Swine Flu

Summary:
We are at the second highest level of caution issued on Wednesday by the World Health Organization due to the swine flu, which first broke out in Mexico. There has been 148 cases in 9 countries we need to start being careful about this flu pandemic, majority of the cases were found in the United States, so far 91 confirmed here in the United States. So far 7 have died in Mexico and 1 in the United States. We are unsure of what virus causes theis flu or why it spreads so quickly. We need to be cautious about what we do and stay calm in a situation like this. Obama sent a request for congress to give $1.5 million to help fight, prevent and find a cure for this flu.
Opinion:
I agree with what Obama is doing because this flu is spreading so quickly; however at the same time it really has not taken many lives i mean think about how many people die from influenza or mono or anything else, I think this may be blown a little out of proportion for what it is and we need to stay calm and in contol as well as being cautious about it.
Sources:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/29/swine.flu/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Hand of God

Paul Grayhek age 52 of northern Idaho claims to have seen the imprint of Gods hand in a rock and he wants to let people bid on it on ebay. The hand is around nine feet tall and four feet wide and currently the highest bid is $250. He plans on sharing the rock with the highest bidder not letting them own it.

I think this is crazy. It was a claim of a hand for one there is no proof and two why would you spend a bunch of money to see a rock. If it truely was a hand of God then I would understand but there simply is no proof and would be a waste of money to simply pay over 250 dollars to look at it a couple times.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/26/idaho.rock.auction/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Cruise Attack

An Italian cruise ship was attacked by pirates just outside of Somalia and the captain ordered to fire back at the pirates. There was six armed pirates that attacked the cruise ship with approximately 1,500 people on it; however nobody was injured. There are several areas with pirates and we need to look out for them.

I think that the pirates should just give up so many people are after them, but they are in safe water. Being in safe water does not make it OK to try to harm other people like the innocent bi standers on a Cruise ship and something needs to be done about this.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/26/somalia.pirates/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

The Flood

Summary: near 6,000 homes were in danger due to the Red River floods in the Fargo Moorhead area. They used nearyly 1.5 million sandbags because the river was to crest over 40 feet. The National Guard, Volunteers and organizations all went to aide them. The record was in 1897 the flood crested at about 40.1 feet and similar floods have occured more recently.
Opinion: I agree with Marit that going to aide them was a wise move. Someday we here might need help and their help would be appreciated. We have not had a large crisis yet but when the time comes i hope that those people would step up and help out. I think that this was the right move and someday it will affect us.
Source:http://marit-blog.blogspot.com/

Drug Smuggling

Summary: Drug smugglers are doing everything possible to get drugs to the United States. They use toys, furniture, shoes, underground tunnels, etc. Their primary goal is to make money. We have people using locating devices to see where these drugs are coming from and how they are coming across the United States boarder, and the coast guard went into mexico to look for drug smugglers. It is hard to find who or where these drugs are coming from but this is a serious issue and the United States will do everything they can to stop it.
Opinion: I think were doing the right thing. The drug smuggling should stop, security and screening at the boarder should be stricter and more picky other than that there really is nothing we can do. People are always going to try to break the law in some way shape or form so we should do our best to prevent it as we are and there is not much more we can do.
Source:http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/16/creative.drug.smugglers/index.html?eref=rss_topstories