My Hope for 2010: Patrick Dresslar

This past year has been turbulent to say the least, both personally and for the world.  While I don't want to delve into personal details, to sum up my hope for my life in 2010 I'll just say this:  keep on truckin'.  I want to seize life and keep trying to improve myself in different ways each and every day.  Not a bad resolution, huh?

Now, for the world, oh there are so many hopes.  But number one for me is for the US Congress to pass health care reform, in any form.  Please Washington, just show me progress on the matter.  We need something passed. and certainly it needs to be effective immediately.  There has to be compromise from the left wing of the Democratic Party, because the Republicans aren't going to budge.  In this time of need for our country, the Dems must be willing to take the high road and show the people that Washington can still work to benefit all Americans. 

I would like to see President Obama's Afghanistan troop surge be a success.  While I disagree with setting the timetable, I completely agree with his brave decision to send the 30,000 more troops.  It is a war we are losing that directly affects our national security, and I have the confidence that Obama's strategy, taken right out of the playbook of President Bush, will turn out to be the success that his predecessor's Iraq surge was.

I believe that these two issues will define 2010 for our nation and the world.  I hope that we can share in the success of both as a united country, but such dreams are often vanquished in the disparate, polarized United States we have seen the past few decades.

Finally, in the sports world, my alma mater the University of Texas Longhorns will be playing in the national football championship on January 7.  I dream about our second national title this decade, to solidify ourselves as a truly elite football school in the land.  In the professional ranks, I pray that my Dallas Cowboys make the playoffs, and then quickly fire our current head coach Wade Phillips.  These are my hopes, people, these are my hopes.

Happy New Year and may God bless you in 2010!

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