Tyler Adair

National – Hillary looses ground.
http://news.aol.com/elections/story/_a/clinton-leads-pack-in-negative-ratings/20080327145309990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

While Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are neck and neck in the election polls, there is a clear winner in the negatively viewed poll that Wall Street Journal and NBC News took. Despite the controversy relating to Obamas pastor, Hillary Clinton is viewed more negatively than either Obama or McCain. Although she is still polling above Barack in Pennsylvania, her approval seems to go down. The number of people who view Barack Obama negatively has also incr4eased over the past month. On an AOL poll which asks users whether they feel positively about, negitivly about, or no opinion, on each candidate McCain is the only one that has more of a positive view than a negative one.

I think this is great! Especially the AOL poll. I really think it is true, people view McCain way more positively than either Obama or Clinton. Despite extremo conservatives hating on McCain, his view among normal conservative, moderates and liberals is still pretty high. I think he will be the best man for the job, I don’t agree with him on everything, but a little compromising won’t hurt every now and then.


National – Woman is forced to remove piercing.
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/woman-wants-apology-over-piercings/20080327192709990001

Mandi Hamlin was back on her way home to Texas while going through the security areas of the Lubbock Airport. She went through a metal detector without sounding an alarm, but was stopped again and scanned with a handheld metal detector by a female TSA agent. While being scanned the detector went off over her chest and she informed the agent that she had nipple piercing, some male TSA agents went over to her and decided she would have to remove the rings. She was forced to remove them painfully with pliers, yet still allowed to wear her belly button piercing. Hamlin wants an apology and says something should be done to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

I think this is a horrible event, I don’t see why she would have to take out the nipple piercings, yet she could keep in the belly button. I think something should be done to prevent this from happening again, she should get an apology, and these TSA agents, especially the men, should be looked into.

International – Man Tears Off Famous Ear
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/statue-damage-angers-easter-islanders/20080327153709990002

Marko Culju did what most Easter Islanders would see as unthinkable during his trip in March. He tore off one of the 400 famous Moai statues on the South Pacific Island. After being accused by police he was put under house arrest for 13 days in his hotel, and is forced to pay a fine. His attorney says that prison time could follow, but he hopes it would not. Culju said he didn’t realize his actions would have such great magnitude. The mayor of Easter Island says he wants to cut off one of Culjus ears. Eye for an eye, ear for an ear.

I think anyone who would do this to such a historic part of our world has to be so selfish. These things are massive, historic and amazing, and he broke off a large chunk to use as a souvenir. Obviously an ear for an ear is excessive, and the article doesn’t say whether the mayor was kidding, but I think some type of community service should be put on this man. Prison time seems excessive to me.

International – British Official Banned
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,342375,00.html

The British Secretary of Treasury has been banned from a big part of British life. After raising taxes on alcoholic beverages pubs around the country have started posting signs that have a picture of Alistair Darling with the word “barred” over it. The government has raised the tax on alcoholic beverages 6 times, and it expected to keep changing higher over the next few months.

I think this is hilarious, what a creative way to voice their opinions, I feel bad for the secretary of treasury though, I feel like it is his job to these things and now he is having personal attacks placed on him. And I bet he’s not very popular now over there. Still creative way to get an opinion across to the government and the public.