Today I spoke with an old friend. His name is Seth and is currently deployed in the United States Army in Afghanistan. He and I have a interesting relationship as we both went to vocational school together years ago. Today I am getting ready to finish college, as he is ready to come home from war. We discussed things and literately exchanged information so to speak.
He tells me of horrible events he has witnessed overseas that I have heard no news reports of. Then I tell him news reports of things he has never heard of. He tells me how things really are over there while I tell him what things are really like here.
Sadly we are sure about one thing. The government is making huge cuts in its budgets and is doing no apologizing about it. Seth was told by his commanding officer that cuts were being made and nobody was getting a raise anytime soon in his platoon. I echoed that reality as I told him about looming government shut downs and proposed cuts in the State government.
We both ask each other… how did things get so messed up? How are we going to fix this? Aren’t we supposed to be the ones with the answers? Young minds in positions where we should be making things better. Maybe we aren’t responsible to make things right but we both feel helpless, as we aren’t able to do anything.
A great illustration of these cuts in spending is well explained in this video I’m about to share with you by Rep. Ryan of Wisconson.
http://youtu.be/Xwv5EbxXSmE
I really like this particular post. I think it says a lot of our perspective and their perspective. We all think this is world is EFFED up. I noticed you only posted ten times throughout the semester. It's a bummer I would have liked to heard more from you.
ReplyDeleteYou really offered a unique perspective throughout the semester in this blog. It would be cool to see you play more with what the blog software has to offer in terms of embedding links, photos, and video. I do hope you continue to find ways of getting your voice heard.
ReplyDeleteVery insightful. As a (mostly) apolitical person, I don't normally read blogs like this, but I enjoyed reading yours.
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