Posted by Emily Behrend on August 30, 2011 at 9:41am
Blog discussions today.1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Poll~2. South Sudan~ See previous post.3. Libya~ See previous post.4. US Supreme Court and video games~ See previous post.5. New York and gay marriage~ New York allows gay marraige, also see previous post. How can our government ban gay marraige if you have to leave religion out of government?6. Drawdown in Afghanistan~ 800 National Gaurds out by the end of this fall. We are supposed to have about 10,000 troops out by the end of the year without raplacement. By 2014 we are supposed to have all of our troops pulled out.7. Al-Zawahri and al-Qaeda~ al-Qaeda is a terrorist group in the Middle East. bin Laden was their main leader. Al-Zawahri has a 25 million dollar bounty on his head. He is supposedly to be on the Pakistan/Afghanistan boarder. He is now the "ring" leader who took over after bin Laden.8. US debt ceiling crisis-problem and solution~ The problem is the ceiling is being raised. We have been fighting in wars which means we have to spend money in getting supplies over to them. We are spending a lot more than we are making in the government. Obama Care has cost us a lot of money. The solution was that they raised the debt ceiling 2.4 trillion.9. NFL lockout-problem and solution~ The problem was that the players wanted more money, but the owners wouldn't give it to them. The owners wanted more money too, but there wasn't any. The owners wanted 18 games, but the players didn't want to play 2 extra games. The owners wanted to sell more tickets to make more money. The solution was there would be a salary cap is 200 million and there will be a 4 year contract with any rookies. There are new rules and any coach will be in trouble if they violate them.10. US/French Embassies attacked in Syria~11. Famine in Somalia~12. Norway incident~13. Women's World Cup-look at history of Women's World Cup and results~
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