Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Donald Trump and his Journey to Mislead the People.

 On Sily Trump (classmate's post)

I agree with what classmate has said, and other than Southern wall plan, Trump also said mistakenly or intentionally about another foreign nations. For example, South Korea, he had said on and off about U.S. army helping to protect South Korea against North Korea, "We have 25,000 soldiers over there protecting them. They don't pay us. Why don't they pay us?". In fact, $700 million has been paid for personnel, logistics, and construction costs. "We get practically nothing compared to the cost.", I do not know what exactly he wants out of stationing the military, if he is talking about benefits and salaries for the troops or their equipment. What is certain is that the U.S. also benefits from strategic level to keep east coast a balance to keep an army. Also, the U.S. army protects the countries that buy U.S. products. Trump's absurd remarks makes the other nations laugh at him while he says nothing about truth, facts, and their logical reasons.

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Give us the Vote, Republicans.

"Republicans and Voter Suppression." The New York Times, 04 Apr. 2016. Web. 05 Apr. 2016.   

      Republican Voters from particular district in  Texas became a wide-issue of voter suppression. Other than people from higher income or middle class, the voters especially Latinos from the less concentrated vote district shows the low vote rates. It is said that the Ttexas government has changes for Latinos to vote equally has been overlooked at by Republican lawmakers. It is upsetting situation where minorities, students and the poor population has no power who are mostly made up of democratic.

      

      There is a lot of problems with the process or progress to make better life for the people of minorities. A good example from Wisconsin, the Republican-controlled party attempted to pass the law of state's voter-identification bill, when the minorities do not carry the ID, it is no effective for them to have vote power. When the problem was pointed by some, but both supreme court declined that appeal and no funding was given to make that change for nonpartisan Government Accountability Board and it was already dismantled by a governor Walker who is Wisconsin Republican governor. The author was claiming suppressing the voter is against American basic right which is freedom of right to vote. 



Friday, March 11, 2016

HIV Infection of Women from Africa.

The Editorial Board. "Helping Women in Africa Avoid H.I.V." The New York Times. 26 Feb. 2016.
I agree with this article about a flexible ring a women in Africa use to prevent HIV. Earlier years, the pills and gels didn't work for Africa Woman because they either forget or didn't buy them regularly or other causes that prevented them. But new rings last for a month to replace and no hamper for daily life is guaranteed because there is no chemicals in it. However, it says that the younger women are more vulnerable than older woman over 21. Lack of education is one of the hampering factor similar to the sex education we received when we were young, but in Africa, completing the secondary schools hardly ever seen in especially women. I think this article pointed to right direction to the fact that HIV still popular is because of less education. What makes Africa more safe and less safe is by other countries' efforts and also their efforts to produce greater results to prevent HIV with also the other benefits come with it.

Friday, February 26, 2016

Donald Trump on Health Care

I agree with this article in terms of cynically criticizing both Republican and Republican Candidate, Trump. The author talks about Trump who is going for a president makes comments about health care benefit. He makes not a statement, but more like a bluff. 
He says he would not want people “dying on the sidewalks”. I do not know whether it is campaign thing that made Trump say that or that he really does not want people to die on the streets, especially for the poor people. 

As far as it seems, Trump is just making comments to satisfy and raise more votes while most Republicans plans to make him president as this is a part of campaign. 
The author made personal opinions about how Trumps making non-sense and illogical comments while there still is a fainted possibility that he is going to be a president. 
He makes comments,  “O.K., so here’s where I’m a little bit different. I don’t want people dying on the streets and I say this all the time.” and then he says, “I don’t like the term mandate, personally, because that sort of means mandatory,” Trump comments about Obama health care. It contradicts with Trump's, I guess, belief. Because then He says he wants  everybody have health savings accounts, letting the states figure out medicaid with federal block grants, and make health insurance premiums tax-deductible.

The author's intended audience is the persons interested in presidential race that is going on right now and she wants to make people to know what Trump said in the presidential campaign. The author is credible because when I went into her several editorial articles, she is the person who writes about presidential campaign, with up-to-date information. 

Friday, February 12, 2016

U.S. Government takes on Paris Climate Agreement

Finally U.S. Government and other nations joined in Paris Climate Agreement for healthy climate changes. The goal was to decrease at least half of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Many people argues that this will not cure entire greenhouse gases, and carbon emission  from developing countries such as China and India because they contain no legal requirements. This is voluntary actions from already developed countries to appropriate money to poor countries about $100 billion a year. The countries do not want to make blames on the developing or poor countries as they did not follow the rules. And also the reason is following statement.

"That hybrid legal structure was explicitly designed in response to the political reality in the United States. A deal that would have assigned legal requirements for countries to cut emissions at specific levels would need to go before the United States Senate for ratification. That language would have been dead on arrival in the Republican-controlled Senate, where many members question the established science of human-caused climate change, and still more wish to thwart Mr. Obama’s climate change agenda." New York Times.

Mr Xi, president of China complained certain undeveloped areas need progress of development that there is no other way around from still developing. After Obama's announcements, Republicans argued middle-income classes does not have enough money for it to continue while wealthy individuals can. This is worth reading because how climate changes affected Republicans party's takes on Climate changes and they agreed to do so because it is such a global issue. While they united on climate agreements, the nations will reconvene every five years.