Obama's 12 Billion Plan

Obama's plan consists of trying to raise the percentage of people going to college. he hopes that helping community colleges will also help people gain the skills needed in order to obtain a "new generation of jobs." president Obama stated ,"I love the folks who helped get us in this mess and then suddenly say, 'Well, this is Obama's economy.That's fine. Give it to me. My job is to solve problems, not to stand on the sidelines and harp and gripe," showing that he knows people are blaming him for the economy now and the one's that are really responsible are letting him take the blame. Senator Lamar Alexander believes that Obama's plan only sounds good, but it won't live up to what it's suppose to do. Obama is going to try and fix other people's mistakes, if it works then he'll me remebered as the man who helped fix the economy, but if he fails he'll be remembered as the man who tried to fix what others had ruined and took the blame with hopes of proving them wrong. Obama believes that things will get harder before it gets easier, and the way things are it seems like he's right. he is hoping that unemployment rate goes down as more people go to any type of college. this plan seems solid, but it seems like it requires a lot or cooperation, and there seems to be a lack of unity in these "United" states.

Sarah Palin: Resigned to Cash in on fame?

Levi Johnston, Bristol Palin's ex-fiance, accused Sarah Palin of resigning as the governor of Alaska in order to make some money. He stated that he lived with the Palin family for a while and that "She had talked about how nice it would be to take some of this money people had been offering us and you know just run with it, say 'forget everything else." Seeing that she had over $500,000 in legal fees, it's not hard to believe that she was planning to get away with the money in order to pay them off. However, as the article stated Johnston wants his own book and movie deal. His accusations could be based on facts or they could be entirely made up in order to cash in on her fame as well. It seems as though he is being a hypocrite. He said that book deals are really what interested Palin, but he is the one pursuing book deals. What about Palin wanting to make a book suggests that she wanted to run away with the money? Various of other politians have made books, George W. Bush even had a movie and his term was barely ending. i don't believe that she wanted to cash in on fame; she probably wanted to let people know about her life story. Johnston doesn't have a political career or isn't well known so he gains more from the whole scandal.