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The US has avoided a partial government shutdown by an eleventh hour agreement made by those people in the White House. The $38 Billion agreement came late Friday night, I think it was sometime after 11 p.m. The shutdown was set to go for midnight that night. Republicans and Democrats alike have been bickering for weeks on this years fiscal budget that ends in September.  A Republican was heard giving a speech saying

As I understand it Democrats wanted to cut only $11 Billion from the rest of this years spending. While Republicans had varied amounts, which is not a bad thing. Haggling is a great strategy when it comes to money. But in this case it was nothing but a nuisance. Every time the D's were ready to take their deal, the R's brought up the price of the cut.

It turns out that things like Planned Parenthood and such, just NEEDED to be cut, as well as other programs (however this was the one that is most talked about in the media). So you had R's fighting for money and cuts, and D's fighting for people's rights. It has struck me as an odd fight. In the large scale of things, this is such a small, menial cut from the budget as a whole (now I know that to you and I that seems like a lot; but, when you look at how big this country is and how much money it takes to run it for a year. Suddenly $38 billion isn't so much.) So why did it take so long?

The way I see there are few reasons for this. One is the Tea Party-ers (who were heard chanting "shutdown shutdown", yeah thats great good support of the American people there.) Wanted Americans to loose jobs during the last two years of Obama's Presidency so that way an uneducated American would think that He lost jobs instead of creating them. This might cause more people to vote R and oust him in the coming 2012 election.

Another reason is all peoples involved (and I mean both R and D here) wanted to wait until that eleventh hour so they could come out and say that they did absolutely everything in their power to get what they saw fit. This would make them out to be heros in a sense. One of the Rs (I am sorry I don't know his name, nor the state he represents) was recorded saying in a speech that this was not held off until the last minuet for drama reasons, but to ensure that they got what they wanted. Now I am not going to sit here and tell you that these grown men actually were standing around knowing that they were going to come to a deal and just waiting for that last minuet to say so. But on the other hand...

They have not really been acting like adults as of late. The best analogy I can come up with is preschoolers fighting over crayons. Everybody knew that one kid who, if he couldn't have THOSE crayons he didn't want ANY crayons. That is what I saw during these debates for a budget. And that, most of all is what annoyed me about the whole thing.

We vote for these people, essentially hire them, to do a job that we ourselves are not prepared to do. Like any company that needs employees, I see the politicians as the people we have hired to do work that we should be able to oversee as managers. We get vote people in,  we vote the people out, in other words, we hire them and we fire them. Maybe we are nothing more than just hiring managers, but that is something. I don't want to go into office and make difficult choices, that is why I vote. Because I don't think I would want to do the job I have taken time and put in effort into finding someone that I think could do it. Now why are they not performing to the upmost standards? I wish there was an election tomorrow so that we could we show these guys how we felt about this childish behavior of theirs.

This also goes to show just how segregated American politics really is. The fight of the R's versus the D's seems to be hotter than ever at this point. Now maybe it is because I am new to this, maybe it really is just raging really badly right now. It could be both, I don't know. But I think political acts like the ones we have seen between the two parties at times like these when they are debating about a budget that ends in September, is what is going to see the raise of the Independent party. This is something I support whole heartedly too.

I would like to see a Party that will stand for people and people's rights, and do what is NEEDED based on those factors, not based on party bias. It would be nice to see someone actually just stand up and be for the people by the people. Now I don't think that that last statement made any more sense than you think it made but still, it would be great to see that. I think that that with more debates and close calls like the one we just had with this budget, we may see a rise in the Independent party, hopefully.

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Here we go again...

And it looks like there is a new international war brewing in Libya. France, Britain, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates are starting to enforcing a No-Fly Zone over the country, and this is a very odd combination of allies. The U.S. is stating that if things don't change, they will get involved. However President Obama has stated that he is only interested in saving civilian lives, and will not deploy ground troops in Libya. However, Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former adviser to Secretary of State Clinton, is saying that the President has to back up strong demands for a cease-fire, as he did on Thursday, with swift action. It seems that she means war, no pun intended, (PRI's The World). She is saying that for Political Credibility the U.S. needs act quickly. Col. Moammar Gadhafi, will take advantage of empty threats and not stop his attack on his own people, if he thinks that the U.S. is bluffing.
On the other hand, we have Barry Posen, director of the Security Studies at MIT, says that U.S. Military involvement is a mistake. He feels that the U.S. has been far to present in the Arab nations, and that if any country takes the reins in a militaristic way that they are taking away from the victory of this revolution. The people who want this revolution need to own the revolution. This means that they need to not only lead it themselves but they also need to pay the price for it. This will of course make them more joyous and more appreciative of their victory when it comes.
Many protesters in Libya Yemen and Saudi Arabia have stated that they don't want any countries involvement in their revolution. They are willing to own their freedom and take the costs to heart.
And some of the costs are hitting very close to the chest.
Yemeni peoples have been taking the brunt of a very bloody revolution as of late. On Friday in Yemen, 46 people (including children) were methodically shot by snipers medical officials and witnesses say Hundreds were left wounded. In other words, the shooters were aiming for their targets, they were not firing at random hoping they would hit someone. The killed victims were all shot in the head and/or neck. These snipers were shooting to kill. The worst part is, this Yemen protest start off peacefully, as most of them seem to. President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who's government is supported by the United States, is coming under political fire from President Obama. The U.S. President has stated that those responsible for the shootings must be held accountable for their actions. President Saleh instead has issued a 30 day  nation wide state of emergency, which makes it easier for Yemeni troops to confront protesters, while making it illegal for ordinary citizens to carry firearms. The Yemeni Government is using live ammunition, rubber bullets, tear gas, sticks, knives and rocks against protesters, in the hopes of scaring them, or causing them to be violent and nullify their revolution. The majority of Protesters refuse to bear arms and attack back in Yemen. The more that they are brutalized, the more people join the cause for revolution.
Where does all of this lead? Where does all this end? Stay tuned to find out. Like it, hate it, read it, share it, and always Demand Truth.




http://www.theworld.org/2011/03/libya-gaddafi-cease-fire/
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/18/134657570/yemeni-forces-fire-on-demonstrators-dozens-killed