Barack Obama: Bush! Global Warming is all your fault!

U.S. President Barack Obama has said recently on a statement in the White House that Global Warming is affecting general public health and will be a bigger threat in the future, the Guardian has reported today. 

Mr. Obama has also expressed how some policies of the former U.S. president George W. Bush have increased the dioxide emissions in the U.S. making the working against Global Warming harder.

The White House and Mr. Obama's personnel in charged of the Global Warming issues have expressed their concern on the carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. and have declared that they are currently considering making new laws to release the carbon dioxide emissions. However, so far, some congress officials have already refused to accept the conditions.

The problem with Global Warming is that most people think that it is the fault of car-drivers and oil companies, and that the less cars we have in the streets and motor ways, the better it is for the environment, which is obviously not the real solution. Oil is a natural resource that on earth for a reason, and it should be used.

After all, the problem with Global Warming have been caused by a people who don't take small actions in their own lives. Sadly, most people don't realise that half the rubbish that pollute that world come from homes. Little actions such as recycling and moderating how much water and heating we waste, and the way we take care of our car's carbon dioxide, can be vital for the health of our planet.

Unfortunately, some companies have taken advantage of the facilities of transport and have polluted other weaker countries that have nothing to do with polluting the world. These companies have damaged other African countries by sending rubbish that be 'stored' in public place, as the Independent reported. 

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Guadian article used to write this story:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/24/global-warming-public-health-america

Independent article used to write this story:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/dumped-in-africa-britain8217s-toxic-waste-1624869.html

Barack Obama's profile (Wikipedia):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama

Global Warming (Wikipedia):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

Carbon dioxide emissions (Wikipedia):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide

Recycling (Wikipedia):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling

White House profile (Wikipedia):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House

White House website:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Gordon Brown strikes against terrorism

On an article written by British PM Gordon Brown, and published by the Guardian today, Mr. Brown has stated the actions he and his government - the Labour party - will and and are currently taking to stop terrorism.

One of the actions considered and taken by Mr. Brown, and the topic that was most emphasized throughout his article, was the improvement and the development that has been done to the policing organizations in Britain. Mr. Brown mentioned that it has been invested numerous amounts of money of £1 billion to £3.5 billions on security equipment and personal in the UK borders as well as UK cities and key buildings, which means that now important cities are well-protected against all kinds of attacks, including chemical and nuclear attacks.

Mr. Brown also alerted people of any possible terror attacks and warned all the citizens to be alert and to not support people who are motivated by hatred and wrong-religious reasons. Mr. Brown said (the Guardian reported today): "Al-Qaida terrorist remain intent on inflicting mass casualties without warning, including through suicide bombings. They are motivated by a violent extremist ideology based on a false reading of religion and exploit modern travel and communications to spread through loose and dangerous global networks."

Mr. Brown also stated that he is giving his support to other countries around the world that have already been fighting terrorism for a while, and that have currently increased their support towards countries - such as the UK - that are willing to fight terrorism. Mr. Brown made clear that Britain will fight along those organizations and countries to stop terrorism from being a threat to the UK and the world.

Mr. Brown has made clear that he is not 'joking' when he says that he has taken actions nationally and internationally to stop terrorism. Very rarely we see politicians committed to the promises and taking such actions to stop such delicate matters.

In fact, Mr. Brown has been very clear on the actions that he has taken, and the actions that he is willing to take, and he is determent to stop Britain from being threatened in their own land. Personally, I give my support to Mr. Brown, and I congratulate him for the efforts he has made to keep Britain a saver place.

I wonder what David Cameron has to say about this matter! Is he going to criticize Mr. Brown for taking such actions - as Mr. Cameron usually criticizes Mr. Brown, even when Mr. Brown takes actions and good decisions? And if he is, what excuse is he going to come up with?

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Guardian article used to write this story:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/22/gordon-brown-terrorism

Gordon Brown's profile (Wikipedia):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Brown

Al-Qaida's profile (Wikipedia):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda

Israeli Army kills civilians. Mistake?

The Independent has scooped today that Israeli troops were indeed allowed to shoot and kill civilians during the 22-day invasion to Gaza. It has also been scooped by the Independent that a Military commander expressed his views on palestinian lives saying that Palestinian lives were (according to the Independent) "very, very less important than the lives of our soldiers."

One soldier said that he was ordered to shoot at an elderly woman who was only 100 metres away from the soldiers. Another soldier revealed how the lives of a mother and her children were taken by a sniper. 

The Independent also reported: "A aquad leader said: At the beginning the directive was to enter a house with an armoured vehicle, to break the door down, to start shooting inside and - I call it murder - to shoot at everyone we identify. In the beginning I asked myself how could this make sense? Higher-ups said it is permissible because everyone left in the city (Gaza city) is culpable because they didn't run away."

The Times Online reported that an official investigation has been started by international authorities because Israel might have broken human right laws while the military operation in Gaza was taking place earlier this year.

