Saturday, February 2, 2013
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This column is designed to offer a platform to discuss national stories on a local level. Share your opinion in the comment section! ---------- Boy Kidnapped from Schoolbus, Currently Held in Underground Bunker It's been four days since a man walked into a school bus, shot the driver and kidnapped a five-year-old boy. The two of them are now in an underground bunker in Midland, Ala. The boy, identified only as Ethan, suffers from ADHD and Asperger's Syndrome. Police are speaking into a PVC pipe to communicate with the man, Jimmy Lee Dykes. His motive is unclear, as are his demands. According to local police, the boy is unharmed. More than anything else, police, family, and the community are asking for prayers. American Embassy in Turkey…
Saturday, January 26, 2013
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This column offers a platform to discuss national stories on a local level. Share your opinion in the comment section! ---------- PBS' Nova debuted "Rise of the Drones" on Jan. 23, 2013, documenting how these unmanned aircraft have changed the face of war in less than a decade. Ten years ago, the U.S. owned around 50 drones - now, that number is closer to 7,000, with no hint of slowing down. In fact, the 2012 budget included $5 billion for research, development and procurement of drones. The controversy surrounding the use of drones is not new; one question brought out by the documentary, however, is. What will the U.S. do with it's thousands of drones once the War on Terror is over? A federal law signed in February of 2012 compels the …
Saturday, January 12, 2013
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This column is designed to offer a platform to discuss national stories on a local level. Share your opinion in the comment section! ---------- The war in Afghanistan may be coming to a close sooner than expected. According to Reuters, President Barack Obama and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai met to discuss "the handover of combat operations in Afghanistan to Afghan forces." The transition should be complete by 2014, with a few residual forces left behind, according to President Obama. "Afghans will have full responsibility for their security," he said, "and this war will come to a responsible end." As the U.S. troops leave, NATO forces would come in for a "support role," according to Reuters. There are currently still 66,000 troops…
Saturday, December 22, 2012
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This column is designed to offer a platform to discuss national stories on a local level. Share your opinion in the comment section! ---------- John Kerry, who currently chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been nominated for Secretary of State by President Obama. You may not know this, but Kerry was instrumental in changing the way that Clarkston, Ga., dealt with its refugee population. Kerry was first elected to the Senate in 1984, and re-elected in 1990, 1996 and 2002, according to Biography.com. He ran for president in 2004 against George W. Bush, and lost. Other notable accomplishments: ---------- The NRA has called for a surge of gun-carrying "good guys" around American schools in a recent press conference. The …
Sunday, November 18, 2012
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This column is designed to offer a platform to discuss national stories on a local level. Share your opinion in the comment section! ---------- As Israel and Gaza traded rockets, the world watched as it unfolded over Twitter. With tweets like "We recommend that no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in the days ahead" and "The #Hamas' Fajr-5 missile can reach 3.5 million Israelis. Imagine the entire population of #LA under threat" from the Israeli Defense Force, it seemed likely earlier this week that the fight would escalate. It did. On Friday, Hamas fired a rocket near Jerusalem, the first time they have ever aimed for the city. It's possible that this could become full on war, as Israel…
Sunday, November 11, 2012
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This column is designed to offer a platform to discuss national stories on a local level. Share your opinion in the comment section! ---------- I'm sure you've heard by now that David Petraeus, Director of the CIA, resigned over an extramarital affair. Reports have surfaced that the affair was discovered by investigating his emails. Questions arise, but I'm sure we'll find out more about who, what, when and where. The Chicago Tribune reports that the woman was a journalist and his biographer. While the public has questioned why he would resign over an affair -- when even presidents have had affairs and remained in office -- the FBI expected him to resign "rather than risk the possibility that he could be blackmailed to give intelligence …
Kardashianblues
5:46 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
Better him than those lying, good for nothing, two for the price of one, pathetic waste of time Clintons. Read the late Barbara Olsons' book "Hell to pay". This past election just might have had a better outcome, truth been told. It was obvious from the get go. No one can even pretend to be as stupid over the Benghazi disaster. Further, Obama has quickly turned the tides of socialist ideals upon … more ›