Cutting (or gutting) the military is like robbing Peter to pay Paul. Got to be the worst decision to date of this administration and that list of bad decisions is long. Is this how we pay for the Affordable Health Care Act? If so we can`t afford it.
Go back and take a look at JFK`s speech about going to the moon (and what we intend to accomplish) in this decade (the 60`s), simply because we can. Compare that speech to what is coming out of Washington last week. The talk that America can no longer afford to be a world leader, a leader in space, in the military... etc. In anything (my words)?
John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon" speech - YouTube
This isn`t a partisan comment but rather one of "look at how we view ourselves". These two presidents represent/ed the same party but are nothing alike. The nation doesn`t view itself the same way because of its leaders. It no longer sees itself as great. Attitude reflects leadership (Remember the Titans).
We need real leaders and honestly I don`t know which direction to point you towards. We have what I view as the perfect storm, an "I`m entitled" generation wanting everything and leaders wanting to gain rock star/pretty boy status by giving EVERYTHING this generation asks for.
Few of the politicians that I see in front of us today deserve accolades, they haven`t earned that respect. Perhaps we really should push a "Ben Carson" or a man of his character towards leadership. Forget the career politicians, we need real people that think.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PFb6NU1giRA
Don`t even get me started on the up coming cost of sending a First Lady to China for a week (she`ll probably change her mind and stay for two). Don`t we have ambassadors whose skill sets best represent our needs to do this? Seriously can someone explain to me how this benefits our nation? Honestly the only way I can see this trip as justifiable is if the ticket were only one way.
I digress, I`ll step down from my soap box.
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