Spending What We Can Afford

Both the President and Congress develop a budget for our federal government. Together they decide how much money should be spent on different things such as health care, education, education, etc. Congress passed a "pay-as-you-go" budgeting plan. This plan may also be known as "paygo". This spending plan is a plan that the government can only use money that they currently have instead of borrowing the money from someone else. Many people aren't happy with the way that the government is spending the money. They keep borrowing money for more entitlements and our country is growing deeper and deeper into debt. People that are opposed to this new program say that this new budget program will cause taxes to increase in order to pay for the new programs.

I think that this paygo plan is a good plan for our government to use. This is better because our government can only use money that they have in funds. It will allow our government to manage their money better because they know that they only have a certain number of dollars to work with and they will have to be more aware of where they are using the money. They won't be able to borrow from other countries and it will help to lower our debt some because we aren't using money that we don't have on ne programs that our government is paying for.

Obama's opinion on paygo: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/06/obama-announces-push-for-paygo.html

Issue #1 War Dollars

http://maloney10-maloney10.blogspot.com/2010/02/war-dollars.html

Issue #3 Social Insecurity

http://mschmidt1.blogspot.com/2010/02/issue-3-social-insecurity.html

Tiger Woods set to make public apology

On this day Tiger Woods finally spoke out about what he did. His speech was about 14 minutes long and it was the first time that he has spoken since his November car crash. He spoke to an audince of about 40 reporters and in his speech he apologized for the news that he made recently. Tiger was quoted saying, " know I have bitterly disappointed all of you... For all that I have done, I am so sorry..." No questions were allowed to be asked as they didn't feel that Tiger would want to talk about it more than he had to. After his speech, Tiger embraced his mother and others that were in attendence.

I was happy to hear that Tiger finally was able to talk about his past. It had to have been hard for him to stand up there and tell people about the things that he did wrong. I think that this is just one point on his way to playing golf again soon. I hope that he can get back to playing golf soon because he is the face of the sport and the tournaments don't have as much meaning if he isn't playing in them.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/19/tiger.woods/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29

Using pressure as fuel, White takes place among rare champions

After defending his snowboard halfpipe title in the olympics, Shaun White was asked what he was planning on doing next. He said that he was going to "hit every street in Vancouver." Going into the 2010 Vancouver olympics Shaun White was the only American athlete that had more pressure on his shoulders. White embraced this pressure and his coach said "It's his enemy and his ally...He's scared of it, he embraces it. It gets him up in the morning." White's two runs were flawless and now he says after winning the gold, "I can finally go to sleep now!"

Shaun White was better than any other competitor in this competition. During the competition they compared his straight air with another competitor's. During his straight air he was at least ten feet higher than his competitor. The competition was even close. He won the competition in his first run and he didn't even perform his signature trick. After everyone but him ran his second run he already knew that he had won the gold medal. He debated with his coach if he should ride down the middle or give the audience a show. He decided to give them a show. He pulled out his signature trick on his last hit and he landed it perfectly and he even got a better score on his second run. This competition wasn't even close because Shaun White is the best snowboarder in the world.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/olympics/2010/writers/austin_murphy/02/18/shaun-white/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29##ixzz0gNSmf4Bd

Three die as plane hits California neighborhood

On Wednesday February 17 three people were killed after a twin-engine Cessna 310 fell to the ground in East Palo Alto, California. It hit a utility tower and it then skidded down the street and it hit a home. It hit two houses and they started on fire. The three deaths were all from people that were on the plane and none of the people on the ground were injured. The city was without power for almost the whole morning as the power lines were damaged.



This is very unfortunate for people that lived in this city. People aren't expecting a airplane to crash and hit their home and it is very shocking when it happens. This incident could have been a lot worse as there could have been people still in the houses and their could have been more people that could have killed or injured.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/02/17/california.plane.crash/

Canadians trying to guess who will light Olympic flame

One of the major questions that is going on in Canada is who is going to be the celebrity that is going to light the Olympic torch. They say that the decision is between Wayne Gretzky and Betty Fox, the mother of the late Terry Fox. Singers Bryan Adams and Sarah McLachlan are two singers that will also be performing during the opening ceremony. The Canadians are excited to host the Olympics and are trying to win gold because the last time it was in Canada they didn't win any gold medals.

Lighting the Olympic torch is a great honor for the person that is choosen to light it. I think that Wayne Gretzky is a great choice to light it. He is a Canadian that is one of the best hockey players of all-time and I think that he should be the one choosen to light the torch. I feel that Canada has a lot to prove because the last time that the Olympics were held in Canada they failed to win even one gold medal. They should excited to go out for their country and finally win a gold medal in their own country.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/02/11/olympic.ceremony.preview/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29