Women's rights in Afghanistan

After the Taliban took control, women in Afghanistan lost any hope for equality. They hoped that with the fall of the Taliban, that there will be a change, but now face cultural barriers. Too little is being done to help the women in Afghanistan. The government is very customary and views the women with a lower status, as the society always had.
Many are investing money and time to increase the opportunities for women, particularly focusing on schools. More girls are now attending school than ever before. Due to the lack of motivation, most women stop their education at the sixth grade. Originally there was excitement over the fall of the Taliban, creating more wishful thinking for women that they will one day rise to equality. Women are now a little disappointed due to the lack of support from the government.
Saied Morgan Mustafa, a technical and policy deputy at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs believes that it will take at least ten years for the society to view women less traditionally. The Ministry of Women’s Affairs will begin to set up shelters for women who leave their homes, mostly due to abuse. Many believe that by the government controlling these shelters, it will only be a start of the government controlling all women organizations. Is it worth supporting a country, which plans to manage women shelters, and organizations, which are not progressing (is it worth the time and money spent)?

"CNN CREW WITNESSES AIR BOMBING IN LIBYA"

Earlier in class today, we spoke about how CNN once showed images and videos from the Iraq war. These images and videos in which they presented were very violent, as they showed every bomb and injury, which had occurred on battlegrounds. Here, it is interesting to see CNN post a video of reporters briefly listening to sounds of bombs rather than images but hearing it from a reporter who did in fact whiteness the bombings. I think this shows a big turn in how we, as American citizens, understand the war. We no longer are faced with the emotional reality of the war but rather the facts.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/03/02/exp.am.libya.air.bombing.cnn

Libyan Protesters Using A Muslim Dating Site To Communicate

Protesters of the Libyan government are using Mawada, a Muslim dating site. On this site, they are writing “secret” messages speaking about the revolution. Mahmoudi, leader of the Ekhtalef movement, has said to ABC News that he “felt it was an obligation to use [him]self, to use [his] skills in a field of Web development and Web design to pass on the messages and inform the world," As he created a profile and spoke to his male colleagues with hidden codes within their writing, he quickly had 171,323 followers. The Internet in Libya discontinued as of last Saturday, ending his connections with the fellow citizens who he lived amongst.

Who will be controlling the Internet?

Internet is not controlled by the government, which gives all the power to the people. Everything in which is created or linked through the Internet has no need for government permission, which makes it even that much more powerful for the public to state how they feel, and in some cases, changing how others perceive the current events. In this months Reason magazine (Peter Suderman), it states that the FCC wants to begin regulating what people decide to write and do through the Internet. Whether or not the FCC follows through, it is changing the way we as people think. Not only will personal opinions be closely watched, companies and others who advertise will have more regulations in how they advertise. Do you think this is attacking our freedom to express ourselves?

Sen. Scott Brown Sexually Abused

The media plays a big role in affecting how people think and how they view certain issues. The Massachusetts senator, Scott Brown, opens up about being abused as a kid. Being both sexually and physically abused, Brown knew what was going on was not right. He is coming to tell his past to help those who are/were in his position to stand up for themselves, and recognize for themselves that an unjust deed will not go unpunished. He says that while voting on government programs, his past does not influence him. He is voting against government assistant programs because he "believes it is critical to find a way to use the money available rather than run up the nation's deficit." (Fox News)

Going Green, Saving Money.

Saving tens of billions of dollars, Pesident Obama is chaneling the nations energy to be more efficient. Although President George W. Bush had done so in 2003, Obama is putting the program into use. U.S. Congress “is moving to enact a five-year freeze on non-security spending.” The government has begun to slowly cut down in order to save money. From military bases to inefficient computers, the government is saving millions of dollars. Bush showed his citizens how serious he is toward this program that he renovated his own house in Texas to fit the criteria in order to save money. In all areas of saving money, the U.S. government is more aware of regulating the money they spend on energy that can be easily conserved.

Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/02/09/green-president-president-george-w-bush/#ixzz1ECMPEX2h

SPEED RAIL PROJECT.

According to Fox News, an article was posted by William La Jeunesse, degrading Obama's plan which will spend $58 billion over the next six years on a speed rail project. The article stated that one of the main issues with this plan is that they are building the speed rail next to a jail, where no one would be able to take it. Although it may help set up more potential jobs, is it worth the billions of dollars?