We started class by watching a video News to Know. It was about the Debt ceiling crisis.The money in the future will go to four main places Medicare for the elderley, 671.7 BillionMedicade for the "poor", 494.9 BillionSocial Security for people when they retire, 901.4 BillionInterest on US Debt.901.4 Billion250.7 Billion for everything else.The 2 options.1.Cutting Programs.2.Increasing Taxes.We then again started talking about our first Assign Blogs.Topics cover major news events from this summer. Research your topic and add your personal thoughts.1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Poll-Theres 22 people running. The democrats are- Barrak Obama and Randel Terry.Michelle Backman, is the only female running as of now.The republicans are-2. South Sudan3. Libya4. US Supreme Court and videogames5. New York and gay marriage6. Drawdown in Afghanistan7. Al-Zawahri and al-Qaeda8. US debt ceiling crisis-problem and solution9. NFL lockout-problem and solution10. US/French Embassies attacked in Syria-I had this one.11. Famine in Somalia- Worst drought in 60 years. They never had much food anyway. They declared a famine in south eastern Somalia. And a terroist group lives there Al shabab. 3 million in need of emergency care. Hundreds of thousands have died. These terrosits and pirates that attack and keep out food. There has been no real government for 20 years.12. Norway incident- A man just decided to put a car bomb and killed many.Then he dressed up as a cop and went to a kids camp and killed more. He had a loaded gun and shot for an hour and 3 minutes. Some people faked to be dead to save their lives but then he took out a shot gun and shot them. He killed a hundered some people and he can only have a maximum of 21 years in13. Women's World Cup-look at history of Women's World Cup and results-It is a huge soccer tournament. It happens every four years. It started in 1995. The US, Japan, Germany and Norway have won. and The US has one twice.
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