KrIsTa GrOtE

NATIONAL

Huckabee

SUMMARY
Mike Huckabee is one of the most comical Republican presidential candidates for the upcoming election. For only being a guitar playing, Baptist preacher he sure has gotten a lot of laughs from the public. At the Youtube debates last week he cracked a few jokes, one of them in which he said if traveling to mars were in the future he would volunteer Hilary Clinton to be on one of the first rockets. Even though some have been offended by his jokes, he still is in favor of the crowds because people can relate to him. He even lost 110 pounds recently. So even though he is only half the candidate now, his jokes are big enough to fill a room with laughs.

OPINION
I like how Huckabee is so funny, but he is also religious. I don’t know if a comedian would make the best president of the United States but he does add comical relief to the serious campaign trail. He just needs to be careful not to offend anyone so no one wants to vote for him. I think I’m going to do more research on this guy and see if he is worth a vote.

INTERNATIONAL

Miss Tibet

SUMMARY
A young lady participating in a Miss Tourism pageant as Miss Tibet was asked by the Chinese Government to change her official title to Miss Tibet-China. When she refused to do so she was asked to pull herself out of the contest, and she did just that. This is not the first time China has asked the Tibet contestant to change their title. The interesting thing was that the girl was actually from India.

OPINION
China is very possessive when it comes to having their name accredited first Taiwan and now Tibet. I’m glad the contestant to not give into the pressures, although this competition probably would have been a great experience. Being able to stand up against China and making your own decisions is probably just as big of an accomplishment as winning the pageant.

NATIONAL

Men's or Women's?

SUMMARY
A new ordinance was passed in Scottsdale this week for the transsexual and homosexual community stood up for their rights insisting that they have they right to choose which bathroom they wish to you in public places. The courtroom was a standing room only and full of color that night. Eighteen people spoke on behalf of this issue, 11- in favor and 7-against. Now this part of the community can choose where there want to go in public restrooms, but as for private owned business they are just going to have to stick to there usual one.

OPINION
This is such a pointless case and I am extremely opposed to it! I don’t want to walk out of a stall and look in the mirror while I’m washing my hands and see that I’m standing next to a guy wearing make-up, that would freak me out! This is going to cause more problems than solve because now people are going to take advantage of this “special” privilege and straight perverts are just going to use it as a way to use the opposite gender bathroom for their advantage. Plus its not like girls can use urinals anyway.

INTERNATIONAL

Child Labor in India

SUMMARY
Child Labor is extremely high in India. The people there say there are 12 million working kids but some other numbers show that the estimate is closer to 60 million kids. In India it is not uncommon to see this. About 20% of the Indian children are put to work usually by their parents for their advantage; as for the other 80%, these kids roam about the streets. There is one guy in one of the towns who has taken the initiative to outlaw child labor and has provided a school for the children to go and learn and escape the demands of child labor. In the school there also have their own student body so the kids can learn about how politics work.

OPINION
I never new how many kids in India did child labor. We just take education for granted in the US and don’t even realize how much people and kids in other countries suffer from and go through. We have it so nice. I wish there was a way to share that with the rest of the world. I really admire this man and his efforts to make a difference.