Fourth Time's the Charm?

When someone mentions North Korea to me, the first thought that pops up in my head is: why is this still going on? An article on The Christian Science Monitor called "Path of patience toward North Korea" talks about how Trump will be the forth president to have to deal with North Korea and its nuclear threats.The other presidents have tried all the other options already, whether it be cutting off all trades with North Korea, offering support in hopes it'll get on their "good side", or supplying South Korea with the means to defend itself. But the article here describes an unusual approach: to just be patient. Patience is hard to come by nowadays, just drive down I-35 in Austin, TX around 5:00 P.M on a Friday evening and you'll see just how "patient" people are. If you are not from Texas, I'll summarize it pretty quickly: they are NOT patient. But the author of this article is aiming at the general public to advocate patience with North Korea, stating that the upper class in North Korea already sees the regime there heading towards self destruction, with that thought process becoming increasingly more common throughout the population there. The author believes that as time goes on and as more and more information comes into North Korea from the outside, exposing the lies that the country's prosperity and reputation is still positive, the population will rise up against the leaders there. I have to agree with this statement too, maybe choosing to follow the route of patience will undoubtedly help avoid any unnecessary bloodshed or violence. Until there is an immediate threat to our safety, I agree with the author that just being patient could be the best course of action to take right now.

Now if only we could apply patience to our daily commute in Austin, TX....

Skeptical America

Hello everyone (and sorry for the late post)!

(Link to the article can be found on the bottom of this page)

"Let him make his decisions", a quote from Former President Obama, referring to our brand new president, Donald Trump. Some things are easier said than done, and something as controversial as this is definitely easier said than done. I will admit that Donald Trump is not my president (yes that is a reference to the popular hashtag going around social media currently), nor was Hillary, nor were many of the other candidates. Truth be told, it was hard to fully support one candidate. Sure there were good choices; but in my own opinion, which I know is different from many others, I did not find a candidate that I could fully support.

But while I may have not of voted for President Trump, I do agree with what our former president is saying: give him a chance. Like the article stated, the beauty of our form of government is that we can give our newly elected presidents the opportunity to govern in their own way and see what they can accomplish. We do not have to agree with their views or their methods, but we can at least show them respect and allow them to either succeed or fail. Either way, we are all still Americans and no president can ever change that.

So in closing, I just want to urge everyone to love each other. Even Donald Trump. He will never be my president, but I can still respect his position and pray that he will make good use of his time as President.

God bless everyone, love you all!
-Austin M. DuBois

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/0209/For-skeptical-Americans-a-debate-over-whether-to-give-Trump-a-chance-video