Are My Childhood Dreams Crushed?

     When I was little I wanted to be Vanna White, then later on I was in awe of the weatherman on television and the anchors on the TV station.
     My parents support my decision to pursue a degree in Broadcast Journalism and accepted the fact journalists do not make much after graduating college.
     According to California State University “In September of 1998, the average salary offered for graduating CSUF journalism students was $24,248.”
     That was in 1998, but what about now? Missouri School of Journalism is reporting Radio/TV majors are making $27,500.
     That is only a 3,252 dollar raise but, groceries, clothes and gas prices are much higher now than in 1998. How can one afford survive on that pay?
     In 2007, my professors said this was the major to be in; this was the field that would be booming when I graduated. Fast forward four years and it has turned 180 degrees.
     Economic Policy Institute reports, “The unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-old workers averaged 18.4%, compared with 9.6% for U.S. workers overall.”
     After, acquiring grants and collecting thousands of dollars in multiple loans, endless hours of sitting in classrooms and lecture halls, and endless hours of writing papers and studying, and stressing; all to get a piece of paper signed. I might not have a job when I graduate. It is very discouraging.
     When the Texas school districts had to layoff many of their teachers due to budget cuts and the unemployment rate being the highest ever; scares me. It makes me wonder should I pursue a master’s degree after I graduate. That would give this economy three years to turn around in the job opportunities that could arise.
    I believe things happen for a reason, there is greater plan than I know.  Life is a roller coaster, it has its ups and down.

Another Obama Speech

     The speech that Obama made on Fiscal Policy was supposedly suppose to be unbiased but I feel he put a lot of blame on the Republicans.
     Obama first starts out saying:

 "What we’ve been debating here in Washington over the last few weeks will affect the lives of the students here and families all across America in potentially profound ways." 

     Well, I believe that is a given, anything that the government does has a profound affect on the citizens of this country; that is common sense.

     Obama goes on to giving a history lesson, that blames Republicans for the situtation that this nation is in today:

"But as far back as the 1980s, America started  debt at  alarming levels, and our leaders began to realize that a larger challenge was on the horizon."

and goes on, "But after Democrats and Republicans committed to fiscal discipline during the 1990s, we lost our way in the decade that followed.  We increased spending dramatically for two wars and an expensive prescription drug program -– but we didn’t pay for any of this new spending.  Instead, we made the problem worse with trillions of dollars in unpaid-for tax cuts -– tax cuts that went to every millionaire and billionaire in the country; tax cuts that will force us to borrow an average of $500 billion every year over the next decade."
     There was a lot of finger pointing from Obama but I believe not enough explaining how to fix the problems.
     Obama made a comment later on in the speech that this country will "have to live within our means." According to ABC news, we paid at least $255 million for the 161 Tomahawk cruise missiles we used in 'helping' Libya. Could we really afford helping another country when we are in the trouble we are in now?
     The Week reported in July 2010, Obama took 65 days of family vacation. "During the those same 20 months since Obama began his regime, the average American family has taken less that 21 days of vacation, IF they are employed," reports Mark Knoller. Should we be looking at the president to set example by 'living in our means'?

"50 million Americans [would] have to lose their health insurance in order for us to reduce the deficit.  Who are these 50 million Americans?... Many are poor children.  Some are middle-class families who have children with autism or Down’s syndrome.  Some of these kids with disabilities are -- the disabilities are so severe that they require 24-hour care.  These are the Americans we’d be telling to fend for themselves."
      Poor children have poor parents and the special needs children's family already suffer with the amount of doctors bills, special therapy and other essentials they need in order to live. According to Disabled World, "In the United States, caring for a child with special health care needs usually means higher medical expenses for a family, particularly for low-income families, who spend a disproportionally large share of their income on their child's care."

For example: A family with a child that has a cleft palate has trouble getting help from doctors and the government here; but we send our doctors, our money to help the child with the same condition over seas.
     Obama's plan is to reduce the deficit by 4 trillion dollars over the next 12 years; he mentions he was put this plan into effect in his second-term of presidency. He is still in his first how can he be already planning for his second why can't he be able to do a little something now?

The Budget and Me...

