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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
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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There is an article on page 30 entitled, "Spanish Blame Bombing on War in Iraq". In this article the Spanish is placing the blame for the bombing of four rush hour trains in Madrid on March 11, 2004 on the fact that we are at war with the Iraqis. The Spanish were mad with the U.S. because they did not really support the U.S. led invasion on Iraq. They gave their support only because they wanted to stay on good terms with the U.S. since we are the world's sole superpower. Protesters rallied because they felt that they were being punished by terrorist for their involvement in a war that was none of their business.
I read in the news today cnn.com that Obama raised $55 million dollars in February setting a new record for the month. Hillary Clinton raised 35 million dollars over the same time period. 727,972 donors contributed to the campaign in February. Most of the money was raised online. At least 90% of the donations were under $100 and half were under $25. Most of the donations were made by first-time contributors.
Bush explains veto of waterboarding bill
By Jennifer Loven, Associated Press Writer
Yahoo! News – Politics
Saturday, 8 March 2008, President Bus vetoed legislation that would ban the CIA from using harsh interrogation methods such as waterboarding to break suspected terrorists because it would end practices that have prevented attacks. Bush believes it is one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror. He states that the practice has a proven record of keeping America safe. The President believes the CIA must have use of “specialized interrogation procedures” that the military does not need. He states that the military methods are designed for questioning “lawful combatants captured on the battlefield,” while intelligence professionals are dealing with “hardened terrorists” who have been trained to resist the techniques in the Army manual. President Bush farther states, “We created alternative procedures to question the most dangerous al-Qaida operatives, particularly those who might have knowledge of attacks planned on our homeland. If we were to shut down this program and restrict the CIA to methods in the field manual, we could lose vital information from senior al-Qaida terrorists, and that could cost American lives. Because the danger remains, we need to ensure our intelligence officials have all the tools they need to stop the terrorists.”
In my opinion, the right tools in the hands of an experience interrogator can yield valuable information quickly then by other means.
As I understand it, waterboarding simulate drowning which in turns elicits the gag reflex, and makes the subject believe their death is imminent while not causing physical evidence of torture. Which is no worst as to putting an unloaded gun to a subjects head, threaten to kill them, and pulling the trigger again and again.
Does the world community have a responsibility to "protect?" ( pp 93 )
The world community, by way of the United Nations, does not have the responsibility to protect citizens of soverein nations. All nations have problems and many have dealt with issues such as civil war, government upheavel, and some form of persecution of its citizens.
The great mistake in todays world of globalization is to assume that war, military intervention, or physical force leads to a satisfactory conclusion to national problems. The fact is that armed conflict often leads to a situation where governments are only partially created and the people never learn the importance of self dependence. The problem with U.N. interference is that it is often based on an alliance of countries with differing goals and resources, and focused in such a way that no clear purpose or long term goal is established.
Because of globalization, there are other ways to affect the actions of other countries. Creating trade embargoes, economic sanctions, or some other form of penalty can be implemented against countries that violate human rights.
The Red Cross and foreign aide can provide resources for people injured by strife.
Military action is a course that should only be used with a focused goal, commited nations, and a way for the people to maintain or control the government that they will be left with.
Will the G-8 summit ultimately help Africa?-pg.185
I think only marginally if at all. Africa remains one of the poorest continents on earth and their place in the bigger picture is significant if they are useful. Their lack of centralized power and cohesion makes many countries difficult to improve their situation.
Fighting is constant between ethnic groups and the suppliers of the weapons are those with motive. Corruption and greed thwarts most attempts to genuinely aid in humantitarian efforts. The help of NGOs and funds for aid may help provide the push most countries need to begin to rise, but leadership gets in the way. Who benefits the most by providing money, food and weapons? And how much of the aid ends up where its needed the most?
When talking about gas, one thing is for sure the prices will not go down; gas prices are climbing and have been climbing in the last few years; reaching record highs in some areas. According to AAA, gas prices are about 70 cents higher than last year at this time. Additionally, AAA warns consumers to expect an average $3.50 per gallon; some areas will see $4.00 a gallon. Diesel fuel is already in that price range and is expected to go up with regular gas; diesel fuels use to be cheaper than regular gas but are now more expensive. The rise of gas is causing all products to be, unnecessarily, more expensive. Although we may not see a big increase in individual products, it does add up and will nickel and dime America to death. Something must be done to subsidize the prices of gas. The best thing to do is to develop an alternate fuel source; an energy source that is as abundant as the sun would be the best energy source.
I don't believe that people should be held accountable for the words or actions of another person. I know people believe that the company you keep reflects the person you are, but there has to be a line draw somewhere. Throughout these presidential campaign, each candidate has been asked to apologize for or explain comments made by people within their camp or associated with there campaigns. Some have lost there positions due to it. Plus certain comments have been taken out of context and the media has shifted the focus from what is important. Take the comments made by Michelle Obama and Bill Clinton. However some people make malicious comments, such as the comment made by Ferraro about Obama not being in the position he is in if he wasn't black. That comment offend so many people but should Clinton be criticized for someone else's words. Should people take Ferraro's words as if they are Clinton's views. Unfortunately this is happening and that is all anyone can focus on. Which is sad because there are so many other things going on in the world. These campaign remind me of a soap opera.
Riot in Tibet capital
Once again I refer to The Australian
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I wonder if the real diagreement is about the type of government... if America had a worse type of government would the Native Americans rise up occasionally? Both of the Native people are conquered nations. Why the difference.
I thought that for this post, I would recap one of our in-class assigments...
So once again I bring to your attention the Worlds Smallest Country, Sealand!
Just off the East Coast of England is this prinicipality has survived for 40 years. Entirely manmade, it still stands proudly with one of the best views of England available.
visit http://www.sealandgov.com for everything you wanted to know!
I thought that for this post, I would recap one of our in-class assigments...
So once again I bring to your attention the Worlds Smallest Country, Sealand!
Just off the East Coast of England is this prinicipality has survived for 40 years. Entirely manmade, it still stands proudly with one of the best views of England available.
visit http://www.sealandgov.com for everything you wanted to know!
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