caught in the middle
Colleague from, "Caught in the Middle," has very great reason to call the "No Child Left Behind Act," bluff. I too can contest to the problems and the emphasis on the taks testing because I to have children. After reading through the links provided and finding out more information about this issue, I realize that as a country and our government that's for the people; we are missing the big picture. We are too focused on money that the minorities are failing educationally. We have done nothing to fix this rising number of failing students and because we don't make as much money as the middle or upper class families we get dealt the short end of the stick. How are the low income families suppose to teach their children to break the cycle of not succeeding educationally, if they are not given a opportunity to do so? I want to know which state representative, or which governer came to visit the schools that are shutting down and taking teachers away from. Have we been on the inside to see where the problem lies? Are we making judgements based on what these test scores tell us? So instead, we do as my friend "caught in the middle" stated, we stamp our schools as failing and never question what the school is needing or missing. These are real life situations for the poor and the needy. My friend "caught in the middle," makes a very good point saying this, "You can pass all the laws you want but you can’t legislate a perfect world. At some point you have to pull your head out of the clouds and deal with the realities on the ground. At the same time that entitlements for the poor are under attack, we are demanding more of the children of the affected families under pressure and not giving them the skills they need to make a living." This is not a perfect world and never will be, but we can strive to be a thriving world which grants the same opportunities for each and every individual; no matter your color or sex. This opportunity starts at home and then given through the educators which have a bigger influence on our kids than we as parents do at times.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Where do we put our money?
"April 29, 2011 5:4
http://www.cbsnews.com/
5 PM
Indiana Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels announced late Friday afternoon that he will sign a controversial bill to defund Planned Parenthood.
"I supported this bill from the outset, and the recent addition of language guarding against the spending of tax dollars to support abortions creates no reason to alter my position," he said in a statement.
Daniels' decision was closely watched since he is considering a presidential run. His earlier call for a "truce" on social issues had garnered the ire of social conservatives, and the bill was seen as a test of where he stood on such issues. Daniels has cast himself as focused primarily on fiscal issues.
Had Daniels vetoed the bill, which will make Indiana the first state to strip Medicaid funding for the network of reproductive health clinics, it would likely have hardened opposition to Daniels among social conservatives, who make up a significant portion of the GOP primary electorate in the key early voting states of Iowa and South Carolina. Signing the bill may help Daniels alleviate some of the reservations to his candidacy among that group if he decides to run.
"Any organization affected by this provision can resume receiving taxpayer dollars immediately by ceasing or separating its operations that perform abortions," Daniels said in his statement.
On Thursday, Rick Santorum, a potential Daniels rival in the GOP presidential primary, called on the governor to sign the bill, saying of Planned Parenthood, "That's an organization that has a very sordid history and founding and one that I still think focuses in on activities that a lot of people have moral objections to." During the budget fight earlier this year that almost led to a government shutdown, Republicans tried and failed to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parentood, which is legally barred from using federal money to perform abortions.
The Indiana bill will eliminate $2 million in federal funding that Planned Parenthood receives, funneled through the state (the legislature has no control over an additional $1 million Planned Parenthood in Indiana receives from the federal government). About $1.3 million of that money comes from Medicaid funds allocated for family planning. It will also ban abortions after 20 weeks.
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Our a nation has debated for months about where do we put our money, and where do we take money from. Mitchell Daniels believes and has taken charge to cut funding from the planned parenthood organization. I'm thinking that maybe he didn't think clearly about every step or every loophole that is faced at the planned parenthood clinics and also what it means for the rest of the community and tax payers. If you cut funding from planned parenthood, then this means we will end spending and funding through medicaid more money for young teens or young adults who cannot provide for babies that they produced. Before we cut this funding, we need to fix the problem of teen pregnancy and young people having babies whom aren't capable of providing for their babies. So now they are going to have the babies and tax payers are going to pay for it through medicaid and all the other assistant programs. I personally don't believe in abortion, but sometimes I believe it's necessary. Let's teach our children to practice safe sex and educate their minds and then take this step. Right now, we don't have their attention. The old ways of living have changed. Some parents are not teaching and educating their children at home. As a nation, we need to step up to the plate and take back the American dream.
