John Edwards charges appear likely Friday

John Edwards will likely face charges on friday june third due to the fact of his extramarital affair and his smuggling of his own campaign money to cover up his affair during the 2008 presidential election. His lawyer, Greg Craig, was flown up to North Carolina earlier in the week and is said to be working out a deal with the prosecution. Even though he is supposedly being fully charged with taking of the money, he has still had the full support and backing of the State of North Carolina. He also, if charges are officaly filed, will be stripped of his liscence to practicing law, and would not even be able to be an attorney for the poor.

I believe that this man should be stripped of his law liscence. He should be stripped of it becuase of the fact that he stole money that people donated to his cause to run for the President of the United States. He, in wanting to run for president, should not have been straying from his wifes side, who by the way was going through the treatment for breast cancer, and not been dropping his pants all along the campaign trail. The worst part about this is not even the taking of the money, the worst part is his image. He tried to uphold the image of him being this family man, who would do anything for his family and that they were religous and promoted their religon, and yet he goes and breaks one of the holy sacraments. Yes, i understand that everyone makes mistakes, but at the same time if you expect to lead a country, you better be pretty close to fool proof.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43260386/ns/politics/

Microsoft give first look at Touch Windows-8

Today, Microsoft released the new prototype for the new Windows 8. And its really really similar to the newly release Microsoft 7 for the phone. Its not surprising though, the Windows 8 is made basically for touch screen and phones that dont have keyboards and dont require a mouse. Microsoft Windows 8 is just the temporary name for it until a new, better version can offically be released to the media and public. One disadvantage to the new software, is that all new touch screen electronics wont be able to run the older versions of software because there will be no compatibility layer.

I believe that all of these new programs and applications for phones and other electronics are a great idea..but at the same time they all are too expensive for someone to have to try to stay updated when they dont have compatibility modes. When they are compatible life is so much easier, but when its not, its just a struggle. I think that they should have to put a compatibility mode in due to the fact that its not possible for people to use the software that they purchase without it.

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/01/6766654-microsoft-gives-first-look-at-touch-friendly-windows-8

Ohio autoworker guilty of helping kill Jews in Nazi death camp

John Demjanjuk, a 91 year old german immagrant was sentenced to 5 years in prison on Wednesday because of his involvement in the Nazi concentration camps. He was a watchman at the prison called Sobibor camp in Poland, and is accused of his role in the extermination of 27,900 Jews. At the trials, he remained in a wheelchair or lying down on a gurney becuase he is to weak to stand trial. It does not look like he will actually be attending prison due to his health issues and his old age, but he may have the potential to spend the next five years in his home under house arrest. His lawyers are appealing the case, saying that it was unconstitutional due to the fact that just two decades earlier he was tried and found not guilty in Israel for the same crimes. Also the fact that his identifaction card that sealed his fate in the fact that he took part in the crimes, is also supposed to be a fake made up by the Soviet KGB.

I dont think that this old man should be punished for something like this, so late in his life. Yes i can see it happening back when he was young enough to stand trial and actually spend the time in prison, but now at such an old age there is no way that he will be able to last even long enough to serve his five years of sentencing. Even if he did do it, most cases of people in the Nazi party were forced to go and kill the Jews, either that or they were shot execution style and killed or starved to death. So he chose life over death. Im sure that everyone would, even if it was to commit horrible crimes. But at the same time he was a watchman, and since watchman were on the lowest rank possible how could he have killed that many people single handedly, he obviously had accomplises who by the way have now all died. If they have all died, its not fair for him to be blamed for everyones involvement just because he is the sole survior.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43002291/ns/world_news-europe/

Jobs And Welfare

One of the current issues that jumped out at me was the fact that poverty is such an issues in America. I guess that people hear about it, but when it doesn't directly touch them it doesn't seem to take full effect. Over 12.6 percent of Americans live below the poverty line, that's almost 37 million Americans. I believe that the people who are impoverished, seeem to take advantage of the programs provided for them. Take food stamps for example, the people who use them take advantage of them. They buy chips, soda, candy and everything else under the sun that seems to be unhealthy. Why aren't they regulated? Its a proven fact that impoverished children are more likely to be overweight than children who don't live in poverty. Also another thing that people seem to take advantage of is the free programs given out to people in need, such as social security benefits. The benefits that people who have real jobs, and their having that money taken out of their checks so they might have something saved for when they retire. To tell the truth, no one will ever see that money. That money is given out to people who use it as their main source of income, and support their family off of it for decades. I believe that the poverty in America is an issue because all the programs that are at their finger tips are taken for granted and are used until they are bone dry.

