Our youth are headed down the wrong path....!

I could not agree more with the reply post by our government and politics 

about childhood obesity. I think it’s a major problem facing America’s youth. Personally, when I was a youth during the summer, you could always find me outside. One of my best friends lived down the street, and every summer we were always outside playing baseball, or jumping on the trampoline. We even played army games outside, shooting each other with fake machine guns-those were the best times. My grandma had to come outside to yell to come eat lunch; otherwise we would have played outside all day, without a care in the world.

            Today, kids are too lazy to go outside and play. Most would spend their times playing rock band or checking their friends status updates on facebook. Our youth would rather spend time at the mall or watching the latest music videos on MTV then go outside and sweat. Personally, I think more needs to be done to stop child obesity. Parents need to enroll their kids in youth summer camps, and encourage them to get out and make new friends and new experiences. Many of our youth are lazy, and would rather stuff their face and spend their time doing nothing but watching T.V. and texting other friends.

            As a youth I was always outside, I was also a chubby kid growing up. After high school I incorporated working out into my daily life, and I soon dropped weight like crazy. Today I enjoy working out, if I was not in school I would probably be working in the personal trainer field. I enjoy working out, and helping others work toward their goals. If our youth had somebody to push them to work out and motivate them, it would make a tremendous improvement. Eating right plays a big part in losing weight, but without any motivation, there is no point. I hope that our government incorporates some kind of program to incorporate working out and eating right to our youth, otherwise our youth are in for a troubling future.

Either way, hopefully our youth realize for themselves like i did.

Where did all the $$$$$$ go??

One of the biggest problems plaguing the US government is the debt crisis. It’s clear that money is very scarce in these troubling times. Many jobs are not hiring, adding to the sky high unemployment rate. Personally I work two part-time jobs, and at times it seems like hours are being cut. Many businesses have a freeze on hiring new employees, so current workers are forced to work harder to increase production-with added help the heavy work load would balance out.

Its sickening watching people go through hard times, like the Japan tsunami, or the devastating tornadoes that caused so much damage. These people are struggling, then you have some of Americas wealthiest blowing money on million dollar cars, and billion dollar stadiums, or rappers spending thousands of dollars just to make it rain on strippers. I know it’s not their duty to help others, although if you have no money problem, then donate to a REAL cause. I’ll be the first to admit if I ever get rich, I will CHANGE, but I also would want to help others in need if I could afford it.  My father always told me, “never forget where you came from”, and its true money changes you, but I would never turn my back on family and friends.

I know America was left in a hole after George Bush’s presidency, but in my opinion, our current president seems to be following his footsteps. It is time to pull the troops out of Iraq; we are still spending money on the war, not to mention soldiers are still being killed. If Iraq doesn’t have their things in order by now, well then they never will. Don’t even get me started on how broke many school districts are. I thought “children are the future”??? I don’t know how, when the districts can’t afford new books, supplies or even after school programming. These poor kids are going to have it rough if they ever make it out. I hope that the president can dig us out of this hole soon before things get worse.