Background Info: There has been a Senate bill issued to reduce global warming pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the cost of the bill will be a hundred dollars per household. This bill is initially meant to help our environment by reducing the pollution that will increase in the future.
Summary: This bill is being sponsored by two Democratic Senators: John Kerry and Barbara Boxer. The bill is meant to reduce emissions from greenhouse gases. Their bill closely resembles another house bill sponsored by two Democratic Representatives: Henry A. Waxman and Edward J. Markey. Each bill would reduce about the same amount of emissions over the next forty years.
Analysis: The issues on global warming are very important to future generations and the environment. The bills will help make our environment better by reducing the chances of more pollution that is being emitted into the world.
Comment: I believe we as citizens should do all that we can to improve our environment in any way, shape, or form. We should support the bill to improve our lives and the generation after ours. If we don't take action now our environment will continue to deteriorate in the process. The more we help the environment the more beneficial it will be for everyone else.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/us/politics/25climate.html?ref=politics
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Question 5
In 2005 Creigh Deeds lost to Bob McDonnell when they were both running for Attorney General of Virginia. Now they are running against each other again for the Virginia Governor's race. They both are concerned with the same issues about transportation however they have a difference of opinion on how the situation should be handled; since the McDonnell campaign criticized Deeds for his plan. Based off of the polls people are leaning more towards McDonnell however that does not represent the whole population since it was a random telephone poll and not many people are that well informed when it comes to politics. From the polls alone you can assume that McDonnell will win but no one can predict the future accurately.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Current Event 4: Military Seeks $1.3 Billion for Projects in Afghanistan
Background Info: This article is about whether or not the military should spend money on upgrading military bases in Afghanistan. It mentions that they have upgraded a military base in the past before. Obama's administration is still contemplating the idea of if they are even going to send any more troops out to Afghanistan so spending so much money on constructing more military bases would be a bad idea.
Summary: The military has spent so many billions of dollars on construction in the past. The administration that makes the decisions is still debating with the idea of whether or not they should make more construction for military bases. Since they are already planning on not sending any more troops who will use those military bases.
Analysis: Since the issue is so important they are all still debating on if spending that money is a good idea or not. This issue is probably not going to be solved any time soon since they have been debating on if they should take the troops out of Afghanistan for the longest time.
Comment: I believe that this is an important issue since it depends on how well the other bases have been constructed. It is beneficial that the troops have the best base to protect themselves from surprise attacks from the enemy. In my opinion they should just end the war already but since it is not going to be resolved any time soon maybe they should just construct better bases for the troops. It still depends on how well the pre-established bases are. Spending money on something that is not necessary as of right now seems like such a waste. Our country is already in so much debt they should be careful on how they spend it that's probably why they are taking so long in making their decisions in the first place.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/17/AR2009101701695.html
Summary: The military has spent so many billions of dollars on construction in the past. The administration that makes the decisions is still debating with the idea of whether or not they should make more construction for military bases. Since they are already planning on not sending any more troops who will use those military bases.
Analysis: Since the issue is so important they are all still debating on if spending that money is a good idea or not. This issue is probably not going to be solved any time soon since they have been debating on if they should take the troops out of Afghanistan for the longest time.
Comment: I believe that this is an important issue since it depends on how well the other bases have been constructed. It is beneficial that the troops have the best base to protect themselves from surprise attacks from the enemy. In my opinion they should just end the war already but since it is not going to be resolved any time soon maybe they should just construct better bases for the troops. It still depends on how well the pre-established bases are. Spending money on something that is not necessary as of right now seems like such a waste. Our country is already in so much debt they should be careful on how they spend it that's probably why they are taking so long in making their decisions in the first place.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/17/AR2009101701695.html
Question 4
I believe that the biggest political issue we are facing with in Virginia is fiscally since every program seems to be on a budget. Our whole country is in so much debt that it gets worse each second of the day. We need to do something about our debt and President Obama is trying to do all that he can to pull us out of it that's why even the taxes are increasing to help with the situation and programs that need it. The fact is that by the time Obama finishes his term as President we will be in even more debt. We should change our government all together since sooner or later it is going to fall apart and we will need to reestablish a new government.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Current Event 2: As Pressure Grows, Obama Addresses Gay Rights Group
Background Info: This article is about whether or not the army should allow openly gay people to join the army. Obama talks to a gay rights group addressing that issue and the issue of allowing same-sex marriage to occur. So far he has not done anything to help with letting homosexuals join the army saying that the generals are looking into it.
Summary: President Obama wants to do all that he can to let gay people have the same rights as other people do. Throughout this article it shows some of his steps in trying to help with the issue even though it is not much he is still trying his best. In the article they compare his attempts on the issue to Bill Clintons'. They said it wasn't wise for Bill Clinton to deal with this issue so early on in his presidency and it is advised that Obama should also deal with the issue later on.
Analysis: Obama's attempt to deal with this issue is very admirable. He should still try to deal with some more important issues right now instead of this one even though it is just as important. He should probably focus more on his health care plan and other issues that everyone has been talking about such as the economic downturn.