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5 PM
Mitch Daniels will sign bill to defund Planned Parenthood
Gov Mitch Daniels
(Credit: AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) "I supported this bill from the outset, and the recent addition of language guarding against the spending of tax dollars to support abortions creates no reason to alter my position," he said in a statement.
Daniels' decision was closely watched since he is considering a presidential run. His earlier call for a "truce" on social issues had garnered the ire of social conservatives, and the bill was seen as a test of where he stood on such issues. Daniels has cast himself as focused primarily on fiscal issues.
Had Daniels vetoed the bill, which will make Indiana the first state to strip Medicaid funding for the network of reproductive health clinics, it would likely have hardened opposition to Daniels among social conservatives, who make up a significant portion of the GOP primary electorate in the key early voting states of Iowa and South Carolina. Signing the bill may help Daniels alleviate some of the reservations to his candidacy among that group if he decides to run.
"Any organization affected by this provision can resume receiving taxpayer dollars immediately by ceasing or separating its operations that perform abortions," Daniels said in his statement.
On Thursday, Rick Santorum, a potential Daniels rival in the GOP presidential primary, called on the governor to sign the bill, saying of Planned Parenthood, "That's an organization that has a very sordid history and founding and one that I still think focuses in on activities that a lot of people have moral objections to." During the budget fight earlier this year that almost led to a government shutdown, Republicans tried and failed to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parentood, which is legally barred from using federal money to perform abortions.
The Indiana bill will eliminate $2 million in federal funding that Planned Parenthood receives, funneled through the state (the legislature has no control over an additional $1 million Planned Parenthood in Indiana receives from the federal government). About $1.3 million of that money comes from Medicaid funds allocated for family planning. It will also ban abortions after 20 weeks.
Our a nation has debated for months about where do we put our money, and where do we take money from. Mitchell Daniels believes and has taken charge to cut funding from the planned parenthood organization. I'm thinking that maybe he didn't think clearly about every step or every loophole that is faced at the planned parenthood clinics and also what it means for the rest of the community and tax payers. If you cut funding from planned parenthood, then this means we will end spending and funding through medicaid more money for young teens or young adults who cannot provide for babies that they produced. Before we cut this funding, we need to fix the problem of teen pregnancy and young people having babies whom aren't capable of providing for their babies. So now they are going to have the babies and tax payers are going to pay for it through medicaid and all the other assistant programs. I personally don't believe in abortion, but sometimes I believe it's necessary. Let's teach our children to practice safe sex and educate their minds and then take this step. Right now, we don't have their attention. The old ways of living have changed. Some parents are not teaching and educating their children at home. As a nation, we need to step up to the plate and take back the American dream.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Financial Crisis
I have to question the intelligence of getting involved in Lybia with so much financial problem looming over our heads at home. We are 14 trillion dollars in debt and we have already spent half a billion dollars enforcing a no fly zone. What happens if Qadhafi stays in power? What will we do then? The intention was to protect innocent civilians from being used as human shields and be slaughtered for no reason. These acts did not just begin. Why have we not paid attention before?
We have a budget crisis that is requiring our congress to make ways to keep the government open for a few more months at a time. The American people should be asking these questions in front of every television camera they can find. We need to tell our lawmakers enough is enough. We need to get very angry and let them know that we will make sure that a replacement is found in the next election for every member that does not begin making headlines with the enormous changes they are offering. Congress needs to know that we are no longer a citizenry that will idly sit by and continue to watch this country being torn down by their greed.
Now has come the time to put reality back in the minds of our elected officials. We must let them know that we will exercise our constitutional rights to install a new leadership that will work by, for and of the people. If you do not understand this then educate yourself. I promise the more you learn about the present level of governmental waste the angrier you will become. Just like a person, a government that remains in debt will become a government without power. It will find itself having to rely on others, and worse, having to settle for what it can get. We have always been the country to run to the aide of others. We have liberated many countries with the blood of our brave young men and we have never asked for more in return than enough land to bury our dead. I assure you we will not find the same support from anyone. We have to save the most wonderful country there has ever been before it is too late.
Call or write your representatives from the bottom up. Ask them what they are sacrificing for the budget. Ask them what they have done and plan to do to rescue this nation. Do your part to open their eyes. Let them know we are watching and listening. Let them no the free ride is over. It’s time for them to work for us as we have worked for them.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Has justice been served?
