Circle of Protection

After I watched both of the candidate's responses, I realized that both of the candidates sort of did not entirely answer the question. It sounded like they talked in circles about the same topic. That is a negative for both of the videos, in my opinion.

In President Obama's speech, he talked about how the poor and the middle class should not be responsible for fixing the economy. He said that the upper class should take on the most burden because they have been blessed and can afford to.

Mitt Romney believes in more means testing to be sure that people are not abusing the welfare system. He is more focused on creating jobs to get people off welfare and become self- sustaining so that there is not such a need for so much welfare. He understands that the welfare system needs changes but that the system was put in place for a reason. He plans on continuing America's legacy of helping its less fortunate.

Both candidates obviously have plans for helping the economy grow and flourish, however, I believe Romney did a better job at explaining his plan and what he wants to do with the economy. President Obama, I feel, talked more about the problems and not enough about the solutions.

Project H.O.M.E.

Project Home works for justice for the homeless by offering shelter to the homeless and low budget housing for the less fortunate. Project Home does acts of charity everyday by helping people turn their lives around. They save many people's lives by helping them out.

 Project Home differs from other homeless shelters because they enter participants into a program where they have to complete goals and they graduate from the program, a lot of times with their high school diploma or equivalent. By the end of the program, many people become self- sufficient so they no longer need a lot of assistance from the program or the government. The point of the program is truly to stop the cycle of poverty by helping people become independent instead of just helping them and being done and moving onto the next person.

 The Emergency Women Respite Center is my personal favorite program of theirs. My sister did a project on this center specifically so I learned about it from her and by helping her collect donations. The center is open only in the winter and helps women who were domestically abused by giving them supplies, shelter, and food. This also help integrate into the Project Home program to help them get their lives worked out.

Forgiveness

We all remember September 11, 2001, no matter how young we were. I was only in first grade and could not fully grasp what this day meant for our nation and for the world. It eleven years later now and it is still hard to understand how someone could take the lives of over two thousand people without remorse. That is why it is so hard to forgive Osama bin Laden. He murdered thousands of innocent people because of his hatred for America and what we represent.

 When I read the article, I understood the point the writer was making. We are not forgiving bin Laden for him, but to help us move on as a nation. Our religion calls us to forgive ourself others for what they have done. However, it is much easier said than done. For me, to forgive bin Laden would mean sending a message that this kind of violence is okay and tolerated. For the past eleven years, we have been trying to tell the world the exact opposite; that America will not be attacked without consequences. Even though Osama bin Laden is now dead, what he has done is still with all of us and people are still mourning the losses of their family and friends. It still feels like the towers just collapsed and it's my opinion that more time needs to pass in order for people to make peace with what has happened. Only then can we truly forgive Osama bin Laden.

 There are many acts of forgiveness in the Bible. For example, Jesus forgives the men who had him killed and who killed him. He forgave them of their sins. God forgives us of our sins, whether we ask him to or not. The article said that God forgives, and we should forgive as well. Jesus forgave people of their sins and helped them to be better. The Bible teaches that no one is perfect, and everybody sins, but we must forgive their sins. the Our Father says "forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us."