not just americorps -- not just acorn, but now americorps. you remember michelle obama's words on the campaign trail. >> barack obama will require youth to work. barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolveed, uninformed. >> barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual. are we to believe she is kidding or haphazardly stringing words together and it came out in a sentence? these people are steering our youth into community service. ted kennedy and his ilk are pushing the idea of forced mandatory service. they are inventivizing working for the government with promising now to pay off college loans. of course the catch is you have to federalize your loan before they will pay t he wants you to work as a bureaucratic slave to government. you work for them for ten years, and you don't have to worry about any debt for education. maybe i'm crazy for going down this road, but from what we already know about washington, the truth is always stranger than fiction, and the sooner we realize that, the faster we'

i think americorps is part of that army.to really go for it you really do the americorps pledge i think you have to be dressed like this. i think -- i think you have to stand up and take your pledge. i will get things done for america to make our people safer and smarter and healthier. i am an americorps member and i will get things done. edelweiss. edelweiss. bill: here now the man with a plan, kind of. glenn beck, the author of the big best seller "common sense." or how to vacation in lederhosen. >> have you got to love new york. an hour before i went on the air i said somebody has got to give me some leader hosen. bill: why the german outfit why edelweiss? why? this is americorps, aamerica. what is the alpine thing? >> don't you love the alps? >> i just got back from the alps. >> i think it's about time that we used ridicule in this country. i think who are you ridiculing? the germans? the americorps people. >> partly me. bill: your knees. >> a big part of me. i think this whole idea of americorps, which will eventually,

i think americorps is part of that army. to really go for it you really do the americorps pledge i think you have to be dressed like this. i think -- i think you have to stand up and take your pledge. i will get things done for america to make our people safer and smarter and healthier. i am an americorps member and i will get things done. edelweiss. edelweiss. bill: here now the man with a plan, kind of. glenn beck, the author of the big best seller "common sense." or how to vacation in lederhosen. >> have you got to love new york. an hour before i went on the air i said somebody has got to give me some leader hosen. bill: why the german outfit why edelweiss? why? this is americorps, aamerica. what is the alpine thing? >> don't you love the alps? >> i just got back from the alps. >> i think it's about time that we used ridicule in this country. i think who are you ridiculing? the germans? the americorps people. >> partly me. bill: your knees. >> a big part of me. i think this whole idea of americorps, which will eventually,

there was an excellent program collaborating with americorp.re was an innovative idea that i do not believe the commission has tried before. is an example of collaboration and innovation that i think should be highlighted and applauded. there was terrific collaboration, from what i understand, across the agency. we see it here in bureaus and offices, working together, combining different expertise towards a very clear mission of making sure the fcc did everything it could to help with the transition. it is an example of how affectively the commission can work when it works together and how to effectively the staff and work when there is communication and collaboration across bureaus. i would like to note the collaboration across the government, the collaboration with the commerce department, the collaboration with the white house, the collaboration with other government agencies. knowing that no transition is perfect and there is work left to do, that is an example of good government and what can happen when different parts of our government wo

walpin having been fired, we need to look more deeply into americorps. glenn: you sure do. thank you very much, congressman. i appreciate t >> coming up, a mall being shut down for not beinininininir than ever before? well now you can, introducing the new... powerful... lightweight... oreck xl platinum vacuum. you don't vacuum open floors, you vacuum rooms filled with furniture. and the xl platinum makes cleaning under, around, and behind them, fast and easy! so take advantage of this limited time no-payments-no-interest-for-one- full-year offer and order your new oreck xl platinum today! call now and for cleaning stairs or up high we'll also send you the powerful oreck handheld vacuum-- a $250 value-absolutely free. hi, i'm david oreck, and this is my new platinum upright vacuum. it's the best upright we have ever built. i want you to try it risk free for 30 days. you'll also receive a year's supply of filter bags free, plus this incredible steam iron, a $130 value, yours free just for trying the xl platinum upright. what's the secret to being both powe

