Posted by 2KJERSTEN.(: on August 31, 2011 at 9:43am
1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Poll- there are 22 people running for elections. Randal Terry and obama are democrats that are running for presidant. Michelle bacman is the only women running for president.2. South Sudan- South Sudan became a country on July 9th and became free of Noth Sudan, so there is a North Sudan and South Sudan. North Sudan and South Sudan have been having a war with Northern Sudan since 1955. Noth Sudan is Arabic and South Sudan is Black Africans. Noth Sudan is Islam andSouth Sudan is Catholic or Animist. The North Sudan wanted the Souths oil and farmland, thats why all the fighting broke out. The North has some oil but the South has more. About 300 million were killed becasue of disease and starvation ect. In 2005 the North signed a peace treaty and in 2011 they voted to stay separate countries so they are now separate counrties.3. Libya- It started in Febuary this year, and cadolphy has been in power for 42 years, he is currently about 70 years old. then people started protesting because people wanted freedom and better jobs/better educatuon. From the begining he blamed the US his problem so NATO had to get involved. Currently Cadolphy is still hidding.4. US Supreme Court and videogames- in 2009 california passed a law that if an adult or store sold a bad game to a minor, then they could be fined.5. New York and gay marriage-i had.6. Drawdown in Afghanistan- In 2014 NATO is suppose to be out of Afganastan. By the end of this year there are suppose to be 10,000 troops home.7. Al-Zawahri and al-Qaeda- qaeda is a teriost group- 2 maid leaders: osoma binladin-killed himself this year-burned his body and dumped it in the ocean.Al-Zawahri-grew up in a powerful family and was bin ladins partner and he tried to assasinate the egyptics presidant. He has a 25 million bounty. been hidding for 10 years. Think hes hidding by the parkistan and afganastan bouder.8. US debt ceiling crisis-problem and solution- problem: our economy is near- recession levels, also 9.2 percent of our work force is unemployed. We also have been fighting two wars, this has never happened before in U.S. history. U.S. Has been putting a lot of our money and funds into health insurance pro raised the det seiling to 14 trillion dollars.9. NFL lockout-problem and solution: Problem- the players wanted more money but the owners wouldnt geive it to them. The owners aslo want money. big issue: money. also the owners wanted longer game seasonlike 18 games so they could sell more tickets and make more money. The players didnt want to play 2 extra games a year though.SOULUTION: there will be a 4 year contact for rookies. less practice for players. the 18 games wont happend till 2013.10. US/French Embassies attacked in Syria- on monday July 11, pro-government demostrators attcked the US and Frensh embassy compounds in damascus. Attcked the US.11. Famine in Somalia- they are in one of their worst drought within 60 years. On top of that they didnt really have any food anyway so then they decleared a famine on southeastern somalia. deaths: 3 millions were in need of help. hundreds of thousands have died.12. Norway incident- a guy who is kinda crazy, for some reason just decided to put a car bomb by one of their cappital buildings which killed about 7 people and injured many. To top it off he dressed as a cop and he went to kids and started shooting them and shot other people for about 1 hour and 3 mins. He shot about 90 people.13. Women's World Cup-look at history of Women's World Cup and results- started 1991and goes every 4 years. There has been only 6 tourniments. america has one 2, norway has one 1, germany has won 1 and japan has one 1.Health care: for older people. 671.7 million.Medicade: medical inssurance for people who are poor. 494.9 million.Social Security: money that people get when they retire. 901.4 million.Interest on U.S debt: money paided over lowns.
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