the agency was investigating.

"I’ve dealt with the family for years and as far as the children are concerned, I have never had any reports of any abuse with the children," Harris said. "As far as I know, he’s always been very good with the children."

Speaking generally, Bernyk said the state's "decision to remove a child is based on the safety and well being of the child and the risk to that child, and that decision is made in conjunction with the courts and the county family court judge."

The Campbells made national news last month when a ShopRite supermarket refused to sell them a birthday cake with Adolf Hitler's name on it. The story generated a slew of angry Internet chatter.

Forensic psychologist N.G. Berrill said naming a boy Hitler could be considered child abuse.

"Part of it is the infantile nature of the parents’ behavior," Berrill said. "You can name your dog something weird, but they think they’re making some kind of bold statement with the children, not appreciating that the children will have separate lives and will be looked at in a negative light until they’re able to change their name. It is abuse."

Last year, a New Zealand court removed a 9-year-old girl from her parents in order to change her birth name: Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. In that country, officials do not deem a name abusive unless it causes serious bullying.

Heath Campbell told the Easton-Express Times last year that he named his son after Adolf Hitler because he liked it and "no one else in the world would have that name."

A paper to be published in March in Social Sciences Journal by economists David E. Kalist and Daniel Y. Lee of Shippensburg University found that unpopular first names, when mixed with factors like a disadvantaged home life, can increase the tendency toward juvenile delinquency.

Lee told FOXNews.com that Adolf and Hitler were not names they looked at for the study.

"Hitler most likely would be an unpopular name in the sense that not many people name their children with a name [like Hitler], but we didn’t particularly look at particularly bad names like that," he said.

New Jersey officials said Wednesday that it is not just a matter of names.

"DYFS would never remove a child simply based on that child's name," Bernyk said.

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