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This was the U.S. House of Representatives vote in favor of outlawing genetic discrimination. The one person who did not agree was Ron Paul. This is a good bill to pass, there shouldnt be any discrimination whatsoever but dicriminating based on genes, thats what you inherit from your family and is uncontrollable. This is a very good step in making America more equal.

Thats dumb to discriminate people based on their genes im glad that this is being resolved and is about ready to be signed by the president.

Long view

Israel celebrates its 60th birthday. The country was what the Nazis had left and was expected to carry on what they had left off. The country is very divided many groups tend not to get along. Israel has to worry about threats from neighboring enemies such as Iran, Palestinians, Lebanon, and Gaza. Seems like it will take quite a few more years than 60 to bring everyone together enough to tolerate one another and get along.

Why the world cant afford food

The world is in a food crisis and the food that is available comes with an added cost. This is because of several factors. Those are poor harvests and restrictive trade policies, increasing oil prices, diversion of crops into biofuels, and increasing demand of food especially in china and India. Prices are expected to stay high untill at least next year. As of March food global food prices are at a high worldwide.

Burma

Burma is a struggling country and was recently hit with a cyclone and and killed thousands of people. Burma's military is not helping their cause much after gunning down several dozens of monk demonstrators and reacting to the crisis of the cyclone slowly. President Bush granted $3.25 million dollars in emergency aid to Burma. The cyclones happened May 2nd and 3rd.

Vladimir Putin-Most Influential Person

Time magazine has recently just issued out the 100 most influential in the world as of right now. They are not ranked dissapointingly. If i were asked who would i consider the most influential out of the 100, it would be Vladimir Putin. This man has done wonders for his country "Russia". He has built a struggling country into a top power and is now being recognized as a threat among others as well as targeting the younger generation with a Putin camp. He is no longer the President but the Prime Minister of Russia now. Although he is not literally the leader anymore he still is who running the show over there and has caught the attention of many. My second and third choice would be Hu Jintao, and the Dalai Lama.

Gem of an Idea

Botswana is one of two countries in Africa to rise out of poverty and reach the middle class income status. This is because the diamond threshold they bear. Botswana has teamed up with De Beers in a partnership. Botswana believes in business and helping themselves rather than federal aid helping. This is because Botswana were able to carry its 1.9 million population out of poverty and into a more stable life, and all due to the diamonds and not giving in to aid and letting others chime in. The theory is that countries with natural wealth will grow more slowly than countries without natural wealth. Botswana avoided being another victim of this.

Rules of Disengagement

This is about antiterrorism act. The deal is for companies to go terror free or for the most part quit dealing with terrorist countries. Many support this and believe it will prosper just as going green did. America has not funded into terror-free investing and this is in hope to change that. This is a way for Americans to fight terrorism in a non-violent way and maybe even make a profit from it.