447billion approval

our senate just approved a bill to "provide money for non-defense government agencies including the Transportation, Commerce, Justice, Veterans Affairs and State departments". i just don't understand why sooo much money is needed! Between the bail out money and this, China defn. is going to own us! $447 billion!.. where does all this money come from? The only thing left is for Obama's stamp of approval;lets see what Mr. president has instore for us this time.

peace prize

I don't know what to say. Obama accepted the Nobel peace prize just 9 days after he sent 30,000 more troops over seas. I don't think they gave him such an honorable prize to increase our "war" in Afghanistan. Why was he even give the prize in the first place? He was put up for nomination basically for "talking about" everything he wanted to change.

Dove in Afgan..

I think this shows us a reality.. We don't know how much we are needed right now. Yes, our intentions were a bit twisted to start, but the people of Afghanistan need us now, they want freedom for the Taliban. I think I can say this with confidence because of how such a left wing person protesting the war can simply state: "we need more troops". As much as we don't want to "police" the world, or be at war right now, I think our presence is needed.

8 roles of the president

Obama overall is what I think, pretty well rounded in his roles at the president. I couldn't determine that he has done a horrible job at any of them. Obama has the strengths of standing for something, delivering his ideals in a way in which any can understand, and meeting with other countries around the world to increase our friendliness. The only thing that really bothers me about Obama, which I think bothers many is his inability to act on what he says....thus far. Anyone can stand up on stage and express great plants for out nation, but not just anybody can fallow through and complete these tasks. he does have a lot of time ahead of him, so we will see how this all folds out

Executive Privilege

I think that this should be used as little as possible. Anything i the president knows, I think congress should know, to better their decisions for passing laws and giving approvals. The president knows much more about our situations over seas then we do, I think we have the right to know what going on unless it could bring harm to our country, or our people. With a more informed american body, we can help decided what needs to truly be done.

Fort Hood

the question is.. Do you think the military did all they could from preventing the fort Hood shooting. I feel that this accident could have been completely prevented. If indeed the FBI had been tracking or following the blog of Nidal Malik Hasan, and was aware of his place in the military, why infact was this information not massed onto the generals at Fort Hood. I think the lack of communication between government branches needs to be sorted out.

Eminent Domain

I don't think that the

Government should have the power to take owners property and sell it to private corporations for projects. This power should simply limited to legitimate government projects, such as highways, or new affordable housing projects. When the Government abuses its powers, thats when things get out of hand, and thats when people begin to protest.