" War = Recession Proof "

The cost of the Iraq war sky rocketed up to $1 trillion. Congress can do its job by holding President Bush accountable for runaway expenses. Democrats are now in control of the war and have not done much better than the Republicans did in the past. Public opinion and the Constitution are on the side of Democrats willing to demand answers to how the money will be spent and the results to be expected. For this budget, President Bush originally requested $150 billion to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. That was on top of the $460 billion to fund the rest of the Department of Defense. Now the president is back, three weeks after the start of the new fiscal year, demanding another $42 billion, mostly for the Iraq war. By one account it is $42.3 billion and others have it at $46 billion. The difference may involve taking part out of the funds funneled for North Korea, the Palestinians and similar efforts. On one level, the numbers are like the estimates of the weekly cost of the Iraq war. It's $2 billion or $3 billion. The common thread is, every penny is borrowed. Democrats outrage over the Iraq war turns timid in the face of White House rhetoric that their opponents are weak on national defense. Squandering money that does not make the country any safer is hardly resolute leadership. Congress and the Democrats are on safe ground expressing incredulity. They are supposed to defend the treasury from intemperate, profligate executives. They have the weight and authority that go with the power of the purse. Asking tough questions is their duty. The challenge feels awkward because Congress is out of practice. Saying "no" and meaning it is part of the job description.

"Group Project"

My group project is going well. We decided to address the issue of attendance at the women’s volleyball games at the University of Southern Mississippi. Our team is very successful and deserve more support from our fellow student body and the community. We have pitched a proposal to make a youtube video and brochure to inform the public on this issue. We will hopefully get the response we are expecting and help uplift the sprits of the team.
Our group is on schedule and everything is working out as we planned. Schedules to interview members of the volleyball team are in progress. After that point I will cut and edit the video to make it attractive to out target market. Everything has been planned but, still in the process of getting completed. All theses issues will soon be resolved and our project will be coming together.
My group members and I are getting along very well. We all work hard and all strive to have a successful turnout. Working with others is hard, especially in college because we’re all so busy. I is very hard to get all of the members together because we all have other responsibilities outside of English 333. Meeting time often is Friday evenings after six o’clock. We always get have very productive meeting with creative ideas. We have yet to have any problems, which make it easy to accomplish work.
In conclusion, we must put our plan into action and start progressing towards the completion of our project. The construction of the brochure will be the most time consuming. Strategically deciding what to put on our brochure will be critical to the effectiveness. Filming will also take a lot of preparation. If we continue as we have we will be successful. To help us be successful we all as a group have to use our resources to our full extent. We are all very intelligent, talented students and I feel this project will make a difference.