Sunday on the Front Stoop

All these years when 

America had free grade school and free high school, why has 

college been SO expensive?  When a student graduates high school 

the average age is 18.  That's the same age when he or she can 

become a military soldier.  If they could not afford that 

expensive college, they've been told to just go overseas for a 

few years and they will afford higher education.

The sad news is that some of these teenagers never returned home 

and died in the army or navy or air force.  Even some that were 

lucky enough to return home, committed suicide after leaving 

these wars.  When they return home, they are reminded of their 

loving religious upbringing.  They had been taught to "love thy 

neighbor" or "thou shalt not kill".  If they were told overseas 

to "go in that house and kill whoever you see" they now mourn 

for all those innocent men or women or children that they killed 

under military order.  

Fortunately, President Obama is now recommending that college 

becomes as free to our students as was their grade school and 

high school.  Instead of learning to kill, high school grads can 

now continue to learn the truth on how to save our planet.

As an example, Saudi Arabia is No. 6 on the list of 

dictatorships in our world.  They get most of their weapons from 

countries like ours and we get a low price for the oil from 

under their ground.  Instead of sending our boys and girls 

overseas to get that good price on their oil, why not switch to 

solar or wind power?  That could also put an end to Climate 

Change on our planet.