The next president

The next president of the United States is going to have more than the War on Terror on their mind. They are going to have to deal and fix our struggling economy. Our next president will have to try to work to get gas and food prices down. I do not believe our country is in a recession because the numbers prove we are not but if we do go into a recession then it will be a very little one and we will boost right back out of it. But our next president will have to help us.

Burma

Burma was hit with a Cyclone that has left at least 100,000 people dead. The Burma government has made many mistakes in dealing with this natural disaster. They are not letting other countries come in and help them out. I think Burma needs to think about their people instead of thinking about their pride and help out THEIR people or more will end up dead.

Hizballahstan

This country is in a civil war. It is basically miltia's and Lebaneze supporters fighting. People can not even walk the streets without being afraid of being shot. The government really needs to get control of this.

China!

The earthquake that hit China was 7.9. So many people are dead and thousands are missing. The world seems like its just sitting back and watching as China goes through mourning of the lose of their people. Chine really needs help from everyone.

Genetic Discrimination

A bill was just passed in the House of Represenative 414 to 1. The only opposed was Ron Paul. The bill states employers and insurance companies that they may not use the results of genetic tests in choosing their employees and customers. The most important reason for this bill is to keep fairness in the workplace. Obviously you shouldnt be able to not get a job because you have a high risk at cancer, thats discriminating just like employers used to discriminate against black people, and women.

The long view

Although Israel was founded 60 years ago it does not seem any easier. Israelis have had to deal with terrorism all their life including 60 years ago when the Arabs vowed to "take over where the Nazis left off". Israel still has to worry just as much as they did 60 years ago about nuclear attacks, missiles, the Gaza strip, and suicide bombers in their cities.

Why the world can't afford food

There isn’t just one reason food prices are rising it’s actually a number of factors. One reason is poor harvests and restrictive trade policies. There has been droughts and bad weather that affects a lot of exporting regions. Since stocks have lowered some countries put export restrictions just to protect their countries supplies. The 2nd factor is increasing oil prices. The reason this has to do with food is when oil goes up the cost of running a farm goes up and we get most of our food from farms. The 3rd factor is Diversion of crops for biofuels. Since the price of oil is going up people are trying to find a alternative, aka biofuels. This is made from corn or other farm plants. The last factor is increasing demand, especially in China. The people in China and India are buying more expensive food like fruit and meat and less of rice. The price of food is not expected to go down anytime soon.