Kaylen May Gerkey

** I hope you read my other blog. I got injured on thrusday and went to the hospital, thought I broke it but I didn't. Anyway I was in the emergency room all night and didn't get to do my blog, this was the next chance to do it. So here it is!
Hope London was bomb! And you got to see some soccer right?!?


National
1. Clinton claims Nevada caucuses with help from women, Latinos
SUMMARY: Clinton, who won last week's New Hampshire primary, was winning the Latino vote by a nearly 3 to 1 in Nevada, according to entrance polls. Polls indicated Democrats were split along ethnic, racial and generational lines. But women made up nearly 60% of those taking part in Saturdays Caucus and she won by 52%. Nevada marked the first time a Western state has played an early role in the presidential race. Democrats are counting on Latino voters to help the party make inroads into the region in 2008. Both Clinton and Obama campaigned heavily in Nevada, where polls showed the two senators neck-and-neck at the start of the week. The war in Iraq and health care were the No. 2 and No. 3 issues for Democrats and Hilary led strongly in that area.

OPINION: Democrats need to count on women and Latinos because people seem to not like Hilary so much right now. Obama looks more promising. Obama was close behind Hilary with 45% and has been in every election. They’ve been neck and neck in every primary that they’ve both participated in. I was kind of surprised to see that Hilary got the majority of the women vote, but I guess that’s how the ball rolls. She definitely has made a comeback since she lost big in the Iowa caucus.


2. Nevada Conservatives Boost Romney
SUMMARY: An overwhelming number of Republican voters swept Mitt Romney to victory Saturday in the Nevada caucuses. Romney scored well with conservatives, late deciders and veterans according to the entrance polls. He also benefited from his Mormon religion. Romney captured 94 percent of the voters who identified themselves as Mormons, which made up 25 percent all Republicans participating in the GOP caucuses. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints estimates there are 170,000 Mormons in Nevada. Romney scored well with voters who ranked the economy and illegal immigration as the issues that concern them the most. Although Romney won Texas Congressman Ron Paul and Sen. John McCain of Arizona were neck and neck with 13 percent of the vote - Romney with 51%.

OPINION: I can’t believe Romney keeps winning. After all this talk about him being Mormon and all the interviews about his religion I can’t believe he’s winning these primaries. I like the man, and if I didn’t know he was Mormon he would have my vote. I like many of the things he stands for and he has some real good ideas, but I don’t want a Mormon in the whit house. Nothing against them personally, cause I have great friends that are Mormon, it’s just running a country, your beliefs guide you and I don’t want a Mormon making decisions in a country that I live in.


International
1. Heathrow Back on Attack after Crash
SUMMARY: Air crash investigators are continuing to seek the cause of an apparent power failure that forced a British Airways Boeing 777 into a crash landing at Heathrow airport. Flight schedules are just now returning to normal after heavy delays and cancellation after the disaster. The exact cause of the crash was still unknown. An initial report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch on Friday said that two engines on the plane "did not respond" to a demand for increased thrust about two miles from touchdown. Reports say the Boeing 777 hit problems 600 feet off the ground and descended rapidly, just making it onto Heathrow. Crew interviews and Flight Recorder analyses show the flight and approach to have progressed normally until the aircraft was established on late finals for Runway 27L. The AAIB says that it will carry out further analysis of the flight data recorders and that examination of the aircraft systems and engines is ongoing. (The pilot said, according to the worker, that the plane's electronics had failed and that he was forced to glide it to the ground. The jetliner touched down several hundred yards short of the airport's south runway, close to a perimeter road. Afterward, its emergency chutes deployed, and it was sprayed with white fire-fighting foam, which covered the engines.)

OPINION: I think the main thing is that no one was hurt. The pilot, like he has to be, was brave and courageous and saved their lives. I heard that the plane could have easily exploded and didn’t. Thank God! Hopefully they figure out the problem and fix it and all the other planes so this doesn’t happen again, that’s the main things. People’s lives and the lives of those who trust the pilots to protect them is what matters most.


2. Oprah School Matron Faces Abuse Trial
SUMMARY: A matron accused of abusing students at a school for disadvantaged girls (by U.S. Oprah Winfrey) was given an April 21 trial date by a judge on Wednesday. Tiny Virginia Makopo, 27, faces charges of indecent assault, assault and criminal injury, allegedly committed against six students ages 13 to 15 and a 23-year-old fellow dormitory matron. Makopo appeared in court with a towel over her head. Police said there were at least three serious cases of indecent assault, and that the alleged abuse took place over four months at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, which opened January 2007. Oprah told the girls of the school she was the "momma bear" who would protect them. And Oprah has campaigned for laws in the United States to protect children from abusers.

Opinion: This is very heart rendering. Oprah sets up this school to help these poor girls, and instead one of the teachers abuses them. I feel bad for the girls and for Oprah. She tries to help people and this happens. Although, I don’t agree with her politically I think she tries real hard to make the world better sometimes. I hope this woman, Makopo, faces serious charges, because those girls trusted her and she misused their trust and she deserves to suffer.