Canada, Wants to Leave

This is yet another post based on a TIME magazine article. The magazine article is called "Woe, Canada!" and it is primarily about how many Canadians are wanting to pull out of Afghanistan. In a recent poll, information was gathered showing that 47% of Canadians want their soldiers pulled out of Afghanistan A.S.A.P. and only 17% thought they should stay.I personally believe they should stay as long as we do. I think this because if Canada leaves it will obviously hurt the rebuilding of the country of Afghanistan, it will slow it down. It would just be better in general if Canada would stay.

Postcard: Inner Mongolia

This post is my response to an article in the latest TIME magazine. The article is called "Postcard: Inner Mongolia". It is mainly about a group of people in China's society known as the Oroqen. The Oroqen are a group that live in the woods, alone and away from society. There whole existence relies on their hunting. The Oroqen are major hunters. It has been a part of society ever since the group formed. In 1996 the Chinese government outlawed hunting. Now hunting is only allowed in certain parts of the year. This has made a major impact on the Oroqen society. As I have previously mentioned, hunting is a huge part of the Oroqen way. I believe the hunting should be aloud for the Oroqen year round. But then again it could be a good thing for them. It could bring them closer to civilization.

Leave the GDP Alone

This is a article that is featured in the recent Time magazine. It is written about the GDP. Or the Gross Domestic Product. Currently the government is going to revise the GDP which will prove if the USA has slipped into a recession. But the problem is there are still revisions that will be done after this one. So there is no reason to revise the GDP. If we do and it seems we have slipped into recession, everyone will be freaking out. But the truth could be we haven't and we wouldn't know that until the next revision. So in my opinion there is no reason to review the GDP to see if or if not the USA has went into a rescission.

Help the Hippie Chimps

Recently in Africa there has been a problem with the Bonobo chimps. They are an endangered species, but they are one of the most fascinating animals in the world. Instead of being violent with one another the Bonobo solve there problems with sexual relations. In order to save this animal the African gov. is starting something called the Bonobo Conservation Initiative. This is a part of the forest around the size of Massachusetts, that will be protected for the Bonobo and 10 other species of chimp. Including elephants and okapi, a short necked cousin of the giraffe. This is a great, and somewhat surprising thing that the African gov. is doing this. It will deffinantly increase the bonobo population. Which is a great thing, the BCI is a great idea.

The Torch Gets Burned

Currently on the Olympic torch's travel around the world it has been facing some problems. Major problems. At every stop of the torch so far there have been many protesters. Pro-Tibet Protesters. One of the largest protest not necessarily people wise but impact wise was in San Fransisco. Protesters climbed up the wires of the Golden Gate Bridge and hung up Pro-Tibet banners (pictured above). I think the protesting has to taking a tole. The protesters seem to be getting somewhere and really getting there opinion out there.

Profile: Zimbabwe

The current leader in Zimbabwe is Robert Mugabe. And some people have a problem with that. The person with the biggest problem with Mugabe is probably Morgan Tsvangirai. He has come close to removing Mugabe from leadership before, but now he may be even closer. The main reasons he has never been able to remove Mugabe is because every time he did, his life was at risk. But this hasn't stopped him, he is still speaking out against Mugabe at every presidential election. He has even started a group, that is anti-Mugabe, but a short while ago the group broke into two because some people didn't think that Morgan would make a good leader after Mugabe. Which could be quit true. Mugabe has totally brought Zimbabwe to rock bottom. But it seems that Morgan may have what it takes to remove him and turn it all around.

Back in Baghdad

This is a magazine article in the recent Time magazine. It is about Baghdad's improvement. They have improved in many ways including airlines, they have got newer planes. Another update to the new Baghdad is drive-through security. The main thing I get out of this article is the happiness for Baghdad's success. It is great that they are updating everything it shows that our efforts overseas have been paying off, if not a lot at least in some aspects of the Baghdad way of life.