At the beginning of class we watched a video on the debt ceiling, which explained to us what the debt ceiling is.After, we carried on with our blog discussion.1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Poll - There are like 22 people running for president. The democrats running are Barack Obama and Randal Terry.2. South Sudan - It because a country July 9th this summer. It is free from Sudan now. They finally broke free from them. They have been fighting since like 1955. They had problems because the north was Arabic and the south was Black African. The north was Islam and the south was Catholic/Animist. The north wants the souths oil and farmland.3. Libya - Things in Libya started this year in February. The people of Libya wanted more freedom, more, democracy, and they wanted better jobs and education. Gadhafi had been in power for four decades and people were protesting. Gadhafi blamed the USA for his problems. Gadhafi's forces killed a lot of the rebels.4. US Supreme Court and videogames - In 2009 California passed a law that if someone sold a minor a violent game could be fined 1,000 dollars. The Supreme Court ruled this summer that laws cannot be passed that stops video games from being sold to anyone.5. New York and gay marriage - The New York senate rejected gay marriage in 2009. On June 24, the bill passed and now they allow gay marriage there.6. Drawdown in Afghanistan - In the next couple months we're supposed to have 800 troops come back without replacement. In the end of this year we're supposed to have 10,000 troops come back. And by 2014 NATO will be out of the war.7. Al-Zawahri and al-Qaeda - al-Qaeda is a terrorist group based out of the Middle East ran by Osama Bin Laden. Al-Zawahri was kind of like Bin Laden's partner. He opposed the Egyptian government and he was put in jail for trying to assassinate the Egyptian president. They think he is hiding the Pakistan Afganistan8. US debt ceiling crisis-problem and solution - The problem is this is we are spending a lot of money. The first time we've fought to wars at once and it's costing a lot of money. Health care plans are really costly. The solution was to raise the debt ceiling, which allows the government to borrow money.9. NFL lockout-problem and solution - this was my assigned blog.10. US/French Embassies attacked in Syria - There are progovernment people and rebels in Syria. The french embassies helped attack the US in Syria.11. Famine in Somalia - They are in one of there worst droughts in over 60 years. They never really did have very much food anyways. So now they are doing really bad. The UN declared a famine in south Somalia. 3 million people were in emergent need of help. Hundreds of thousands have died. Somalia hasn't had a stable government since 1992. There is a group called Al Shabab that is linked to Al-Queda.12. Norway incident - Some person put a car bomb by one of Norways capital buildings. He dressed as a cop, went to a camp with a bunch of kids, and he started shooting kids. He killed 90 people and injured several more. But the maxium he can serve in prison is 21 years.13. Women's World Cup-look at history of Women's World Cup and results - Started in 1991 for women. America, Norway, Germany, and Japan have won. They start with 16 national teams. Next year they might have 24 national teams. Japan won this year against America during a shoot out.
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