Obama call for end to violence lacks audience

But while Obama pledged to support aggressive laws designed to close loopholes in gun laws and said he will fight to fund programs that would give young people alternatives to gangs and gang violence, these initiatives are only a part of the solution.

"Once the programs are in place and you've got more cops on the street, what do you do when the cycle of violence continues?" he asked the audience. "Who do you blame? An entire generation of young men have become products of violence, and we are going to have to break the cycle. That is going to require your help," he said.

"It doesn't matter how much more money comes in here, it doesn't matter how many politicians make speeches, it doesn't matter how much we pray -- it doesn't make any difference if we don't change how we raise our children. ... We're either raising those boys, or we're not raising those boys. But either way, we're responsible for each and every one of them."

Now there's a moral battle I can get behind.

Hetep and Respect Chello, good seed I ran across it in the Black Folks Group. It is interesting to note that the corporate media has not picked this story up. The Iraq war has overshadowed many domestic challenges that our tax money and mental effort should be devoted to.