So, It Turns Out The Middle East is Unstable
Posted by MichaelGroff on February 21, 2011 | Filed under Podcasts
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Political unrest continues to spread throughout the middle east with countless–and occasional violent–protests sprouting in Libya, Iran, Egypt and Morocco. Protesters demanding an end to the totalitarian governments, insisting on free elections, more employment and higher standards of living. The uprising isn’t just limited to the middle east, China has seen it’s share of angry protests in recent days as well.
The concern with such turmoil across the world has sent oil prices surging and has slowed a rally across the world’s stock exchanges as the long-term future of supplies and trade is threatened.
Meanwhile in the U.S. a different type of protest is underway. In Madison, Wisconsin, a fierce debate continues between teachers unions and Wisconsin governor Scott Walker. The protests stem from proposed changes that the governor wishes to make to the collective bargaining agreement with the teachers unions.
Some of the protesters have taken to the tact of allegedly forging doctors notes to excuse them from work. The governor has threatened layoffs if the disputes in the collective bargaining agreement aren’t resolved.
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A town in Massachusetts has so many bad cops and allogations of police brutality that the city will no longer fund the officer’s legal defense fund.
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Also, the pop chart with even more Lady Gaga and horrible music than ever before!
May 4, 2011 at 12:28 am
At least Al Gore is right about global warming, right? Or is he? He says it was man-made, not just earth’s ordinary cycle over thousands of years. Ya think?