"Pressure Increases on Obama Over Afghanistan"

Should more troops be committed to Afghanistan? This is the question that is putting so much pressure on President Obama. Obama is scheduled to discuss Afghanistan strategy with his national security team in the next couple of days. General Stanley McChrystal said that the situation in Afghanistan is not getting any better. General McChrystal is planing to send his request for more resources to help fight off the insurgents, in Afghanistan, soon. McChrystal said that without more troops then this 8 year war will most likely end in failure. The administrators and other high ranking officials, as well as the American people are split 50-50 on what to do in the current situation. Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, said that it is important for Afghan forces to step it up and take a much faster approach to what has been done so far.
In my opinion I feel that more troops should be sent over to Afghanistan. The more troops we send the better equipped we would be to finish out this war. Wars cost money, and we have spent a lot of money on this war. If we were to lose this war all that money would be wasted. If troops are need then troops should be sent over.

White House to Seek Change in Educational Laws

The Obama administration is in partial agreement with the law, No Child Left Behind, set up by former President George W. Bush, but there are parts that they would like to alter. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said that standardized tests are not the most ideal way to measure a students academic achievement. Though they have no better ideas they are giving states money through the economic stimulus law to come up with better ways to asses a students progress. Some opponents of the law state that the reading and math tests are pushing the arts out of school classrooms.
In my opinion this isn't true, about art and music being pushed out. In highschool you are required to take at least one year of music or art, and kids more often than not stay with the program that they chose for all four years. Also middle schools have both art and music programs that students are enrolled in. I also believe that although standardize testing is a drag it is neccessary. They force students to apply themselves and study if they want to graduate.

ACORN: Suing the "pimp" and others

ACORN is now going to sue James E. O'Keef III and his partner for illegally videotapeing their employees without their consent. The lawsuit has been filed in a Baltimore court. The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office is now going to launch a criminal investigation, and several ACORN employees have been fired. "The multimillion-dollar lawsuit cites "extreme emotional distress" on begalf of two workers who were fired after the video posted online." ACORN attorney Arthur Schwartz has stated that the videos taken in Maryland are direct violation of laws. As of September 16 ACORN will not longer take on any new clients until an internal ivestigation has been completed.
In my opinion I hope that James E. O'Keef III and his partner Hannah do not get in trouble. They exposed something horrific and they should not be punished for it. What they did is exactly what investigative journalism is. ACORN wants to sue them because they were exposed for what it has probably been doing for many years and ruined their reputation. If James and Hannah lose I think that it will send a message that our government is corrupt and I believe that everything that ACORN has done will come to light and be shut down.

Acorn No Longer Receiving Tax Payer Money

The House of Representatives as well as the Senate have voted to eliminate any government funding to ACORN. The vote won in the House 345-75, and the Senate's vote won 85-11. Even though Congress has voted to no longer fund ACORN, President Obama must sign the bill into law. Not only should federal funding be severed, but the FBI should also investigate into ACORN and find if they have broken any other federal laws. It is found that the 75 House representatives that voted to keep funding ACORN and the 2 that just voted present are all democrats, possibly giving the Republicans an ad for the next election saying, "'This lawmaker voted against defunding ACORN.'"
In my opinion I am glad that Congress has voted to no longer fund ACORN. My parents pay their taxes and it makes me wonder, have they funded anything illegal and if so what? If ACORN was so willing to support the "pimp" and "prostitute" with a brothel, have they been successful in helping some real peole create illegal "businesses"? I hope not and it should be investigated by the FBI because if there are some illegal "businesses" they need to be shut down. I support fully the severing of government and taxpayer funds to ACORN.

Guantanamo Bay: Should these detainees be detained in the states?

President Barack Obama and his administrators are now looking to delay the Gitmo trials. The delay is due to two Republican senators said that they no longer believe that the inmates will be transfered to the state of Kansas. Leavenworth, which is a prison in Kansas, is said to be no longer under consideration for the placement of the Guantanamo detainees. Senator Brownback said that Leavenworth would not be a "suitable site" for detainees. The other site that has been under serious consideration for holing the detainees is a maximum security prision in Standish, Michigan.

My opinion is that Guantanamo should not be shut down and the inmates transfered to somewhere here in the states. Some of the inmates in Guantanamo are said to be responsible for the September 11, 2009 attacks. If these men wanted so badly to hurt our country why would they want to live in it? Also, how safe is it? Their fellow conspirators that have not been caught may use their transfer as another opportunity to attack our country. Why should we give them the opportunity?

If you were living in Michigan near Standish how would you feel knowing that terrorists are being transfered to where you live? Would you feel safe, would you feel your child is safe? I know that I would not feel safe, and if I had kids I would worry about them too. So in my opinion Guantanamo should stay open and not be transfered to the US.