O-mama - Opinionated Moms

President Obama has released a 52  page document detailing his formal National Security Strategy.  In it, Obama favors a national security plan defined by a strong reliance on international institutions, treaties and allies, while encouraging other nations to shoulder more of the burden in international affairs. His plan argues that continued American leadership in the world hinges on the ability to manage the emergence of new powers in a world defined by modern challenges.  The report broadly defines national security to encompass work on domestic issues such as education, the economy, climate change and energy independence. It describes the government effort to thwart radical extremism as only one element of its strategic plan, an element that alone cannot define America’s engagement with the world.  This draws stark contrasts to the national security philosophy of his predecessor, President George W. Bush, whose security plan was heavily centered on the anti-terror fight, beginning with the phrase, “America is at war.” Although required by Congress, and sure to be carefully studied in an election year, this document is not legally binding.

MOMism: “There's more than one way to skin a cat.” This is an icky idiom, but the idea behind it makes sense.  We encourage our kids to try different strategies to solve a problem.  If one way isn't working effectively, then maybe there's another way?  If their way is working, or sort of working, maybe there's a more effecient way to tackle it?  We should teach our kids to constantly asses, and reasses situations, as the problem at hand will likely keep changing until it is skinned once and for all...uhhh, solved.