>> he mentions americorps. he mentions church groups. he mentions community groups, which i am guessing is acorn. glenn: church groups, i'm guessing it is your grandma's church or jeremiah wright's church, i'm not sure. does he refer to it as an army or troops in the book? >> he refers to them as troops an soldiers. glenn: america, here is what i want you to understand. when you're talking about overwhelming the system, ask yourself, are you overwhelmed right now with what is going on? is john conyers overwhelmed with what is going on when he says "what difference does it make? i can't read it in two days, so why don't i just sign it?" isn't that a a sign that the system is overwhelmed and doesn't work? well, why would you want to overwhelm the system? why would wade rathke say hey, there's a lot of benefits out here, and we just got to get everybody onboard for these benefits? why would you do that? it is called the chow ard and piven strategy. it is the cloward and piven strategy. this is important you understand what it is. here it is

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is a nightmare come true according to brian darling of the conservative heritage foundation. >> americorps aa program for kids that pays them to volunteer. you'll not have charities, religious organizations and other individuals who want to come out go out and do so because they know americorps and federal government are serving the needs to the american people. >> reporter: darling worries instead of helping the communities, the communities become dependent on the grace of the federal government. >> now fight for funding for these programs is going on in congress now. senate appropriations sub committee today approved full funding but over in the house, they're coming up short and not fully funding what the president wants. lou, with the federal deficit more than a trillion dollars, a lot of fiscal conservatives think coming up short is a blessing. >> this is really quite something. the possibility of compulsory civilian service. i mean, aspy read that, civilian national security force, that would be as well-funded as the military. i mean that is a bizarre concept that now apparently is m

glenn: americorps, basically the new acorn, but -- forget about acorn.this is the government he's acorn. this is inside. it's turning into an absolute nightmare. you now have your loan's tied in -- i want to see if i have this in. they are going to forgive your loans if you work for the government or one of the approved agencies but no religious agencies. >> an approved group. glenn: the ones most likely getting something from the government, right? >> right, they're already on the take, right. glenn: and then, if you are an employee there, if you are somebody who is working there, and you become one of these bureaucrats, you can also join a union, can you not? >> that's right, that's right. it expands all enterprise. this is government, inc. this is part of the notion of pushing aside the private sector, private social communities, civil society in favor of creating a national community that's run by government, warranted by government and they determine where you go, where you work, who you serve, what you do. this has always been their objective and n

. -- americorps program. sean: and her salary in 2004 when he became a senator was $124,000 a year. all of a sudden a miraculous jump to $317 up,000 a year. i want to go back to this patient dutching scheme. she's at the university of chicago medical center. there was a well orchestrated political campaign hiring david axelrod and other cronies and friends, the very people claiming they now want to help the poor and indigent ar -- or disabled, involved in a scheme to push them away from her hospital. >> exactly right. people really need to look at this episode closely. because what they did in chicago is what they will deliver to the rest of the country. as i said, the obamas and the administration opposes the -- have posed as the champions of minorities and poor people yet under of guys of helping them they booted them out of the uft of chicago emergency room, hired david axelrod, he profits from a contract -- contract to try to sell this to minorities, convince them that this bad medicine is good for them and now another one who is part of -- of the chicago conglomerate is install

there was an excellent program collaborating with americorp. there was an innovative idea that i do not believe the commission has tried before. is an example of collaboration and innovation that i think should be highlighted and applauded. there was terrific collaboration, from what i understand, across the agency. we see it here in bureaus and offices, working together, combining different expertise towards a very clear mission of making sure the fcc did everything it could to help with the transition. it is an example of how affectively the commission can work when it works together and how to effectively the staff and work when there is communication and collaboration across bureaus. i would like to note the collaboration across the government, the collaboration with the commerce department, the collaboration with the white house, the collaboration with other government agencies. knowing that no transition is perfect and there is work left to do, that is an example of good government and what can happen when different parts of our governmen

responsible for disstribilitiesing money -- federal money, your tax dollars, to organizations like americorpsmr. walpin was also investigating the alleged misuse of federal funds by sacremento mayor kevin johnson, and former nba star, and an obama friend and supporter that. case ended in a legal settlement. now, to fire an inspector general, there is a 30-day notification period required by the law, and the government must also provide a detailed explanation for the firing at the time of the firing. the white house in this case, after it fired him, released a statement saying mr. walpin was confused, and disoriented at a board meeting in may, and persons at the meeting continued, quote, to question his capacity to serve, but notes obtained by foxnews.com from that meeting in may show that while mr. walpin's behavior was mentioned in those notes, board members may have been more concerned about mr. walpin's accusations against them, and mr. walpin said they had an "anything goes" attitude with your federal dollars and the board did not like the contentious relationship it had with the guy who