Israel made a mistake. And what country in the history of the world does not make mistakes when it comes to war? From the British to the Americans, they have all made worse mistakes and in many cases, the world has said nothing. Many people believe that so far, Israel only invaded Gaza City to kill innocent civilians, when there has only been proved that one commander ordered to kill a group of people. 

Don't get me wrong, the action of killing the civilians was wrong and those in charge of the brutal operation must be punished, but not those who carried out the operation because they were simply following orders. 

But if I had to express my personal view I would say that if the Palestinians had been in the same position as the Israelis, they would have done the same or worse. At least the Israelis do not rape women like many African terror groups do. 

Unfortunately, people tend to forget that the Middle East is a complicating and very different place from the West. Most of the innocent civilians' deaths in the operation were taken by Israeli army soldiers because Hamas was hiding behind them. Plus, most of the children's deaths were caused because Hamas used them as soldiers or human shelters, just as it (Hamas) did to many other innocent lives, including women.

I'm not justifying anyone, but when you live under rocket fires for more than eight years, and you just get tired of political talking and appeals and all the paper work, once you invade the country from where the rockets come from, you do not think who and what you are killing and you just want to take revenge. I'm not saying it's right, no, it is wrong, but that is what happens.

If Hamas really cared about its people - as they claimed - why didn't they then give up their weapons and their rocket instruments? Why didn't they take the opportunity to cease fire once and for all? No, instead they started to fire rockets to south Israel.

If Gaza is in this situation is because of themselves and because of Hamas, and I am afraid - and very much sorry for the lives that are yet to be taken by the Israeli soldiers and the lives that have already been taken - this situation will not cease and will always continue until Hamas does not get to an agreement with the Israeli government. 

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Independent article used to write this story:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israels-dirty-secrets-in-gaza-1649527.html

Times Online article used to write this story:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5939611.ece

Gaza's profile (Wikipedia):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip

Deranged pervert Josef Fritzl gets life sentence

73-year-old Josef Fritzl of Austria is sentenced to life in prison where he would get psychological help. The Guardian reported today.

According to the Guardian, Fritzl enslaved his own daughter since the age of 18, for 24 years, during which he abused her and forced her to have seven children, one of which, a twin, died during labour for not having the medical care necessary to give birth. Fritzl is believed to have gotten rid of the baby-body by burning and burring it afterwards.

Fritzl was discovered more than nine months ago when one of his prisoners run away from the cellar where they were being held captive. A police officer found the prisoner and then ran to investigate where this person had come from and found the horrific crime scene.

Since the detention of Fritzl, he has declared that he did not realise who much harm he had done to his own daughter and that he was completely sorry for his actions.

The guardian has reported today: "I regret from the bottom of my heart what I have done to my family. Unfortunately, I cannot make amends for it. I can only try to look for possibilities to try to limit the damage that's been done, he (Fritzl) said." But this did not stop the judge from giving him the maximum sentence available in Austria.

The Sun reported today: "He (Fritzl) told a hushed court: It was only yesterday I realised for the first time how cruel I was to Elisabeth. I never realised it was such a bad situation."

Today, the world has seen justice. A man who enslaved his own daughter for such a long time will get what he deserves as he spends the rest of his miserable life in prison.

Honestly, I didn't believe in death penalty, but today I have charged my mind. I believe that such a cold-hearted person does not deserve to live the life that he has taken from someone such as his own daughter and the children he forced her to have with him for as long as 24 years.

However, I am very glad with the sentence and, besides the fact that I don't agree with Fritzl being under psychological care, because I don't believe he needs any - I just believe that he found pleasure in forcing someone to do the things he wanted, just because he could - I am very pleased with the fact that him too, will soon not be able to see sunlight again. Just like he forced his daughter not to see sunlight for 24 years.

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Guardian article used to write this story:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/19/josef-fritzl-jailed-for-life

Sun article used to write this story:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2328061.ece

Josef Fritzl case profile (Wikipedia):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritzl_case

More tuition fees for UK students

In an official survey studied and revealed by the BBC yesterday, it has been concluded that most English and Welsh universities want to increase the amount of money paid for tuition fees by UK Students from £3,500 to at least £5,000.

According to the BBC News Website, some of the vice-chancellors of some of the top universities in the UK would like to see tuition fees rise for the sake of their universities.

These vice-chancellors believe that rising tuition fees up to £5,000 and in some cases, depending on the academic course, £7,000, would help universities a lot in times of economic crisis.

The BBC reported: "The BBC survey, gathering the views of 53 universities vice-chancellors, showed a wide range of expectations of the scale of any increase - from £4,000 to £20,000 per year."

This is without a doubt a way for the cheesy, greeny, give-more-money-vice-chancellors of all those 53 universities to make more money.

How dare they say that universities need more money because they are going through difficult times? When specially now that there is an economic crisis, more and more both youngsters and mature would-be-university-students are desperately applying to university courses.

If there is anyone who needs money to go to university, those are the students who are dedicating their time and who are already in debt and who will have to pay a deep debt of up to £25,000 by the time their higher education is over. Those people are the UK students.

