Political News Blog 2

DEEZ NUTS

This is some propaganda to vote for Deez Nuts, with the picture
of his Vice President on the Propaganda. 

          Brady Olson is a 15 year old boy from Iowa who is running as a third party candidate and refers to himself as, "Deez Nuts." Brady wants to run because he is annoyed with the "two party system." He recognizes the frustration of voters with the way the election is set up and he is hoping that by putting himself out there, in this way, that he will cause others to think about how the election is set up. Obviously he cannot actually win the election because he is 20 years to young, but he has the highest third party numbers that America has seen in a while. This is a bold move for a teenager, but is this all a joke? He said that he would have Limberbutt McCubbins as his Vice President, and Mr. McCubbins happens to be a cat. In the picture above, it makes me wonder whether he is doing this as a joke or being serious about it. I think it might be a little bit of both, but no one is stopping him so why not make your vice president a cat if you are aware that you will not actually make office. I believe that Americans need some people who state their opinions, but do something about it. We want someone who knows what they are talking about and someone to relate to. 

Stock Market Update 

Man watching or looking at the stocks. 

           The Stock market is doing much better, and Thursday ended positively. The DOW finished 369 points up and Wednesdays point gain totaled to 619. These two exciting point raises show that this has also been the biggest come back in history. Although our stocks were plunging into the deep end, they were still higher than they had ever been. Even though red is still showing, S&P is up 200% versus what it was in 2009. Energy and Oil stocks had the positive come back. Energy stocks rose up 6% while Oil stocks rose above 10% and the price per barrel came up 2 dollars. The stock closing for this week were: 588 points down on Monday, 204 on Tuesday, and coming up to 619 on Thursday. This is showing some signs of hope. Although the stock market is known to fluctuate it still makes me nervous to hear about stocks going bad. Like the woman from CNBC said, in my last blog, it would be a good idea to hold onto your stocks and not make any rash decisions. Look at what can happen when you do so! 

Wait, Who's Running for President in 2020?

This was a picture snapped and captioned from last nights VMA Awards. 

          Kanye West announced at the VMA awards last night, that he will be running for President in the year 2020. His exact words were, "And yes, as you probably could've guessed by this moment, I have decided in 2020 to run for President/" I did not see this coming at all. When my mom was talking about it with me this morning all I could reply was, "What is happening to our country?" This is a scary thought, that anyone who meets certain requirements of age can run for Presidency. Kanye even admitted to doing drugs before he got on stage! He says, "Yes, I rolled up a little something. I knocked the edge off." Would you want your next President to "knock the edge off" before he got up to give a speech to our country? In my opinion, I do not want our next leader to be a rapper, or one who abuses drugs. The official Democratic twitter account tweeted out to Kanye, "Last night @kanyewest declared his candidacy for president in 2020. Welcome to the race Mr. West. Glad to have you." Him and his wife, Kim Kardashian, attended a Democratic party for Hilary Clinton. I do not agree with this at all. Kanye needs to stick to rapping and drugs. 

Boy Who Washed up on Shore 

This is a picture of one of the little boys who washed ashore.

          "I don't want anything else from this world, everything I was dreaming of is gone. I want to bury my children and sit beside them until I die", said the father Abdullah. He lived in Syria with the rest of his lovely family. He has two sons, Galip and Aylan, and he has a wife, Rehen. They all lived together in Kohbani, Syria, a country that is swallowed up in war. Abdullah wanted a peaceful home for his family, as do most husbands and fathers. The mother and two sons drowned in the ocean, trying to make this dream become a reality. The son, Aylan was found, dead, on the shore of a Turkish beach. The family was originally trying to get to Canada. Last week, on Thursday, four Syrians were taken into custody for Human trafficking because they connected these families bodies with nine other dead bodies that were washed ashore. Abdullah is the only family member to survive. I have no words for this event. It is truly sad and heart breaking to see these images of children dead on the shore of beaches. How could someone do something like this? Why wold someone do something like this? It is a truly, truly awful thing that happened.   

Refugees

Refugees in Syria 

          At least 14 Senators have asked the US government to help aid the Syrian refugees. They ask that 5 times more than the set 1500 are to be saved. The United States in the leader in providing Humanitarian Aid, but Germany has out done us by saving 800,000 Syrians! We would like to save 70,000. Our number pales in comparison to what Germany expects to do. Shannon Scribner, who is the humanitarian policy manager, and suggests that the best way to go about this is for the world governments to find a solution for this situation in Syria, but since that is not likely to happen, most have decided to save these people. What Syria and Lebanon need is funding. Scribner has talked to the people of Lebanon and Syria and tells "The Guardian" that parents are counting to watch their children get more and more hungry. Our funding for them will only last until September. It is a hard situation to decide what you must do. While I feel that it does not involve the US and wonder why we are in other countries instead of focusing on us, I am sympathetic towards the people in different countries who are in desperate need for help. Who is supposed to help them if their country cant and we have the ability to?