I have found a very interesting article on the New York Times paper,John Kerry Rushes in Where Obama Will Not Tread, that talked about the problems going on in Syria and how Mr. Obama is dealing with it all.  This is a very difficult situation for all in charge, but I feel like needs to be dealt with but with extreme care. The author, Peter Baker, talked about how Mr. Obama would like to almost hold back and let it almost resolve itself.  BUT, at the same time, I can see where he is coming from by not getting involved.  Obama also has the Secretary of State, John Kerry,  doing a lot of work for him because he is willing to go anywhere and do anything to try to find a resolution to this problem.  So while Obama is too busy,  Mr. Kerry is figuring out ways to solve this, as they say, “the engineering way”. “If there is a problem, it can be fixed.” John Kerry has a constant communication with the foreign minister which can be very beneficial in our situation. John Kerry is very helpful in our situation, and I believe that if anyone were to solve the problem the way they want, he would be the one to do so. This article shows almost exactly what Mr. Obama is doing by “watching over it” and what Mr. Kerry is doing by “trying to solve the problem.”  The author throws in there that the reason U.S. can’t just jump into Syria is because of the risk they have to our country.  I do believe that having someone other than the president help resolve the situation without putting the U.S. to war, is the smartest thing to do at the moment.  We need to do all that is possible in a peaceful way before attempting to play it rough.  Maybe to others that might seem like the wrong thing to do, but that is why I like this topic so much, to hear all the ways that this can be handled and all the results that can come with it. The articles intended audience is for everyone that lives in the United States, but can be inferred differently by different political beliefs, (how to act on Syria).  I also noticed that the author, Peter Baker, did an excellent job on keeping his opinion out of the story.  The article was very well written and deserves to be read because it is something very important that is happening right now and involves everyone, and if it doesn't involve everyone now, if the cards are played wrong, it can involve everyone later on.

blocked planned parenthood?

Why would The House want to vote on a bill that blocks federal funding to planned parent hood for a year?   Now it doesn't sound that bad because it is just for a year.  The doctors now will be criminally charged if they don't try to save the babies life, if the baby is born alive during an abortion.  I personally think that is great though.  I don't know how anyone could not try to save a little babies life.  The article that I read over this issue is found at Fox News's website.  This article was very interesting to read.  From the article you find that,  it is not just about not funding and saving the babies life, but it's also an attempt to change some abortion practices.  One of the big arguments, and one that a presidential candidates addresses that there are undercover videos of babies being kept alive to harvest some of their body parts like their brain and sell them for money.  This is not only disgusting, but something that should also be stopped.  The de-fund bill was passes 241-187, and also has a potential change so shut down the government.  There are two different bills and their goals are, to block planned parent hood for a year and impose criminal penalties to the doctors who don't try to keep the babies alive if born during an abortion.  Democrats already got rid of a bill that wanted to erase planned parenthood funding, as the republicans are arguing that having the government shutdown for this would be damaging. Ted Cruz is trying to get the Republicans to get rid of planned parenthood completely.  The article was very interesting and very informative over this topic.  It's a very well created article and you should go over and read it. It won't take too much time because it is short and gets straight to the point.  I believe that planned parent hood is okay on some points, but to kill a baby who is already alive and to sell its body parts for money, I believe that is wrong and should be stopped.  I think one year won't hurt anyone and could be good in many ways.  It would also be a good "test" and to see how things work with the money being blocked.  Its only for one year, and it will go by quickly.

Hello

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Government class and what I know

Hello everyone!   I just started my government class, and I have come to realize how much I really don't know.  Looking back on my history with government and politics I have almost to little history with it, and the results to the quizzes that I took online can prove it.  On the civic literacy quiz I scored six out of 10 and it shows me as a tribune.  On the current events quiz I scored eight out of twelve.  I think from those scores it is easy to tell how much I have learned about our government, and have kept up with the news and important information.   From this class I want to be able to gain the ability to actually have a normal conversation with someone about the information we will learn, instead of being the odd one out and not knowing anything anyone is saying.  I am taking this class as a required class in order to be able to transfer to a university, although i am actually kinda glad that I am in this class.  On the political ideology quiz it showed me as a business conservative, when I don't believe that is actually the right thing to call me.  On over half the questions I had no actual answer and i just had to choose one to move to the next.  I am very excited to see how this class goes as well as very eager to be able to understand all of todays problems with our government and hopefully know what our country needs to do and how to become a better country.