he also mentioned on the campaign trail that he wanted to build an americorps-type volunteer organization that would be just as strong and well funded as the u.s. military. >> we cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve national security objectives that we set. we have got to have a civilian national security force that is just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded. glenn: ok, then. this is, by the way, not the only time he discussed this. you know, being a community organizer, it is now the new "it" gig. you work for the government? are you kidding me? think of the benefits, and if you work for the government for ten years your student loan is going to be paid for by, you know, the little people. but only if the loan is federalized. hmm. really? if that sounds a little imperial to you, don't worry. at least your kids will still have a choice. or will they? >> citizenship is not an entitlement program. it comes with responsibilities. everybody somewhere between the 18 and 25 will serve three months of basic training and understanding in any kind of civil

in the examiner, an investigation uncovers new clues in president obama's abrupt firing of the americorpsctor general. >>> new immigration enforcement programs take shape and a dc man and his nephew are charged with robbing a handful of area banks. read these stories and more in the examiner. >>> the woman whose northwest washington home burned last night is a well known person in our community. the forth former dc school board president and lindsey mastis has more on the woman who was in her home. >> reporter: these are images caught by ugca by "o "magazine of what . r home looked like before the refi >> like an art museum. >> this is seremua um called niwer to the people and in oongdim, r muhe dining room, a wall hanging made of bottle caps. it her house reflected a love of the arts. here she is standing in the entryway. they say that peggy didn't just collect those pieces. she loved every one of them. >> she is a wonderful activase and started the school for the arts and so ironic and horrible that something like this would happen to such a wonderful woman. >> reporter: the dc arts com

we withamericorp volunteers -- we have partnered with americorp volunteer spirit -- volunteers.ould be totally remiss if i did not think commissioner cop, mcdowell, commissioner abel state. --adelstein. i have been exhausted and they have done all the work. they have been remarkable i would like to thank you all, very much. >> thank you. commissioner copps? >> thank you all for your presentations. i can sum up my feelings in a single word -- whew! [laughter] this has been quite a ride. long before i begin actor and chair, i knew we were no we're ready for a transition on january 17. in january, we inherited a problem rather than a quarter of effort to deal with an impending crisis. i want to think congress and the president for the dtv delight act and for making the resources available to the recovery act to use the extra time to try to make a real difference. while it was not possible to compress into four short months all that should of been done the previous four or more years, we tried to do everything we could to make up for lost time. with the tireless efforts of my collea

this is all happening along with americorps. the help of barack obama and ted kennedy, they have embedded themselves into the structure of this government. look at the czars and ask yourself, gee, who are these people and what are they doing? if and when, some would believe they could overwhelm the system to the point it cannot function anymore, and tell me, guys, we're not there or close to it, then they've already built a new system. it's already in place. all they have to do is just say, whoa, whoa, whoa, for the good of the republic, i didn't want to do this but i will have to fundamentally transform the united states of america, because obviously that's broken. in the movie "contact" the space travel machine was built using alien technology. everybody knew that it would face widespread public opposition. well, it was wildly expensive. no one even knew if it would work, so when the machine was destroyed right there, everybody thought, oh, that's it. until it was revealed to the nation and to the world that there just happene

he helped create americorps with bill clinton and just in the last few weeks, the ted kennedy serve america act passed which will ratchet public service programs to 240,000 volunteers around the country. which is, you know -- i think it's six times as much as previous programs. so he stayed committed to it, nursed it, tendered it all the way through. he created portable health insurance sop they could take it with him when they left their jobs and he invented community health centers and if some healthcare legislation is passed in the next year it will be because of his commitment to it. and he started talks with the current healthcare plan more than a year and he held video conferences while he was sick and he has been nonstop on that issue as well. you know, i think him seeking redemption for some of his sins actually drove him harder to accomplish some of these goals and some of his brothers' goals. ted was different from his brothers in a key way. carla and i were just talking about this. he had an emotional acuity that his brothers didn't have that seems like an essential ingredient to

