How the Crisis in the Middle East is affecting our Wallets.

Gone to the gas pumps lately? Gas has gone up to $3.26 a gallon. The crisis in the Middle East has caused oil prices to soar. The predicted gas prices will be five dollars a gallon by the end of the year. Libya has a lot to do with this. 95% of Libya’s income comes from exporting oil. lybia also produces 2% of the worlds oil. Due to the up roar and unrest with the government in Libya, many big companies are pulling out and leaving the oil there. This could cause the world to tap into its reserves. Cornelia Meyer, CEO and Chair Person of MRL.Corp, told CNN that we would be fine short term, but long term what would we do? We would have to find other countries to get our oil from. This would not be such a problem for America, but Europe. Libya mostly exports its oil to southern Europe and other places. I think we should cut back on gas. We should try and find an alternative for energy. This all seems so impossible because I have done the research and even oil at 100 dollars a barrel is less expensive to make than other energy alternatives. If the unrest grows in the Middle East energy prices around the world will increase. Hopefully everyone can come to agreements over this and things go back to peace in the Middle East, and our gas prices go back down at least to under three dollars a gallon.
I got all of my information from http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/02/27/levine.libya.oil.cnn

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CBS Reporter Almost Beat to Death in Egypt

On Friday February 11, Lara Logan was in Cairo’s square when she was attacked. She was in Egypt on an assignment for CBS. She was filming for 60 minutes. The protesters were actually in celebration of President Mubarak’s resignation. Logan and her staff were surrounded by a mob of 200 in the frenzy; she was separated from her group. She was almost beat to death and they sexually assaulted her. Reports say this was a brutal attack. She was saved by a group of Egyptian women and some twenty police men. I feel so bad for her. Literally a week before this happened I told Dr. Sanders I wanted to go to Egypt and cover these stories. Then this happened to a beautiful, smart, senior correspondent. I can’t imagine what she must be feeling. She was doing her job being a great journalist. I respect her so much. I think she has a lot of courage to tell the world that she was sexually assaulted, because the press can’t say when someone is sexually assaulted unless the victim says it’s okay. She is such a strong woman. I hope she pulls through this I am praying for her.

I recieved all of my information and picture from http://www.cbs.com/.

The Revolution is Spreading!

Iran's Protests

Iran’s Parliament broke out into a death-chanting riot of states men yesterday. Parliament has called for the execution of two men for starting up risings. Their names are Mousavi and Karroubi. Iran’s government is up set because they don’t want another “Egypt” in the Muslim world. Mousavi and Karroubi called for protesters to show up at Azadi Square, and about ten thousand people showed up. Most of the activists, in Tehran, were arrested by the Iranian Government. One person was shot and killed during the protests. Actually the month of January saw a lot of executions in Iran about 66 to be exact, only 3 of those executions had to do with protests. U.N. leaders have called for peace in Iran. I think that the people of Iran should get to protest freely if they want too. I think that Egypt has started a revolution in the Muslim world. I am very curious to see how all of this plays out in the long run. I do believe in people’s basic rights though. Assembly is one of them. Its not like they were rioting they were just protesting. They had no intentions of rioting or starting to erupt like Egypt did. The protests would have been all peaceful if it wasn’t for the government stepping in and stirring them up. 






I recieved all of my information from CNN.Com. 
http://www.cnn.com/2011/world/meast/02/15/iran.protests/index.html?hpt=T1

Are We The Dumbest Generation?

         

   I recently read a book for a class called "The Dumbest Generation". After reading the book i looked up the podcast in which the author Mark Bauerlein explains his book. This book was gloomy and disturbing to me. At the same time it was very eye opening. It honestly makes me want to change the way I do things in my life. His book is brutally honest.

The book is about “Generation Y” and the digital age. He has great points we “tune out and tune in”. We tune into the wrong things. We are so connected with our peers that it inhibits our intellectual learning. He made a very interesting point in his podcast he said “think about it today if I send my 15 year old to his bedroom for punishment… it wouldn’t be punishment to him!” This is very true I remember when I would get in trouble and my parents would send me to my room I was like okay. I had everything in my room laptop, TV, and my cell phone. Going to my room was like my special place where as twenty years ago it was seen as punishment.

 Did you know that less that 40% of people my age cannot name the speaker of the house, but 98% of our generation can name Bevis and butthead? Wow! what are we doing? Whatever happened to learning things because you enjoy them? What happened to bettering one’s self with intellect? Our society has put way too much on social things not knowledge. We as a generation need to remember that knowledge will set you free. Someone can take your iPod, cell phone, and your facebook. They cannot take away your knowledge and yearning for it. American youth don’t let your digital media take away from your knowledge, let it enhance it!

http://www.strategiesforliving.com/podcast.php?p=1957 I got all of my information from this podcast and Mark Bauerlein's book "The Dumbest Generation". I suggest if you dont read the book at least listen to this podcast.

From Bad to Worse.... The Crisis in Egypt

Things are getting a lot worse in Egypt as of today. Yesterday the protesters against Mubarak held a million man march in Cairo, which has lead to more violence. Military troops have been called in and protesters for Mubarak have come to his defense in the streets. Cairo is in mass chaos. Cairo is ground zero for the protesters. The protesters are facing off in front of the Cairo museum. Some protesters have even rode into Cairo on camels.  It looks like something out of an “end of days” chapter from the Bible.

The Egyptian military has been sent in to keep protesters from hurting each other and stop looting. The problem is that the protesters out number the military. They have flipped over tanks and military vehicles in Cairo. The military is trying to spray protesters with water and shoot guns in the air to calm them down. On the plus side protests in Alexandria have been peaceful compared to the chaotic Cairo.

In my opinion this is a disturbing sight from Cairo. I have always thought of Egypt as a stable state. Now the whole nation is at a stand still. Businesses, schools, and everything has been shut down due to the protesters. This is my message MUBARAK leave office! If his resignation from office will stop these riots and return Egypt back to its peaceful state. I mean do what’s BEST for your country and leave! I am still praying for the protesters. I hope they find peace.


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