Political Quick Hits: October 14th Edition

Here’s your weekly quick look at few developing stories in the political arena:

• On Tuesday, President Obama’s jobs bill was defeated in the Senate. 50 senators voted for it, 49 against it, a bill needs 60 votes in the Senate to proceed. President Obama promised after this setback to break his jobs bill up into several smaller parts, which would each come up for a vote. (CNN)

• On Wednesday night, Congress overwhelmingly passed free trade deals with Panama, Colombia and South Korea. This is seen as the most significant expansion of trade relations in two decades. The agreement with South Korea, which is the world’s 15th largest economy, could be a boost for the U.S. economy and has the potential to create up to 280,000 American jobs and boost exports by $12 billion, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission. (Washington Post)

Peek inside for details on the Iranian terror plot:

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Political Quick Hits: September 9th Edition

Here’s your weekly quick look at few developing stories in the political arena:

• President Obama gave his much anticipated jobs speech on Thursday night, (Full video) laying out the “American Jobs Act” and called on Congress to pass it quickly.  President Obama said the bill would be paid for by a broader deficit reduction deal that would reform Medicare, while changing the current tax system to eliminate tax loopholes, lower the corporate tax rate and increase taxes for the wealthy. President Obama said of his plan, “It will create more jobs for construction workers, more job for teachers, more jobs for veterans, and more jobs for the long-term unemployed.” (CNN)

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Justin Burkhardt

Tragedy In Norway

On Friday, Norway experienced its deadliest attack in the country since World War II when a mass shooting and bombing occurred killing at least 76 people. The terror attack started with a car bombing in Oslo, which killed eight people. The attacker then continued  20 miles away with a shooting at a political youth retreat on Utoya Island in which 68 people were confirmed dead. The shooting lasted around 90 minutes until police showed up and captured the suspect.

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Justin Burkhardt

Lupe Fiasco: “the Biggest Terrorist is Obama in the United States of America”

#WordsINeverSaid:

“In my fight against terrorism, to me, the biggest terrorist is Obama in the United States of America. For me, I’m trying to fight the terrorism that’s actually causing the other forms of terrorism. The root cause of the terrorism is the stuff that you as a government allow to happen and the foreign policies that we have in place in different countries that inspire people to become terrorists. And it’s easy for us because it’s really just some oil, which we can really get on our own. I don’t vote. I don’t get involved in the political process because it’s meaningless, to be honest. I’m a real big believer if I’m gonna vouch for someone, then I’m gonna stand behind everything that they do. So politicians aren’t gonna do that because I don’t want you to bomb some village in the middle of nowhere.”

Idk, Lupe is one of the most respected faces of hip hop and I think, while his opinion is well-thought out and articulate, it’ll confuse people.

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Opinion: Now what do we do in Afghanistan?

Osama Bin Laden’s death may change our strategy for the war in Afghanistan. With the death of Osama, President Obama will now face more demands for withdrawing troops sooner from Afghanistan. The war is not only costly, to the tune of around $2 billion a week, but recently the CIA said there were only about 100 members of Al-Qaeda left in Afghanistan. The war is also extremely unpopular. A recent CNN poll shows that 52 percent of Americans oppose the war in Afghanistan, with 30 percent of Americans saying all troops should be withdrawn now. So is continuing this war  in Afghanistan worth it?

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Justin Burkhardt