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from http://change.gov/americaserves/ "Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by setting a goal that all middle school and high school students do 50 hours of community service a year and by developing a plan so that all college students who conduct 100 hours of community service receive a universal and fully refundable tax credit ensuring that the first $4,000 of their college education is completely free." $40 an hour to help out in the community?  WOOT.

Here's my thoughts on the dozen of Propositions on the ballot for this November: Prop 1A - High Speed Rail - YES Though at 9.9 billion it's a bit expensive, it's a great deal - especially for folks like me who've got friends in other parts of the state that I'd like to see more often.  The Bay Area to LA trip would be shortened to two and half hours.  Plus there's that whole job creation and traffic reduction thing. Prop 2 - Farm Animal Rights - YES Better living conditions for cows and chickens means that your meat dies happy, and it also means less mad cow or salmonella for us! Prop 3 - Children's Hospital Construction - NO Sounds lik