The Government Could of Done Better

This past September marked our 8th anniversary of the 2001 terroristic attacks. Along with the 8 years that has pass, the United States is still in a war which in my opinion is unnecessary. Today, I came across an article on the front section of Yahoo, “Lack of coordination leaves bin laden at large” written by Golnar Motevalli. He conveyed a few surprising information that caught me off guard. The first information that surprised me was about President Obama, apparently he is deciding to send more troops to Afghanistan and the other was the fact that US troops were within reach of capturing Osama bin Laden in the Tora Bora Caves back in 2001 but with lack of intelligence, he slipped away.
The first information truly angers me. According to one of Obama’s promises that he made when running for the office, was to bring our troops back home. Although Obama is a better fit for president than Bush will ever be, it feels as though Obama is taking the same road as Bush did when he was president. By sending our troops overseas, we are doing nothing but losing our soldiers and loved ones.
The other surprising and not so surprising information because it involves Bush and his administration was the fact that they let Osama bin laden get away due to lack of coordination. A report from congress stated "The failure to finish the job represents a lost opportunity that forever altered the course of the conflict in Afghanistan and the future of international terrorism” and it also blames Bush and his administration for the failure. Nevertheless, again this angers me, with so many mishaps including this poorly coordinated intelligence, I wonder how George Bush got into office and why people voted for him to begin with. This president couldn’t defend our country, this president took us into war that is lasting more than any other wars in the US history, this president couldn’t find the weapons of mass destruction, and heck this president reads a book upside down!

Blog Stage 6: Illegal Aliens

In the article titled “Illegal Aliens” by Manuela Olivares, the person indicates how there is an unfair system of the people that come from Mexico illegally. As I read through the whole article, I couldn’t agree more with Manuela, on how a group of people can be treated so badly. Yes, people may be upset that our hard earned tax money is being used to keep the illegal aliens out but there are no results, Hispanics still manage to find a way into the US in record numbers. Going along side with the author, why doesn’t the government use our hard earned money to educate and help our southern neighbors with documentation and obtain citizenship? At least this way, there could be no objections on whether our money goes to a worthless cause.
I do however disagree on the comment about the twin towers, it is true that our Hispanic brothers and sisters were not part of the terroristic but that is not the reason why Americans fear Hispanics. In my opinion, it is all based on fear or prejudice of Hispanics invading a territory. For instance, I have witnessed a predominate Caucasian and Asian neighborhood with a prejudice mindset when a few African American families moved in. They felt as though the neighborhood was getting “ghetto”.
Manuela indicated that Hispanics are the ones that are doing the hard labor for less pay. I couldn’t agree more. The only reason why Hispanics are doing the hard work is because we Americans won’t do it and they take the initiative to do it. It’s also unfair that Hispanics are getting paid under the minimum pay rate for what they do and the government isn’t doing anything about it. Last I recalled, slavery ended with the 13th amendment! Why do I see all the Hispanics cutting grass and picking up trash while the white and even the black man is standing there under the shade drinking a cool glass of water?
I guess our country and government has forgotten that we are the land of opportunity and prosperity.