"Westside Rapist" gets life for Calif. killings
John Floyd Thomas pleads guilty to seven counts of first-degree murder and gets sentence of seven life terms
"(AP)LOS ANGELES - A former state insurance adjuster dubbed the "Westside Rapist" by police was sentenced to life in prison Friday for murdering seven women in sexual attacks that terrified Los Angeles in the 1970s and 1980s.
John Floyd Thomas, 74, pleaded guilty to seven counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to seven life terms, including one without the possibility of parole in the attacks, Los Angeles County district attorney's spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said.
Some of the murders included special allegations that the crimes were committed during the commission of burglary or rape.
Leads pile up vs. suspected serial killer
A call to Thomas' court-appointed public defender, Alan Gelfand, was not immediately returned.
Based on cold-case DNA testing, Thomas was arrested in March 2009 and charged in the "Westside Rapist" case in which a man entered the homes of middle-aged and elderly women who lived alone, raped them and choked them until they passed out or died.
Although he was charged with seven murders, investigators have said they believe he may have killed as many as 30 women and raped many more.
The attacks stopped in 1978 — the year Thomas went to prison for the rape of a Pasadena woman — but authorities say they resumed a decade later in the eastern county."
It appears that justice has not been served for John Floyd Thomas. He has been charged with killing seven woman and also sexually assaulted their innocence. They have suspected or stated that he may have killed and raped more than thirty women. All he gets is seven life sentences? This man does not deserve to survive off of our tax dollars. Yes, he is human and has made severely life altering mistakes, but he needs to die slowly. We all sin and have fallen short, but thirty possible victims? That is way too many lives that have been jeopardized and taken my his hand. How many more does it take for us to realize that maybe he wants to die because he doesn't have any regards or value for life and the living being in others? I would love to know answers to the questions that I know maybe have related to the mass murderer.
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
Thousands rally at Capitol to protest education cuts
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Thousands rally at Capitol to protest education cuts
By Andrew Kaspar Updated: 9:11 p.m. Saturday, March 12, 2011
Published: 8:49 p.m. Saturday, March 12, 2011
Thousands of parents, teachers and other education advocates poured onto the Capitol grounds Saturday to rally against proposed state budget cuts that school districts say could force layoffs of thousands of teachers and other public education employees.
Demonstrators sprawled across the statehouse grounds, carrying signs scrawled with "Save Our Schools" and "Fund the Future."
Others carried umbrellas to underscore their desire that lawmakers tap into the state's rainy day fund to help balance the budget.
"We hope that being here will make a difference," said Nicollette Anthony, a 17-year-old from San Antonio. "But even if it doesn't, they'll know we tried."
Organizers handed out stickers to attendees as a means of counting the crowd and said they ran out of the 11,000 stickers they had on hand. A law enforcement officer on duty said that number seemed high, estimating that between 8,000 and 9,000 demonstrators were present.
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro , whose twin brother Joaquin is a Democratic state representative, talked about the impact of education cuts on the state's future.
"We have more people coming to Texas from all over the nation than ever before," Castro said. "What that means is that we have a choice to make: We can choose to invest in the future or choose to close our eyes and make bad decisions. I choose to invest in the future."
Current state budget proposals would leave public education more than $9 billion short of the funding required under current law. Under the proposals, about 100,000 public school employees could be laid off, according to the Center for Public Policy Priorities.
On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Perry made headlines when he said that local school districts — and not state leaders — would ultimately be responsible for impending teacher layoffs, class size increases and reduced course offerings.
Save Texas Schools, a coalition of education advocates that spearheaded Saturday's rally, urged lawmakers to use the state's rainy day fund, estimated at more than $9 billion. They also called for an end to the partisan standoff that has prevented Texas from receiving about $830 million in federal money for teachers, and demanded that the Legislature revisit the way public schools are funded.
Current policies have resulted in a structural deficit that will continue to leave schools billions of dollars short of the money they need, said Allen Weeks , chairman of the coalition's steering committee.
Save Texas Schools organizers said 43 legislators attended or sent staffers to the event.
Rep. Mark Strama, D-Austin, said the protests might force some introspection for lawmakers who saw last November's elections as a mandate to cut budgets.
