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Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Biographies: Barack Obama: 3 of 15
Barrack H. Obama was born to Stanley "Ann" and Barrack H. Obama Sr. in August of 1961. He was born in Hawaii. His father was a native of Kenya. His mother Stanley, who went by her middle name, "Ann", was American born. Barrack Jr.'s childhood like many children born in the 1960's was afflicted by divorce, relocating, and ste... More..
Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) The economics of modern day piracy: 2 of 10
There are two sides to every story, the media has a bad habit of bringing to the publics attention only one side. If its story like this about a crime such as piracy, the media will usually command our attention towards the pirates and the wrongs they are committing. While piracy is wrong, bad, and a crime; the unreported "o... More..
Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) Efforts by shipping companies to stop modern day pirates: 2 of 9
JTF151 advises merchants guard their ships from piracy by taking the following steps: Use the international recognized corridor; Only travel in high risk areas in the dark; use convoys; sign in to the Horn of Africa's Maritime Security Center before entering high risk areas; travel as fast as possible; maintain lookouts; set... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Why does Senator Chris Dodd face re-election problems in the 2010 Connecticut election?: 1 of 3
On March 16, 2009 the big news story that had many Americans upset was that AIG, who had just received the biggest bailout of all, announced that on that day it was going to pay out 165 million dollars in executive bonuses, to its Financial Products unit. These were the same people at AIG that had screwed things up to the po... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders (Other) Nearing 100 days in office, how is President Obama doing?: 7 of 16
The president who started "the first 100 days" was president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Ever since every president has had to try to measure up to FDR and has pretty much failed, with the exception of John F. Kennedy who had managed to bring the country together more than any other president in the two party system. At the 100 d... More..
Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) Events that gave rise to modern piracy: 4 of 9
Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan, explains that Westerners really do not understand why the Somalians have a hard time condemning piracy, he says this is because the media is leaving out some pretty important details regarding what happened to the waters in 1991 after the Somalian government collapsed. It wasn't just fishing in... More..
Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) The anti-piracy goals of Combined Task Force 150: 2 of 4
The anti-piracy goals of the Combined Task Force 151 stop short at the water's edge. If the goal is to stop piracy, they will not meet it. In order to successfully stop pirates from capturing ships, kidnapping crew members, and looting cargo, the goal must not end at dry land. The problem that has caused piracy began in Soma... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Drug Laws & Prevention How involved in Mexico's drug problems should the US become?: 6 of 10
If Mexico has a drug problem one can be sure America shares it. Mexico has always only supplied the amout the United States demands of illegal drugs. Mexico is a poor country, most cannot afford to get addicted to illegal drugs. Those who are addicted in Mexico are because they are the individuals making sure Americans get t... More..
Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) A look at the lives of modern pirates: 9 of 12
Not too long ago the word piracy in regards to crime would have brought to mind a nerdy kid with too much time, too much brains who was illegally distributing songs or software to his cronies at a price. Well, maybe not to everyone. When police scanners were the in-thing, I was amazed to see there was a code for scalping. Se... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders (Other) Are American citizens lowering their expectations of President Obama?: 15 of 15
I know a lot of people who voted for Obama, and I don't know any that ever had high expectations of him, even from the start. Remember that Obama's campaign slogan was "Hope and Change", which is really pretty clever when you think about the difference between expectation and hope. People who have high expectations set thems... More..