Comment: I belive that homosexuals deserve to be treated with the same respect and they sould have the same rights as everyone else. It's not fair to discriminate them on how they live their lives and no one has the right to judge anyone else. I don't think it's anyones' business on who someone marries whether it is someone of the same sex or different. I personally think marriage is overrated anyway so it really shouldn't matter and it's about time people learned to accept homosexuals for who they are. As they all say 'they're here they're queer get used to it'.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/10/AR2009101000627.html?sid=ST2009101100127
Summary: President Obama wants to do all that he can to let gay people have the same rights as other people do. Throughout this article it shows some of his steps in trying to help with the issue even though it is not much he is still trying his best. In the article they compare his attempts on the issue to Bill Clintons'. They said it wasn't wise for Bill Clinton to deal with this issue so early on in his presidency and it is advised that Obama should also deal with the issue later on.
Analysis: Obama's attempt to deal with this issue is very admirable. He should still try to deal with some more important issues right now instead of this one even though it is just as important. He should probably focus more on his health care plan and other issues that everyone has been talking about such as the economic downturn.
Comment: I belive that homosexuals deserve to be treated with the same respect and they sould have the same rights as everyone else. It's not fair to discriminate them on how they live their lives and no one has the right to judge anyone else. I don't think it's anyones' business on who someone marries whether it is someone of the same sex or different. I personally think marriage is overrated anyway so it really shouldn't matter and it's about time people learned to accept homosexuals for who they are. As they all say 'they're here they're queer get used to it'.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/10/AR2009101000627.html?sid=ST2009101100127
Question 3
Obama's health care plan sounds reasonable since he understands that having health care is very important and he is lowering the costs so that other people who don't have insurance can afford it. I would have to give him a B for working so hard to improve that issue.
I give Obama an A for effort on trying to help the economy but based off of the debt clock he's probably not going to get anywhere. Our debt is as bad now as it was during the Great Depression so it's going to take a lot of time to bring the economy back up. People predict that we are going to be in billons of more debt after Obama finishes his term. I would have to give him a D or an F since the economy is not going to improve even though he is trying his hardest.
As for Obama's stance on the war of terror he plans on getting the troops out of Iraq by the summer of 2010. I would have to give him a C for even though he seems to have a good plan, there are a lot of casualties or troops dying each day they are in Iraq since they are in so much danger. Who knows how many troops will die by the time Obama follows through with his plan or even if he will actually follow through with his 'plan' at all.
I give Obama an A for effort on trying to help the economy but based off of the debt clock he's probably not going to get anywhere. Our debt is as bad now as it was during the Great Depression so it's going to take a lot of time to bring the economy back up. People predict that we are going to be in billons of more debt after Obama finishes his term. I would have to give him a D or an F since the economy is not going to improve even though he is trying his hardest.
As for Obama's stance on the war of terror he plans on getting the troops out of Iraq by the summer of 2010. I would have to give him a C for even though he seems to have a good plan, there are a lot of casualties or troops dying each day they are in Iraq since they are in so much danger. Who knows how many troops will die by the time Obama follows through with his plan or even if he will actually follow through with his 'plan' at all.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Taliban Fighters Attack Outposts, U.S. Troops Killed in Battle
Background Info: This article was about how the Taliban fighters unexpectedly attacked American and Afghan bases and the Americans retaliated with an attack of their own. It also states that twenty Afghan soldiers and police may have been taken hostage.
Summary: Since the Taliban fighters attacked and another attack by the Wanat contributes to the change in moving the American soldiers from a remote area to a safer and a more populated area where to avoid other attacks in the future.
Analysis: Relocating the soldiers to a safer area seems like a good idea. This will be better for them to plan everything out and avoid attacks. They should probably just stop fighting altogether so that way no one else will die.
Comment: I believe they should just end this war and come to a compromise with all of the rival groups of people who have been attacking the soldiers like the Taliban. They all need to end their controversies that way all of this can be avoided. President Obama should take our soldier out of Afghanistan and take those steps in hlping make a compromise.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/04/AR2009100400778_2.html?hpid=topnews
Summary: Since the Taliban fighters attacked and another attack by the Wanat contributes to the change in moving the American soldiers from a remote area to a safer and a more populated area where to avoid other attacks in the future.
Analysis: Relocating the soldiers to a safer area seems like a good idea. This will be better for them to plan everything out and avoid attacks. They should probably just stop fighting altogether so that way no one else will die.
Comment: I believe they should just end this war and come to a compromise with all of the rival groups of people who have been attacking the soldiers like the Taliban. They all need to end their controversies that way all of this can be avoided. President Obama should take our soldier out of Afghanistan and take those steps in hlping make a compromise.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/04/AR2009100400778_2.html?hpid=topnews
Question 2
A political issue I am concerned with is the health-care bill it seems that so many people have controversy with it. There are plenty of people who need secure health care insurance and it is critical that the government should try to provide their citizens with those benefits. There are many people in America who don't have insurance so it is important and that's why there is such a huge debate about it.
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