"They think the voters are unequivocal, that we need to solve the budget shortfall by cutting spending," said Strama, a member of the House Public Education Committee. "The only way to get them not thinking about the last election but the next election — the one that matters — is to have big numbers of people show up and demand that we invest in education, and that's what this rally is accomplishing."
Children, those perhaps most directly affected by the proposed education cuts, attended and held signs alongside parents on a sunny afternoon. As temperatures rose, two fountains were transformed into pools that provided cooling relief for the younger crowd.
Organizers — primarily Austin-area parents and education advocates — began planning for the rally in early February. They expected participants from more than 300 school districts across the state.
Perry said districts facing reduced funding from the state should reassess the roles of their nonteaching personnel, a notion to which Penny Walls, a teacher from Bay City, took exception.
"He needs to come and teach, and do it without the staff, without the textbooks, without the funding," she said. "And then tell us how to get it done."
Additional material from staff writer Joshunda Sanders
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 8:49 p.m. Saturday, March 12, 2011
Thousands of parents, teachers and other education advocates poured onto the Capitol grounds Saturday to rally against proposed state budget cuts that school districts say could force layoffs of thousands of teachers and other public education employees.
Demonstrators sprawled across the statehouse grounds, carrying signs scrawled with "Save Our Schools" and "Fund the Future."
Others carried umbrellas to underscore their desire that lawmakers tap into the state's rainy day fund to help balance the budget.
"We hope that being here will make a difference," said Nicollette Anthony, a 17-year-old from San Antonio. "But even if it doesn't, they'll know we tried."
Organizers handed out stickers to attendees as a means of counting the crowd and said they ran out of the 11,000 stickers they had on hand. A law enforcement officer on duty said that number seemed high, estimating that between 8,000 and 9,000 demonstrators were present.
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro , whose twin brother Joaquin is a Democratic state representative, talked about the impact of education cuts on the state's future.
"We have more people coming to Texas from all over the nation than ever before," Castro said. "What that means is that we have a choice to make: We can choose to invest in the future or choose to close our eyes and make bad decisions. I choose to invest in the future."
Current state budget proposals would leave public education more than $9 billion short of the funding required under current law. Under the proposals, about 100,000 public school employees could be laid off, according to the Center for Public Policy Priorities.
On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Perry made headlines when he said that local school districts — and not state leaders — would ultimately be responsible for impending teacher layoffs, class size increases and reduced course offerings.
Save Texas Schools, a coalition of education advocates that spearheaded Saturday's rally, urged lawmakers to use the state's rainy day fund, estimated at more than $9 billion. They also called for an end to the partisan standoff that has prevented Texas from receiving about $830 million in federal money for teachers, and demanded that the Legislature revisit the way public schools are funded.
Current policies have resulted in a structural deficit that will continue to leave schools billions of dollars short of the money they need, said Allen Weeks , chairman of the coalition's steering committee.
Save Texas Schools organizers said 43 legislators attended or sent staffers to the event.
Rep. Mark Strama, D-Austin, said the protests might force some introspection for lawmakers who saw last November's elections as a mandate to cut budgets.
"They think the voters are unequivocal, that we need to solve the budget shortfall by cutting spending," said Strama, a member of the House Public Education Committee. "The only way to get them not thinking about the last election but the next election — the one that matters — is to have big numbers of people show up and demand that we invest in education, and that's what this rally is accomplishing."
Children, those perhaps most directly affected by the proposed education cuts, attended and held signs alongside parents on a sunny afternoon. As temperatures rose, two fountains were transformed into pools that provided cooling relief for the younger crowd.
Organizers — primarily Austin-area parents and education advocates — began planning for the rally in early February. They expected participants from more than 300 school districts across the state.
Perry said districts facing reduced funding from the state should reassess the roles of their nonteaching personnel, a notion to which Penny Walls, a teacher from Bay City, took exception.
"He needs to come and teach, and do it without the staff, without the textbooks, without the funding," she said. "And then tell us how to get it done."
