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Check out the following link. Nancy Pelosi has helped upgrade the menu to haute cuisine for Congress members.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7888.html
Martin Luther King Jr.
Check out the following link. Nancy Pelosi has helped upgrade the menu to haute cuisine for Congress members.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7888.html
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Prince Harry who serves in the British military was pulled from duty in Afghanistan due to the press outing him. He was not reported as being over there to protect him and his fellow soldiers from the media and any other dangers. His tour there was supposed to of lasted until April but was prematurely pulled from there due to this. Being a prince and wanting to fight in Afghanistan says a lot for Prince Harry and the media like many times before has stuck their noses in some place that should not be. For example a Special Forces team was deployed and when coming up to the beach the media was waiting for them, so much for the element of surprise. With the media doing things like this, who needs intelligence agencies. The media needs to use common sense when reporting. When something is aired in the media, not only do our allies see the news, but our enemies see it too. Discretion must be used for the safety and security of our country. If the media did this in some countries, those agencies would be shut down, and the leaders could be put to death.
Has a new Cold War begun over oil that could lead to conflict?
I believe that there is a Cold War regarding oil. It is a war started long ago when the first shot was fired during the 70's oil embargo. Oil is in many ways the basis of the economy. In America, when the gas rises to $3 or more a gallon you can hear the population howl.
Heavy populated countries such as China and India are beginning to industrialize and will have an impact on the demand for oil. It will be vital to find alternative forms of energy in the near future, because nations depend too much on oil.
The fact that a large percentage of the worlds oil lies in a region that often has conflict will only increase the cost of doing business and increase the need for countries to interfere in one way or another.
Although, new technology allows for greater efficiency in finding and procuring oil, the expected need will become far greater than the technology will be able to handle.
The best way to resolve this problem--is to begin researching alternative fuels now, finding wasy to conserve what we have, and find ways to prolong its use. Hopefully, we'll reach a time when no more shots need to be fired over oil.
Cold war over oil?
Cool beans!
Check out this link
Oil not Fossil
Maybe oil isn't going to run out after all...
But I agree we should still look at other means to reduce the amount of Greenhouse gasses.
Chapter 3 page 57 pose the question, "Could terrorists get nuclear weapons?" Despite growing concerns experts believe that while such concerns are valid, the likelihood of such is very small. In 1996 President Bush convinced Russian President Putin to support him in what he called the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. This required that all countries improve in their security of nuclear facilities. This was necessary because Russia had a nuclear stockpile that was poorly guarded. This was quickly recognized as a potential danger in which terrorist could get their hands on nuclear weapons.
I believe it to be more difficult for terrorists to compile nuclear weapons today. Since 9/11 security has tightened tremendously. Countries all over are working together to put a stop to such a threat.
The media, or better yet the 4th branch of governement plays a very detrimental role in our society. The ideal of the media was supposed to be there to protect our natural rights and also to inform the pubilc of things that they might not be in a position to see. This is not the case though, as stated in Will's summary and in many other cases worldwide, the media harms rather then helps the publc. In our lastest war, that supposedly is on terrorism, the embedded journalist idea proved to be one that was not well thought out. Not only were there journalists embedded in SF units that were live on scene, therefore eliminating the surprise tactic, but also there were quite a few that were kidnapped for ransom or even killed. This had the public in roars over civlians being killed in this war. Also some of the scenes that have been showed on television have had a negative impact on both those directly involved in the war and those on the outside that fight alongside the military.
The MoD have confirmed that Prince Harry has been fighting in the Taleban on the Front line in Afaganistan. He has spent the last 10 weeks serving in Helmand Province. Prince is happy that he got change to do the soldiering which wanted to do. He also joked about his nickname " The bullet magnet" . Reports says the deployment of prince was subject to a news blackout but leaked by foreign media and now confirmed. But the British Army feels sorry about the leakage of news. The army has also showed its disappointment against the media who published the report without consulting with them.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that Prince Harry has been an exemplary soldier and the whole britain will be proud of his outstanding service.
Source:Cnn.com
I read an article in the Brisbaine Times covering the Texas and Ohio debates. It was interesting to read the re-cap from a foreign
perspective. Clinton took both Texas and Ohio, much needed if she is to stay in the race. Ohio is especially important to delegates
who need to pitch ideas on the overall campaign but also for Ohio's economy. The working-class sentiment is strong as Ohio has a
large number of manufactoring jobs. The biggest pains may be felt when Honda will close its mototrcycle operations and move to a new plant in Japan. One can attribute Clinton's victory in this state due to Obama's criticism of NAFTA and if he fully intends to make
promise on his stance.
China & New Zealand’s upcoming Free Trade agreement.
April is to be a month in history, should China and New Zealand sign this proposed free trade agreement. China’s economy is on the rise, and this agreement will provide access to even more of New Zealand’s agricultural products and other services. This has a potentially huge impact on the world, as it is the first such trade agreement between a developed “free world” country and Communist China.
As the fore runner of this, New Zealand could find China becoming its largest trade partner. Just the talks between the two nations have already spurred other countries into action, following suit. As China turns to other parts of the world for its goods, we may find ourselves left behind, unless we continue to strive towards better international co-operation world-wide.
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