Obama expanding mortage aid

Obama expanded a $50 billion mortgage aid program, showing a good thing that would help homeowners avoid a foreclosure if they don’t qualify for other assistance. The Obama administration knows that not every person who is behind on their loans will qualify for a modification. Officials estimate up to 4 million borrowers will get their loans modified, but in actuality it might in fact even be less than half of that. I think that this looks good for those who are struggling in these tough economic times. Although they did put themselves in the predicament we should still bail them out to help out our fellow citizens.

Obama giving out scholarships at ASU

Arizona State University will have a graduation ceremony with Obama speaking. Many people are excited to see our president show up to their graduation and give an inspirational speech. On top of that, he is giving out scholarships to the top 5 students, $17,000 annually to pay for tuition, books, room and board. I think that this is a great opportunity for those who are doing exceptionally well in academics. For all their hard work I think that it is only right to help them out with these rising prices of tuition costs and every other asset. Hopefully more schools will start to adopt these scholarships since it looks like tuition costs are going up.

National Prayer Day

President Obama signs day of prayer in private. Hmm.. National Day of Prayer and the people don't have a say in it? If this day of prayer is a day of peace and prayer amongst a variety of religions I would accept it. However, if it was just a prayer day for some religions, I would think it is unfair towards other religions. What do you think?

Obama meets with foreign president

President Obama meets with Afghanistan and Pakistan Presidents to discuss plans on fighting the Taliban. Obama got the agreement that the U.S would aid both against insurgents against the countries civilians. You can say this is good on helping other foreign countries and trying to stop peace. However, we are sending in 21,000 troops as aid, I thought we were supposed to try and get troops out of there? What do you guys think, is it a good call to come to the aid of the countries and fight against terrorism?