In those infrequent spaces where hope finds a few threads broken in a net of cynicism, I think (oh don't we all!) that I have a great idea, and so much better than overrated political advisors will have on their minds, in the dull duties of maintaining power.
I think the prez should donate the money to whatever agencies have some success in tamping down the gang wars/activity in this country.
One thing that has struck me about the US ostensibly trying to fight wars to "instill democracy" or "keep us safe",is the failure to ponder, why, in our own country, we have never observed the parallels. What is the relationship to what we call "tribalism" in foreign countries and "gangsterism" in our own country?
Groups of people who think they have no shot at the main chance?
Territories that run by their own rules, in nations that claim a rule of law?
The codes of silence, the loyalties that make change seem so intractable. You only trust your own. You defend your territory.
Oh and that women usually end up as whores or invisible.
After the beating incident of an honor student in Chicago in recent times, and the tone deaf appearance of the Obama admin in shutting out....community organizers, ferchristsake,
a wail goes up about "how can our children be so savage??"
How can anyone be a suicide bomber?
I'd be really disappointed if Obama, hooked on that bipartisan drug, gave the money to "faith-based" programs, unwed mothers homes, etc., when he might be wiser to instill some peace in his own country, and his adoptive city.
Of course, there should be that donate to the Special Olympics, if he failed to snag the unspecial ones.