Those vice-chancellors do not need more money, and in fact, they do not deserve more money, because all they want to do with that money is invest it on unnecessary things.

Such is the case of one of London's biggest universities; London Metropolitan University; where the chancellor lied when it came to reporting to the government how many students the university had and now the university has to pay back a fine of more than £15 million.

I am a journalism student at London Met, and I - like many other students - can assure many people that just by looking at the quality of some of the equipment and the buildings that belong London Met, I can say that most of that money must have ended up in the wrong pockets.

If not, then why doesn’t London Met’s chancellor want to explain the government what he’s done with the money? And what does London Met’s chancellor want to do now to ‘solve the problem?’ He wants to get rid of almost 40% of the university’s lecturers.

For the sake of those students who are the future of this nation, and who will end up in debt for shaping their own future at university, and for doing something that benefits the future of the UK, let us please not allow these greeny vice-chancellors benefit from us, the students, and get our money because they simply want and can.

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BBC News article used to write this story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7946912.stm

Find out more information about the London Metropolitan University debt here:

http://socialismrightnow.blogspot.com/

David Cameron: 'no more TV license fee for the BBC'

The leader of the opposition - the right-wing Conservative party - David Cameron, has declared yesterday that he would freeze the BBC-TV license fee for a year to set a good and strong example to the British people in these times of economic crisis, the Independent reported yesterday.

According to the Independent, Mr. Cameron also declared that the BBC is one of the most important British institutions and that it has been for years.

Mr. Cameron has accused many Labour leaders for the plans made to increase the BBC-TV license fee from £139.50 to £142.50.

This is, without a doubt, a very interesting and rare move for a Tory leader to make in times of economic crisis. First of all, the BBC is the best broadcasting network in the world and it needs the license fee to survive.

Taking into consideration that the BBC does not broadcast commercial ads and that the only income it has at the moment is the license fee, it needs the money collected by the license fee payers to keep broadcasting those interesting high-quality documentaries and programmes.

However strange it might sound, in times of economic crisis and economic recession the best thing to do in order to help the country's economy is to spend money. Money that at same time must stay in Britain.

Reducing or freezing the license fee, even for a year, does not help the economy at all. On the contrary, it will make things harder for the BBC and most of the very-well-made, high-quality programmes that the BBC makes, will decline in quality.

It is also fair to mention that the the license fee does not only go to the BBC-TV programmes, but it supports all the BBC-radios across the country, the fantastic BBC website, and everything that has to do with the BBC in the UK.

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Independent article used to write this story:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cameron-would-freeze-bbc-fee-1646289.html

David Cameron's profile (Wikipedia):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cameron

The BBC's profile (Wikipedia):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC

The BBC website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

BBC-TV Licence fee:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/licencefee/

Gordon Brown: 'cheap alcohol is killing us'

British PM Gordon Brown declared his views towards the new price of alcohol in the UK, the BBC News website has reported today.

In a press conference held yesterday Mr Brown expressed that he will not interfere with the new law that has been considered by the Chief Medical Officer for England, Sir Liam Donaldson, who wants to increase the price of alcohol by 50p per every unit of alcohol.

This new law would make a regular bottle of wine of a minimum price of £3.00 a £4.50 bottle of wine. According to the BBC News website, England, unlike other European countries that have decreased the amount of alcohol consumed in a year, has increased it by 40%.

Although Mr. Brown has no intentions to stop the price of alcohol from being risen, he did show some concern about the ‘moderate’ drinkers. The BBC News website reported today: “He (Mr. Brown) said: I think these strong actions in public health are always controversial.”

BBC Radio 4 has broadcasted today that Mr. Brown does not think it is fair to penalize those who do not drink too much, for the fault of those who drink more.

The purpose of increasing the price of every alcohol unit sold in England is to stop heavy drinkers from becoming more addicted to alcohol. According to the BBC News website “the NHS bill for alcohol abuse is an estimated £2.7bn a year”

It is not a secret to anyone that many English people have drinking problems, and that every year more and more under-aged teenagers are starting to drink heavier types of alcohol more frequently.

Plus, after having seen that the measures towards smoking in public places taken more than two years ago worked - because it has been proved that since the law of non-smoking in public places made many people stop smoking - the government is now trying to apply the same strategy on alcohol laws.

Which – if you look at it this way – is a good thing, because in times of economic crisis and recession, it is better not to spend money on unnecessary things such as alcohol.

Instead of spending money on alcohol, we could spend that money on more useful things such as food, mortgage or invest it on saving. Plus, it is a fact that this new alcohol regulation will stop many people from getting violent in the streets every time they drink.

I agree with what the government is trying to do, and I believe it is one of the most reasonable ideas they have had in a long time.

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BBC News article used to write this story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7945357.stm

Independent related article:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/pm-rejects-minimum-alcohol-price-idea-1646077.html

Times Online related article:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5916887.ece

Gordon Brown's profile (Wikipedia):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Brown