Fighting Youth Voter Apathy

I thought that this was really funny and is a good way to encourage youth to vote.

Question of the Week

With the upcoming election, will people actually go out and vote? Voter turnout has been declining. Why is this? What can be done? I really hope that Canadian youth will really go out to the polls and vote, I think it's super important

20 Ridings...

This made me laugh. Voter turnout has been very low in previous years, what can people do to increase voter turnout and to combat voter apathy?

Question of the Week

It's really interesting to see how Ghadafi feels that the war is unjust looking at everything that has happened. It makes me wonder how people justify their actions and how people filter things in order to make decisions that are seen as being so terrible and stupid by others around them. This goes not only for Ghadafi but also our own governmental figures.

Gadhafi, in letter, asks Obama to end air strikes

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20110406/us-us-libya/

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appealed directly to President Barack Obama on Wednesday to end what Gadhafi called "an unjust war." He also wished Obama good luck in his bid for re-election next year.

I think that it is very interesting that Gadhafi, after all of the terrible things that have been said about him would call this war "unjust". 

Nazi Saboteurs' Spectacular Failure Detailed In Newly Released Spy Files

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/04/pastorius-nazi-saboteurs-british-spy-files_n_844332.html

I have a huge interest in history so I thought that this article was interesting. It's interesting how things hidden away from what seems to be so long ago still resurface and are of interest. What would have happened if these plans would have worked?

Did the American Dream Emigrate to Europe?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-white/did-the-american-dream-im_b_845680.html

It seems that we've been talking about the American Dream a lot in most of my classes lately so the article title really caught my attention. The article ended up being about employment and the economies in Europe and the States, and how Europe is thriving in comparison to here.

I really enjoyed some of the comments, some people really thought that the article was very one sided and that the US is actually doing better than the states. I think I am going to do some more research on this topic.