president bush pushed other organizations, like americorps, which went up under his watch.that numbers have gone up significantly. they also say that not only is it because of the call to service from the president but also because of the recession in the bad jobs market. >> at the time i was casting around for a career direction, i had been laid off and was unemployed at the time. >> president obama wants to increase the size by 2011. bill: good for them. thank you, adam. megyn: every time did you get paid you put money into the health care programs of the nation. do you know what portions of our national pay out medicare takes up? 20%! here is the problem, tens of billions of your hard-earned dollars go to false claims every year. now, medicaid and medicare could be even bigger. will that mean more fraud? bill: tens of billions of dollars. did you hear about the confrontation at the senatorial meeting? a racially charged debate between the u.s. senator and that woman -- and that man there. >> you are quoting a black man. that is offensive. you are being racial. been true

host: tell us about your americorps experience.guest: i worked in a very historic neighborhood in philadelphia, the hill district. i started a computer programming program. from there, i went to graduate school. in terms of clean energy, i used this analogy. when i was a can, i got a computer for christmas. there is not much that you can do, but now i am getting questions from the internet. think about the wealth that the internet has created. no one could have seen that wealth creation, technological advancement. it is the same thing with this bill. it will lead to similar wealth creation and innovation in this country. furthermore, china and india, who many believe will follow our lead -- it i does not matter if they do. they will need to shut down before the olympics so that they can see the sky again. we know this is a prime example to start exporting this type of technology to china. host: how long is your turn? guest: each term is four years. we just were reelected. i will be around as long as they will have me. it is the bes

. >> he had misused totally the grant of $850,000 that was given to him for americorps people to do tutoringhose disadvantaged students in the area. steve: so, it's getting -- clearly, you were putting pressure on him but your bosses were saying, jerry, just back off. leave the guy alone. >> well, they, in fact, went around me and settled with him and then i found out the facts, as well as objecting to that, found out the facts that there was an obstruction of justice that emails had been erased that our office had subpoenaed and financial records, which we wanted to see, and never got, we were told, learned that they were in the possession of mr. johnson himself. steve: doesn't look good. >> well, and so i and my office were doing our jobs and i get fired. steve: you got fired. the white house said you were? >> disoriented, confused, and couldn't answer questions. i will let you and the audience decide whether that has any accuracy whatsoever. steve: i don't think so. but do you think they were suggesting oh the guy is too old for this job? >> they were suggesting code words for sen nittle

gerald walton, the longtime inspect general which oversees americorps was fired in june after the investigation of misuse of grant funds. turned up some disturbing information. judith ginn, the acting inspector general for the international trade commission was fired last month. could he incidentally, right after senator grassley of iowa expressed concerns to a letter of the ber national trade commission to -- in a letter to international trade commission chairwoman about the potential agency obstruction of ms. ginn's investigation of contractor -- gwynn's investigation of contractors. and neil about a ross key has expressed -- barofsky has expressed concern that the department had legal authority over his office. we need to make sure that we have proper oversight and accountability of the funds that we're spending in this government. the american people deserve comprehensive around-the-clock oversight of spending. that's why we have inspector generals. the administration's pattern of undermining and removing oversight when it becomes politically inconvenient makes this all more important to be

host: tell us more about your americorps experience? guest: i worked in another predominantly african-american, very historic neighborhood in pittsburgh, the hill district, started their computer programming program. and went from there, from there went to graduate school. with respect to green energy and some people think it's just pie in the sky, i remember, i use this analogy, when i was a kid, i got a commodore 64 computer for christmas. you can't do a heck of a lot with that, now i'm getting questions via the internet you think of the amount of wealth the internet has created, nobody could have foreseen that level of wealth creation back in as early as the early 1990's. the same process this massive amount of investment this bill will generate will lead to a similar type of wealth creation and innovation in this country. furthermore, these two countries that a lot of folks believe will not follow our lead, it's irrelevant if they do, we hope they do, we need to emerge as a leader and develop this technology and turn around and sell