Afghanistan Bound While The Hood Waits and Waits...

Heard President Obama's speech on Afghanistan and why he has made the decision to send 30000 additional troops to that region to fight both the Taliban and Al Qaeda. WOW! Imagine what 300000 troops could do for our border. Imagine what 300000 troops could do for many of our urban streets to encourage our own nation building. Maybe protect our children so that they can go to school, play on the playground or make it to and from the corner store alive and with their purchase. See the oil in these areas impact the US Economy and we have a financial stake in Afghanistan. We have to keep Pakistan safe/secure since they do hold nuclear weapons, but the reality is our hood nation is dying while we are over in the Middle East "nation building".

I know it wasn't an easy decision for President Obama. It really is not aligned with the promises he made and I pushed during his campaign. I know what he reads and sees in front of him is a lot different than what I get as a citizen. Therefore I have to pause and understand that if I trusted him to be our president, than I have to trust that he is making the best decision with the information he has in front of him. He is passionate about the US and wants us to be safe, so I will stand and support him even though I don't understand why Afghanistan's nation building is more important than building our own nation here in the United States of America. I guess the hood can wait, but I doubt if the hood will be silence. How many more will we loose in Chicago? How many more will we lose in East Cleveland? How many more will we lose in East LA? How many more will we lose in St. Louis? How many more will we lose in Detroit? How many more will we lose in Miami? How many more will we lose in DC? How many more will we lose in NYC? How many more will we lose in Baltimore? How many more will we lose in New Orleans? How many more will we lose in Oakcliff? How many more will we lose in Brownsville? How many more will we lose?

President Obama's first 10 months in office

I have heard soooo many people complaining about President Obama. I have heard how they do not feel like he is doing anything in office as The President of United States of America. I have heard that they can't tangibly feel any of his policies. I have argued countless times that it takes more that 10 months to really make an impact. Our economy was bad prior to Obama coming in office, we were already at war Iraq and Afghanistan before Obama was in office and that the country was more divided too prior to Obama coming in office. I will continue to be a stand for the man that I worked to elect the president. Here is a list of some of President Obama's accomplishments over the past 10 months he has been in office (not a year yet).

In just ten short months, President Obama has:

Requested $15 billion in increased funding for the Veterans Administration over 30 years -- the largest increase in history

Signed into law the "VA Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act" which will provide the VA with advance funding-the #1 legislative priority of almost every Veterans Service Organization

Provided $1.4 billion in additional funding to the VA under the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" that is going directly to improving VA hospitals and clinics around the nation

Expanded VA-healthcare enrollment opportunities for more than 250,000 previously excluded Veterans, and continue to raise this number towards a goal of 500,000.
Launched a major Veterans Employment Initiative that is designed to make the federal government into the model employer of America's veterans.

I am humbled to be one of millions of courageous Americans who have dedicated their lives to serving and protecting our democracy. While there is much left to be done, under President Obama's leadership we have made historic progress towards fulfilling our commitment these patriotic men and women.

Happy Veteran's Day to our troops, men & women who have served in the past and their families. I hope you will take a moment today stand with those who served our nation by getting involved with one of the following organizations: USO, Fisher House, and the Bob Woodruff Foundation.