Additional material from staff writer Joshunda Sanders
The entire article is necessary for the world, our nation, and right here at home, in the state of Texas. Our Governor Rick Perry, believes that it's okay for our future of educators can be spared and class offerings can be reduced and still our state can thrive. Where did this come from? How can we make it without educators? That is who got Governor Perry where he is today. Someone educated him. How can we allow something that will affect everyone take part? As a country, as a unifed front, we should be doing more to stop this disaster. This means over 100,000 jobs lost and 9 billion dollars short. Just as someone argued, more people are coming to texas, we can afford and invest in the future and that's what we need to choose to do. I agree with this argument whole heartedly,
"He needs to come and teach, and do it without the staff, without the textbooks, without the funding," she said. "And then tell us how to get it done." This is what our officials are saying will help our future.
"He needs to come and teach, and do it without the staff, without the textbooks, without the funding," she said. "And then tell us how to get it done." This is what our officials are saying will help our future.
Friday, February 25, 2011
State budget crisis looms over governors meeting
State budget crisis looms over governors meeting
By LIZ SIDOTI Updated: 8:07 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
Published: 4:25 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, 2011WASHINGTON — Confronting crushing budget woes, many of the nation's governors are calling for painful spending cuts. But beyond that, their approaches are diverging drastically, from union-cramping proposals in Wisconsin and other states to higher taxes in Illinois and elsewhere.
Most states' chief executives are struggling to plug massive budget holes without pushing unemployment higher and hampering a fragile post-recession recovery, and that's setting a worrisome atmosphere as they gather in Washington for their winter meeting.
Not all are coming; some are choosing to stay at home to wage budget battles with their legislatures.
The financial emergencies — and what to do about them — will be issue No. 1 over the next three days. Issue No. 2 is certain to be one prescription that's been in the headlines: Republican Gov. Scott Walker's effort in Wisconsin to strip bargaining rights from many state employees. It's prompted weeks of protests and outcry.
"We have to balance our budgets. We have to address costs. And we also have to move forward at the same time," said Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, the head of the Democratic Governors Association after his group met with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden at the White House. "We're not bracing for the worst. We're preparing for the best. And the best we can do right now is create jobs."
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, cast blame on Washington for much of the turmoil states are facing, saying: "The fact is that Washington, D.C., is trying to tell all of us how to run our states with way too much specificity, and the costs of that is what's driving the deficits in our country."
True or not, the situation is grim.
A day before the National Governors Association gathering began, the Commerce Department reported that state and local responses to growing budget crises were undercutting the national recovery, weighing down economic growth in the final three months of last year. Obama is counting on that recovery to propel him to re-election next year, and the governors are well aware of the political stakes in their states as well.
States have weathered two brutal budget years in which they sliced spending and laid off workers. Now, they face a third challenging year with federal stimulus money drying up and lower-than-expected tax collections coming up.
Over the past two months, governors' state-of-the-state speeches have been peppered with talk of tough budget choices, more streamlined services and job-creation strategies.
"Government redesign efforts are a part of virtually every aspect of state policy in 2011 as governors adjust to the new normal in the wake of the Great Recession," says John Thomasian, a director at the National Governors Association's Center for Best Practices. "Governors are focusing on consolidation, streamlining bureaucratic processes and controlling employee and pension costs, while at the same time doing as much as they can to spur job growth."
More than a dozen governors — Republicans and Democrats alike — have proposed plans to try to shrink the size of state government and make it more efficient by eliminating or combining agencies, boards and commissions. Several from both parties also want to cut the state work force to save money. And both Republicans and Democrats in some states are trying to overhaul pension systems
The Associated Press
Published: 4:25 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, 2011WASHINGTON — Confronting crushing budget woes, many of the nation's governors are calling for painful spending cuts. But beyond that, their approaches are diverging drastically, from union-cramping proposals in Wisconsin and other states to higher taxes in Illinois and elsewhere.
Most states' chief executives are struggling to plug massive budget holes without pushing unemployment higher and hampering a fragile post-recession recovery, and that's setting a worrisome atmosphere as they gather in Washington for their winter meeting.
Not all are coming; some are choosing to stay at home to wage budget battles with their legislatures.
The financial emergencies — and what to do about them — will be issue No. 1 over the next three days. Issue No. 2 is certain to be one prescription that's been in the headlines: Republican Gov. Scott Walker's effort in Wisconsin to strip bargaining rights from many state employees. It's prompted weeks of protests and outcry.
