Obama: from hope to hype

I watched the Obama acceptance speech last night, the whole time I felt like those guys from mystery science theater 3000 as I made jokes about his lofty goals he was trying to outline. The thing with politicians I think it interesting is they jump steps. They speak about the dream of what they want to happen, but the forget the say how they will accomplish that. The budget of the Government is in debt, which in turn makes it hard for any sort of action to take place. When children grow up and want to do things as adults then they usually have to budget those things they want into their income. Obama said we would lower taxes on some and raise it on others. That might change the amount of the budget, but will he do anything about where a lot of the budget goes now? See where your tax money goes. Not only do we spend most of our money on defense, we spend much more then any other country in the world. So since we spend so much on defense does that make us safer? Is a country that is financially unsafe with their spending still safe? Obama takes about hope and giving america back, and the dignity of work, but he won't say, I am going to cut the defense budget, that all the money we put into making millitary equipment, I will instead put into building hospitals and schools. He does talk about schools and hospitals, "protect us from harm and provide every child a decent education; keep our water clean and our toys safe; invest in new schools and new roads and new science and technology."
Lofty goals, i'll believe it when I see it

P.S. there is some interesting stories about the large homeless shelter near the Xcel during the RNC, controversy that just hits home the real problems with america. Here is the story