    The national budget cuts could hit me more than I thought so or would prefer to admit.
     I am currently attending the University of Houston and my brother is going to Stephen F. Austin State University; we both need financial aid to complete our degrees . The budget cuts heavily into education funding. Back in February, the UH board of regents approved to raise the tuition by 3.95 percent- which means a full-time student would pay $138 more a semester. $138 could by groceries for a week, could buy at least 3 pairs of shoes or it could even pay for maybe 1 textbook for a class. With the raise of tuition and the drastic cuts to education funding; grants and loans would be cut. Which means we would have to pay more up front for our education and less for other needs we have.
     Majority of the politicians are claiming they will "not touch Social Security" but in Obama's speech on Wednesday, he stated that nothing is off limits. If Social Security is affected in this cut, it would affect my grandma and my grandfather who both depend on their Social Security checks. After health complications my grandfather has to live in a nursing home to best support him. The nursing home is already expensive and if cuts do happen it will drastically hit the pockets of my grandma and my family as well as father's two brothers and their families.
     The state of Texas has already implemented layoffs in the school systems. My mother is a special ed teacher, her school was affected by the state budget cuts to the school districts but she is paid  by federal money. When she sign her contract it stated that if federal money was cut then she could lose her job.
     Right now the economy is horrible. The unemployment  rate is extremely high right now. I am afraid that  these cuts will  affect the unemployment rate and the future of this country.  What will happen to students next month graduating from college? When I graduate,  I  will have a major in broadcast journalism and a minor in education, both  have been hit hard today.  In a year for now I believe that I will be affected in the the jobs that I will be able to apply.

WINNING!

A dark cloud loomed over Washington D. C. on April 8, with the question everyone was asking: Would the government shut down tonight?

The answer: Not today!

Obama issued funding of an extension for Republicans and Democrats to work on the budget, extending the government to make deal by next Friday.

So, who wins with this extension? Does it benefit the Republicans or Democrats?  More importantly does it help or hurt us, the American citizens?

Republicans and Tea Partiers are winners in this situation; they have more time to get the necessary cuts that is needed to be made.  They showed they will not back down for what they and their voters believe in, they are looking to the future for this country making sure it has some hope under this administration.

Democrats on the other hand are clearly to blame.

“Had they done their jobs last year, when Democrats has ample majorities in the House and Senate, the government would have been funded for the current fiscal year,” reports from Fox Nation. 

Along with his buddies, Obama will be suffering in the long term. Michelle Malkin a Fox News contributor raised some valid points concerning where Obama's priorities reside:

 I wish the government would have shut down Friday because that would mean
over 80,000 federal workers out of a job temporally and government elected officials would not get paid either. Government offices would be shut down completely and the federal employees would not be receiving paychecks maybe then they could feel like the true American citizens of this country are feeling. Where in the U.S. 8.8% of Americans are unemployed and falling behind on bills.

American citizens are not winning with the extension in the long term, the Democrats with the prolonging of something that was needed to be done LAST June. When are Democrats and Obama going to own up and admit that they are wrong, they messed up?

Obama's  idea of "winning the future," does not back up what Democrats have been dishing. Obama you might want to change your slogan.

A Government Cover-Up?

On March 23 Donald Trump ask to see Obama's birth certificate

This is not the first time or even the last time someone will be asking to see proof of Obama being a natural born U.S. citizen.


Obama's administration did release a birth announcement that was published in the Honolulu Advertiser, that "revealed" he was born in the US.

 

They also released in June 2008 a certificate of live birth (shown here):

But, Tim Adams, a former Hawaii elections clerk, has stated there is "no long- form, hospital-generated birth certificate existed for Barack Obama Jr. in Hawaii and that neither Queens Medical Center nor Kapi'olani Medical Center in Honolulu had any record of Obama having been born in their medical facilities."

The claims Tim Adams supports Israel National News piece stating Obama's own grandmother says he was born in Kenya.

"According to Obama's Kenyan (paternal) grandmother, as well as his half-brother and half-sister, Barack Hussein Obama was born in Kenya, not in Hawaii as the Democratic candidate for president claims.  His grandmother bragged that her grandson is about to be President of the United States and is so proud because she was present DURING HIS BIRTH IN KENYA, in the delivery room."

According to a poll asking Americans: Do you believe Obama was born in the US?

                    51% believe Obama was NOT born in the United States

                    28% believe Obama WAS born in the United States

If Obama's administration is claiming he is a natural US citizen and his own grandmother is claiming he was born in Kenya; bottom line someone is lying the question is who?

What is so hard showing a birth certificate? If you are telling the truth why don't you show it? Are you trying to hide something? Is there something you think we the public, the people that keep you in or out of the office, not going to like? Yes, they did release a certificate of live birth, and his birth announcement but where is the actual birth certificate?

Donald Trump released his:

I think that if you are wanting to run this country you need to show proof you were born in this country. Senator Bill Ketron sponsored a bill which states a president must show his or her birth certificate. Unfortunately, the presidential birth certificate bill failed in the House.

Is there something the House knows that they do not want to share? Is this a government cover-up?