I decided to read the putting Welfare to Work article because of the fact that my first point in this assignment was also about welfare. I believe that the people who are on welfare are there for a reason, whatever that it may be, its not right. It's a parents responsibility to take care of their children and provide for them. I understand that some people do not have the skills or the education to go out and find a job that pays over 28 dollars an hour but that does not give them the right to abuse the welfare system. I believe that the government was right to cut the deadline for how many months that your allowed to be on it, but at the same time its not fair to the people who are on welfare that have a disablity and depend on that for their main mode of income. I don't really think that there is a possibilty for a person to have an opinion on these issues when its not fair to the people who pay for welfare and those who recieve it when there are so many ways that you can look at it, and from so many view points. Ben Nelson a senator from Nebraska feels that the people who recieve welfare should also be finding jobs and have them as well, I think thats a good place to stand on the issues at hand.

http://bennelson.senate.gov/issues/economic_security/welfare_reform.cfm

Bin Laden's hosts were 2 Pakistanis from frontier

As the world was told of Bin Laden's death, they were not told of two others. The two men who had owned the house that Bin Laden was hiding out in were also killed on the night of the raid. They were Pashtun muslims who never gave any information to their neighbors about where they were from, and why they were there. They built a beautiful three story home 7 years ago, but the only difference abou this home was that they had built a high wall with barbed wire over the top so that they may keep their privacy. As by usual muslim tradtion they did not hire a gate watchman, the gate watchmans are the people who know all of the families secrets. The two men who were the courriers for him also have left 9 children between the two of them as well as two wives who are now widows.

I think that these two men didn't deserve to be killed along with Bin Laden. I think that they should have been tried against their crimes for harrboring a fugitive but i guess that doesnt really matter anymore. These two men, in my opinion, are probably some of the bravest men that i have ever heard of. They built a home, and harrbored one of the most wanted criminals of all time in their home. They had to put on a straight face and act like everything was normal, and that they just lived a typical everyday life of the pashtun muslums. These men must have been good people if Bin Laden trusted them with his own life, as well as his families lives. But i guess all good things have to come to an end.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42889172/42853295

Explosion hits popular cafe in Moracco, killing 14

In Marrakech, Moracco a massive explosion occured on Thursday killing 14 people and wounding 20 others in a very popular cafe. The government is calling this act a criminal one, and if the bombing is confirmed as a terroristic act this will be the largest bombing in 8 years for the city. When the bombing occured it riped the front off of the large two story building that the cafe was housed in, leaving only awnings dangling. The passerbys quickly set into action by taking away the bodies of the wounded and putting out the flames of the building with fire extinguishers. The 14 peoples identities have not been released but they have been said to come from a variety countries, and that the investigation has now been confirmed as a no longer accident but a true criminal act.


I really do not understand why people feel the need to bomb other countries and people who live there or are visiting there. Its not like the people on the veranda of the cafe were looking to get bombed, they were just trying to enjoy some midday lunch. I think that the bombings and acts of terror taking place on other people are very ridiculous. What if the people who are doing the bombings, now have the situation reversed on them. This whole situatin just really gets my goat.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42797238/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

"Dear Mommy. I hope you're alive. Are you okay?"

Four year old Manami Kon of Japan has been motherless now for 20 days since the earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan. Her mother, father, and a sister, are still unaccounted for. She wrote the words, "Dear Mommy. I hope you're alive. Are you okay?" in a letter written to her lost mother. It took her 20 minutes to write, but thats a short amount of time for a four year old to write that long of a note. A few days later, they had found the girls father and sister, they are now accounted for, but are no longer living on this earth. Her mother is still missing, and she sits above her old village everyday waiting for her mothers return. I think that this story is so sad, it's bad enough that the girl is missing her mother. But to find out that her father and her sister are no longer alive must be really tough. It is a very good thing that her grandmother is still alive and well and able to take care of her, if she wasn't alive she would just be one of the many faces lost in a sea of orphans. This story is almost a chilling reality that is now taking place in our world. Thousands of people have now been misplaced, radiation is billowing out of the Japanese nuclear plants, and their food and other products are not safe to eat. Something more should be done for these people but at the same time as Americans we should also take care of our own first. We have thousands of men, women, and children going hungry every single day, and nothing is done to help them. Sure, there are organizations to help them but they can only help so many people a day. I feel that it is our responsibility to help us first and then the other people around the world second. Maybe thats wrong, but at this point I dont really care. http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/31/6380113-dear-mommy-i-hope-youre-alive-are-you-okay-4-year-old-quake-survivor-writes