Obama and volunteering: Forced servitude in America?

“There’s a weird irony at work when Sen. Barack Obama, the black presidential candidate who will allegedly scrub the stain of racism from the nation, vows to run afoul of the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery.”

This is about as stupid a quote as I have ever heard.  Obama is simply suggesting  we need to encourage more civic involvement with the youth.  Volunteerism is not slavery.