"Afghan bombs kill eight US troops"

The month of October has been the deadliest of all months for the American Troops. On Monday 11 soldiers were among 14 Americans killed in multiple air crashes. In addition several service members have also been airlifted to many medical facilities. After this being labeled as the deadliest month in all 8 years of the war, many americans are wondering if the situation is deteriorating not improving. There were promises made by President Obama that troops were going to be taken out and now doubts are rising in numbers. He is under so much pressure to to send tens of thousands of troops but most likely citizens won't approve such a course because of October's events. f there are so many people dying then why are we still there?? It is really getting sickening and it's really annoying to keep finding all these death facts found on the internet about people dying. Raids, bombings, and ambushes. I'm just wondering will it ever stop? It is really time to just make an overall decision and come to a conclusion to get the troops out of there. There needs to be a lot less lying and talk and a lot more action because all of these false hopes that are being placed in our heads are not even being accomplished.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8328297.stm

" Karzai 'stripped of outright win"

Recently, there was an election in afghanistan and there has been enough evidence and suspicion to believe that there was shady activity going on. Up to 210 polling stations were deducted from his total score. Mr Karzai made no immediate response but later responded as to say that he won the election fair in square. EU observers stated however, that 1 in 4 votes cast were suspicious. The Afghan president then went on to say that a victory was robbed from him and that he is threatening to stop an attempt to hold a 2nd round. Acts like these justifies that it is very possible and simple to cheat or rig an election. This kind of thing makes me wonder if our government was chosen this way when it was George W. Bush running for president. There were many rumors about him rigging the election and i always had my doubts, but now that this man had completed his plan and got caught it could be a very real possibility. I wondered why a man who drove us to debt would be re elected by the citizens of America. There could have possibly been corruption just like in this election in Afghanistan.

"Energy-from-waste powers US army"

"A system that generates energy from rubbish is being sent by defence firm Qinetiq to the US army."

A new machine has been invented that will be sent over to the US army and it will be placed in one of the 55 operating forward operating bases. There's no legitimate way to get rid of waste over in Afghanistan so they created this. It will help whoever occupies those bases to get rid of unecessary wastes, reduce the use of fossil fuels, and reducing the number of body bags. I guess this machine was made as a way to comfort the US troops for getting shot at everyday. It will help them to get rid of their waste ad will use a lot less energy than they normally would. It'll help with the fossil fuels and all the contaminants that are released into the air. At least there's a little help for the poor environment that we destroy everyday. Hopefully this doesn't turn out to be too expensive to remake because there are a lot more US bases that would appreciate the help.

Good Fight and Goodnight!

"Disaffected"

I took the survey that Ms. Morales put up and i turn out to not be liberal or conservative, instead i got the title of disaffected. A disaffected is someone who is currently unhappy with his/her current economic situation and the overall state of the union. The group is deeply concerned with the environmental and immigration policies. They don't really keep up with the news or politics and only about 9% participated in the last election. The group is also often under constant financial pressure. The survey described my current situation accurately because I feel like my family is under financial pressure. I usually don't keep up with the politics and the current news. I also am unhappy with the overall state of the union. The Governor is cutting back on many things including park times and park hours. We are getting less money for education which means less books, less materials, and also less money to be able to hire teachers. I guess i can understand why he's doing it but there are always other options that can be open to making more money considering everyone says that the young are the future. Overall, the survey was great and it shows my personal standpoint at the moment.