At the moment, a major issue in America is health care. President Obama would like to change health care to help strengthen our economy. The US is one of the countries that pays the most for health care. Because it is a common cause that leads to ban
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Basically, the United States spends more money per person on health care than any other nation. More babies have died in the first year of birth than any other wealthy country. In 2007, $174 billion went to diabetes costs. This is outrageous consider
Usually when you think about hippies you think about the 60's, Woodstock, Summer of Love, Rainbow Gatherings, Grateful Dead, tie-dyed cloths, bell bottom jeans, peace signs and people that love to party. The word "hippie" actually came form the word
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John F. Kennedy son of, Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald, was born on May 29, 1917 and died on November 22, 1963. John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. He was also the youngest elected president and the youngest to di
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On August 30, the prince of Saudi Arabia was targeted by Al Queda.This famous terrorist group, is well known for there suicide tactics and horrific shootings. on August 30, they walked in the Saudi palace by getting through security guards, and blowi
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Some people think we need the health reform since fewer Americans can afford health insurance so they can' afford good medical care. Right now nearly 46 million have no insurance at all and 25 million are underinsured. One of the reasons people don't
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Friday, in class, we talked reviewed what we talked about from the 8th grade history blog. We started talking about the JFK assassination and not to do the same topic as someone else within our class.
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Today we learned about the Jefferson Presidency and some of the Jackson presidency.Durring the Jefferson presitency, was the Lewis and Clark expedition. He helped Lewis and Clark convince the federal government to pay for the expedition. Jefferson al
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Today in CWI class, we went over the states again to prepare for our test. No one in our class was ready to take it early, so we continued to review. We went over current events that were found on CNN.com. Bill Gates is now trying to stop hurricanes
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On February 22, 1932 Edward Kennedy was dorn. He was the last of 9 kids. His father Joseph Kennedy, a millionare business man. Edwards mother was Rose. Edward's two older brothers both were. John Kennedy, his brother, was assassinated in 1963, Robert
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In Brunswick Georgia yesterday there was a mass of slayings in a trailer court in Brunswick. Athorities say that it is an ongoing investigation. They do not have any evidence of who it is yet. They also do not have any suspects at the moment. Police
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John F.Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier on September 12, 1953. The Kennedy family had a difficult time trying to create a family. In 1955, Jaqueline had a miscarriage, and a stillbirth in 1956.November 27, 1957, Caroline Bouvier Kennedy was born. C
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Today we deccided who was in our groups. We also went over what we are supposed to do for the J.F.K. project. We all have two diffrent things that we have to research. We also learned that we have to do a powerpoint or something and we will show it t
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1.The Current U.S. HealthCare Plan is by far the most expensive one in the world. The reasons that contribute to the high health care costs are the rising costs of medical technology and prescription drugs. Also, it is the only country in the develop
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Friday we learned more about the Mexican American war. The Americans easily won. Everybody said it was a war of aggression. Good thing about this war was that people used telegraphs and they got regular updates about the war. We also covered Lincoln'
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Well today we talked about the American Mexican War agian and Lincoln's Presidentary. I learned we gained 55% of our land today from this war. And then that Lincoln did not want force the confederacy back into the nation he wanted to invite them back
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In class on friday we discussed our topics. My topic was the civil war. Mr. Bruns quizzed me on what i knew, and i seemed to know alot of the answers. I felt I learned from studying the topic.Also on Friday, we talked about the new blog topics. The o
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Jaycee Lee Dugard was held captive for 18 years. She was in fifth grade when her step dad saw her being kidnapped on her way to her bus stop. He had tried biking after the kidnapper, but of corse the car was too fast. Jaycee had identified herself as
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Today we talked about our blogs AGAIN. The Articles of Confederation was the first subject. Then we went over the Constitution. After that was the topic Washington Presidency/ Jeffersovs. Hamilton
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Today I talked about my blog. It was about the Revoultionary War. Read my blog if you have anymore questions. That is pretty much all we talked about.
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