It’s unfortunate that many think that our military is the foundation of our country. They may have been trained to kill and survive in war time, but they are completely left out in the open as they are let go or released after their tour of duty. We should be ashamed to glorify the armed forces in Hollywood and to our children with action figures. The fact is the military is destroying our youth and our future with fantasies that they will be a hero and live happily after where only the bad guys get hurt. I have always been against our governments actions when it comes to the war time activities. They are destroying the men and woman of our country that are our brave, strong, and intelligent. 1 in 4 homeless served in the military so clearly we are destroying a very large portion of men and woman that are sent to battle over crude oil prices. At what point are we going to step in as a country and say enough is enough and put our foot down and go against the grain by educating our children on the realities of the military and how if you’re planning on joining one of the branches of the military how you are basically being set up for failure, either mentally or physically and probably both. I’m not saying that I’m not proud of the soldiers and surprised by their blind faith that what they are doing is the right thing. I just think that someone needs to stand up and pull down the curtain to show the children the facts of how you may possibly be destroying their life before it even starts. When will we wise up and save them, to save ourselves
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Military’s alleged preparation for adult-hood
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Pell Grant program will fall $18 billion short
Well we sure are in a poor situation aren’t we? The Obama administration is apparently trying to stretch the American dollar based on the American dollar of ten years ago, because programs running out of money short of the date that the money was meant to last till is becoming a theme. Any one remember the “Cash for Junkers” program over the summer? They seemed to have had the same problem. Its kind of embarrassing that we are constantly coming up short when it comes to the bailout funds. What I mean is we’re 2.98 Trillion (with a T) deep into this bailout and we have come up $18 billion short for Pell Grants? I just read an article how Bank of America gave back their $45 billion early, why not just reallocate?
Its very upsetting that the federal Pell Grants that are awarded (even though they barely cover the cost of books anymore anyways) have come up short in a time where our president is allegedly 100% behind the push to get our people back to work so we can get our educated Americans a great paying and secure career not just some slacker position that folds shirt at the local Gap retail outlet. The fact of the matter is we shouldn’t be given the opportunity to discuss coming up short, we should be discussing the idea of giving the Pell Grants a financial boost to help all the unemployed stay with their education. It’s just another piece of political rhetoric. What it makes me feel like is actions speak louder then words, Shame
http://tinyurl.com/yhnwtk8 - grants 18 billion short
http://tinyurl.com/yfa2ubt - BofA gives back 45b back early
http://tinyurl.com/cf76h5 - 2.98 Trillion