Posted by Emily Behrend on August 31, 2011 at 9:43am
We started class with Mr. Bruns showing us a video about the debt ceiling crisis. Medicare is a health insurance for the elderly. Medicade is for the less fortunate. Social Security is a retirement fund for people. Majority of the baby boomers generation is retired, which means there will be less people working. There is only 250.7 billion dollars left for the rest. We cannot cut Medicade, Medicare, or Social Security. We could cut programs, and they can also raise taxes, but they won't be voted in probably.1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Poll~ My subject.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~ See previous post.6. Drawdown in Afghanistan~ See previous post.7. Al-Zawahri and al-Qaeda~ See previous post.8. US debt ceiling crisis-problem and solution~ See previous post.9. NFL lockout-problem and solution~ See previous post.10. US/French Embassies attacked in Syria~ Monday, July 11, 2011, the ambassadors were attacked, because Syria wasn't happy about them or any other ambassadors. People attacked the Embassy. People called the American ambassador a "dog" and broke the windows and spray painted the building. It continues to rage on in Syria.11. Famine in Somalia~ They are in one of their worsts drought in 60 years. They never had much food to start with, but the US declared a famine of Southeastern Somalia. Some are controlled by a group called Al-Shabab, which is lined up with al-Qaeda. 100,000s have died and many need help. It is really bad. They are keeping the food out, the terrorists control the country. There are Somalia pirates around that area, so it isn't very safe around that area.We watched a video about the famine in Somalia. One little boy vomits everytime he eats. We can't help because the terrorists wouldn't let us through. al-Shabab are holding millions of people hostage. Why don't the terrorists let anyone in? They fear that they will lose their control. They think it's better to let them die than to let them leave the country. The government did win one country back, but that doesn't help much, but it does some, because those people can get food and supplies.12. Norway incident~ A man decided to put a car bomb by a government building. He dresses as a cop and he took a ferry to a children's and killed them. He had a gun full of amonition and told the little kids to come gather around him. He shot for an hour and 3 minutes. Killed about 90 people and many other people were injured. This incident is similiar to the OKC bombing. The worst thing about the Norway incident is he killed over 100 people and the maximum sentence he can get is 21 years in prison.13. Women's World Cup-look at history of Women's World Cup and results~ Soccer tournement that happens every 4 years. It started in '41 for women, '30 for men. They play 6 tournements. Germany has won twice, Norway once, and the US twice, but it should be 3 times. It wasn't til the late 60s til women started playing sports.
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