Chrysler buys 60-second Super Bowl ad

Summary: After their bankruptcy, Chrysler will be the only U.S. automaker to have a spot during the Super Bowl commercials. Giving up millions of dollars for 60-seconds to restore their image as a dealership and automaker. A 30-second time slot runs at about $30 million dollars, but for the 60-seconds they are the most expensive and least purchased. The Chrysler spokeswoman stated that their advertisement will be showing off the Dodge Charger.

Opinion: I can't wait to see this ad. The commercials for the Super Bowl are just as exciting to watch as the intense football game.

Let haitians stay in the U.S. legally?

Haiti has just been devastated time and time again by one natural event after another. And now the earthquake just might break their spirits. I think if we can all donate and send emergency aid to the thousands trapped, injured, and dying then why not let them stay in the U.S. They are our neighbors and to help them in a time of need is a great thing to do and a big step. Are we ready to take that step? I also am not sure about how it will effect our economy. It could possibly also help our economy but who really know what we need to sustain it? It's been difficult to find jobs with all the layoffs and what not. Atleast that is what i have come to see in just my own town. These are only my thoughts but i would love to hear others thoughts and opinions on the matter.

Haiti Earthquake

Summary: After Tuesdays earthquake that reached the 7.0-magnitude on the richter scale, many Haitians are still awaiting help. The roads are impassable and the airport is very damaged which is delaying the aid from getting to its destination. The people are awaiting many supplies such as: food, an assortment of clothing, antibiotics, and pressure dressings used to treat open wounds. "Officials said the window of oportunity to save many lives was closing." "With medicine, we are not talking about weeks and months down the line -- this is minutes and hours in terms of what is necessary," said Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN chief medical correspondent in Port-au-Prince. It was stated that once the roads became passable there was atleast a mile long line to get gasoline. A hospital ship is said to deploy later. There are also many global companies assisting in the aid. The world bank is said to give $100 million dollars for emergency funds.

Opinion: It really is amazing to see people of different cultures and origins come together in a time a need. The donations made by the numerous companies and organizations around the world are astonishing. It makes me still have hope that there are good people still willing to help, especially in disasters such as this.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/15/haiti.international.aid/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29

Pregnant Soldiers Could Be Courts-Martialled

Summary: As of November 4th, a new rule was enacted that prohibits "becoming nondeployable for reasons within the control of the soldier," which include "becoming pregnant or impregnating a soldier... resulting in the redeployment of the pregnant soldier." The exception is pregnancy from sexual assault. Maj. Gen. Cucolo commands 22,000 soldiers, of those 1,682 are women. He also stated that his female soldiers are "invaluable" and he wants to make sure the fulfill their deployment.

Opinion: If the men and women who are involved with each other then where is the protection. Pregnancy could have been avoided buy using safe sex. But for those few women that suffered from sexual assault im very sorry and its disappointing to see that our soldiers who fight for us can just violate the rights of a fellow soldier no matter the sex.

The First of Eleven ID'd

Summary: 52 year old Tonia Carmichael was found at the house of a sex offender in Cleveland, Ohio. She had been missing just short of a year. The family said in the missing persons report that Tonia was addicted to crack so we be gone for a few days at a time. They new something was wrong when she hadn't come and picked up two pay checks. The FBI ran a DNA test to figure out the first body. The same test is being done on 10 other bodies. All eleven were found at the house of Anthony Sowell. It appears that seven of the bodies had been strangulated. The other five were too decomposed but it is assumed they were also strangled. Any of these bodies could be from within the last five years. Back in 1989, Sowell was charged with rape and was imprisoned from 1990 t0 2005 and since release was living the home where the bodies were found.

Near by neighbors thought there was a smell permeating from the sausage factory across the street from Sowell's house but come to find it was the bodies. Five were burried out in the back yard, seven in the house and a skull wrapped in a paper bag in a bucket was in the basement.

Opinion: I guess i just wonder whether or not sowell was on a supervised probation? It just amazes me how people like this can get away with things for so long but the people who actually think there plans and motives out get caught. These sex offenders who are deemed dangerous need to be watched much more closely than they have been. For the five bodies that were so badly decomposed...i hope the DNA test helps your families find peace.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/05/cleveland.bodies.identified/index.html

Is your neighborhood safe?

Summary: Somer Thompson went missing Monday after school. She had an argument with her brother and sister and ran off from them. Its said that her siblings lost sight of her when she ran off into a crowd of people. On the morning of Thursday, October 22 she was found 55 miles from her home in Florida in a Georgia landfil. Later that day, Deina Thompson (Somer's mom) warned her daughters killer. "I want you to know that I will not sleep until this person is found. I hope they get you and I hope they make you pay for a long, long time. You don't take from somebody. You didn't just take her from me. You took her from my family, you took her from all these people. And you don't do this to a little baby and put my baby in the trash like she's nothing. That's not OK, this is not OK." $30,000 rewards are going out to anyone who has information concerning this case.



Opinion: First, my prayers go out to the Thompson family and Somer's loved ones. The person who did this to that little girl is sick and disgusting. How can someone do that to someone so young and innocent? I can't imagine how the mother must feel. Know i would feel extreme guilt for letting my child walk home knowing there are 160 registered sex offenders just in my neighborhood. I hope this doesn't have to happen again but as long as there are people in the world like the person who did this to Somer then who knows.



http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/22/georgia.landfill.body/index.html

Paygo

For many years medicare has been spending more in payments than it has been pulling in from tax and revenue or interests on its investments. These entitlements make up a big part of our federal budget.Trustees have predicted that the funds for medicare will be expended by 2019 but is now said to be 2017. The program owes 13.4 trillion dollars than it can afford. Social Security is also said to hit zero in 2037 and also will be spending more than they are receiving. The high unemployment has been part of this issue because it lowers the amount of tax that is coming in for these programs. I think if people were to paygo it would stop the increasing deficit.

I think that if we use paygo that it will help with the hole that's been dug. President Obama announced that he was sending legislation to congress to restore the "pay as you go" law. I think it would be a good idea. The fundings would be used just for Social Security and Medicare. Not for the other Gov't programs.

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