"We have to balance our budgets. We have to address costs. And we also have to move forward at the same time," said Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, the head of the Democratic Governors Association after his group met with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden at the White House. "We're not bracing for the worst. We're preparing for the best. And the best we can do right now is create jobs."
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, cast blame on Washington for much of the turmoil states are facing, saying: "The fact is that Washington, D.C., is trying to tell all of us how to run our states with way too much specificity, and the costs of that is what's driving the deficits in our country."
True or not, the situation is grim.
A day before the National Governors Association gathering began, the Commerce Department reported that state and local responses to growing budget crises were undercutting the national recovery, weighing down economic growth in the final three months of last year. Obama is counting on that recovery to propel him to re-election next year, and the governors are well aware of the political stakes in their states as well.
States have weathered two brutal budget years in which they sliced spending and laid off workers. Now, they face a third challenging year with federal stimulus money drying up and lower-than-expected tax collections coming up.
Over the past two months, governors' state-of-the-state speeches have been peppered with talk of tough budget choices, more streamlined services and job-creation strategies.
"Government redesign efforts are a part of virtually every aspect of state policy in 2011 as governors adjust to the new normal in the wake of the Great Recession," says John Thomasian, a director at the National Governors Association's Center for Best Practices. "Governors are focusing on consolidation, streamlining bureaucratic processes and controlling employee and pension costs, while at the same time doing as much as they can to spur job growth."
More than a dozen governors — Republicans and Democrats alike — have proposed plans to try to shrink the size of state government and make it more efficient by eliminating or combining agencies, boards and commissions. Several from both parties also want to cut the state work force to save money. And both Republicans and Democrats in some states are trying to overhaul pension systems
LIZ SIDOTI presented a very strong argument and gave us very important detail about on how our state's representatives are struggling to do what's best for our nation. As this article goes on, more and more governor's are stating how and trying to work through what they are going to do to help their state's survive. I completely agree that our state representative's need to give us the people, an answer. What's most intriguing is that, Liz quoted several comments from different state representative to make a point that this is something that is a concern for our nation. This was intended for the people and the author credibility is strong demonstrating and quoting from several governer's. The logic is that, our representatives are struggling to keep our states surviving and are working diligently to make the best moves for our nation. Whether we pay attention or not, it affects us all. "True or not, the situation is grim." This comment couldn't be even more true. I have to agree. No matter how we look at this, this is going to be a tough battle for us to fight.
Friday, February 11, 2011
The World Reacts to President Mubarak's Resignation
CBS News.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Resigns
After 30 years in power, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has resigned.
On state-run TV Friday, the day of the biggest-yet anti-government demonstrations, Mubarak's appointed Vice President Omar Suleiman made the brief announcement of the president's departure from office.
"In these grave circumstances that the country is passing through, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to leave his position as president of the republic," a grim-looking Suleiman said. "He has mandated the Armed Forces Supreme Council to run the state. God is our protector and succor."
You must tune in to what's happening in Eygpt. President Obama declared that, "Eygpt will never be the same." I believe the American people can truly learn what it looks like for a country to stick together and fight for what they believe in. I believe we need to pay close attention to this particular article as it relates souly to our country struggling financially and how if we stick together, what victory looks like and feels like. We as a people can change, but it takes the "people" to do so. If you want to know what it takes to turn the hearts of the American people, please tune in to what's happening in Egypt.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Resigns
VP Omar Suleiman Announces President Hosni Mubarak's Resignation; Military to Take Over President's Affairs
(CBS/AP) gpAfter 30 years in power, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has resigned.
On state-run TV Friday, the day of the biggest-yet anti-government demonstrations, Mubarak's appointed Vice President Omar Suleiman made the brief announcement of the president's departure from office.
"In these grave circumstances that the country is passing through, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to leave his position as president of the republic," a grim-looking Suleiman said. "He has mandated the Armed Forces Supreme Council to run the state. God is our protector and succor."
You must tune in to what's happening in Eygpt. President Obama declared that, "Eygpt will never be the same." I believe the American people can truly learn what it looks like for a country to stick together and fight for what they believe in. I believe we need to pay close attention to this particular article as it relates souly to our country struggling financially and how if we stick together, what victory looks like and feels like. We as a people can change, but it takes the "people" to do so. If you want to know what it takes to turn the hearts of the American people, please tune in to what's happening in Egypt.
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