Yanukovich Sworn in as Ukrainian President

Viktor Yanukovich was sworn into office Thursday, as President of Ukraine. He thinks that it is in the best interests of Ukraine to build close relations with Russia and other powers like the United Sates and European Union. This has his country divided. Yanukovich believes that he can reduce the cost of the presidency by 20 percent. He thinks that he was elected to improve the economy.

I think that President Yanukovich has a good idea about trying to ally with stronger economies to help his country. It would be easier to bring wealth into his country if he was able to set up trading partners with world powers.

Security Concerns Spread After Earthquake in Chile

Around two million people were affected on Saturday morning by Chile's 8.8 magnitude earthquake. The are 708 known deaths with 500,000 homes with considerable damage. The victims of the earthquake have been looting grocery stores for supplies. Others have just been taking advantage of the disaster and have been looting at other stores for electronics. The government has made deals local grocery stores to help the real victims out. They are trying to control the extra looting by issuing a curfew for 9pm to 6am.
I think that the Chilean government has done the right thing by paying the grocery stores to give out all the supplies they have. This will sustain the people for a little while but they need to get supplies to them and I think that they are doing a good job with this. I think that the Chilean government is doing a good job getting aid to their people but not a good job controlling the people taking advantage of them.

Olympic Luger Dies on Fast Track

Nodar Kumaritashvili, a luger from Georgia died during his final training run at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic games. He was traveling at 88 miles per hour when he lost control and slammed into a steel pole. The Whistler track is 15 to 20 miles per hour faster than any other track in the world. It was deemed by officials to be fast but safe. Some athletes thought that someone would 100 miles per hour for the first time. There were other safety precautions added after this accident to help prevent future injury.
I think that it is a tragedy that an athlete would die competing at the Olympics. The games are suppose to celebrate peaceful competition between countries in the world. I think that the safety precautions should have been taken before the event started. I would have thought that they would have done so because of the speed of the track. Hopefully their will not be any more deaths at the Olympic games.

Obama Middle East Foreign Policy

I think that I would wage war with Iran. They have made nuclear weapons and that is a danger to our allies. I think that we should get involve now before any mass destruction occurs. We would be forced to get involved as soon as something happens and we would be blamed for not doing anything before. Either way we are likely going to go to war. I think that we should do something before it is to late.

If Ghandi lived on do you think that there would still be problems with Pakistan and India?

I think that if Ghandi had lived on he could have found a way to unite his people. He did it before and I think that he could do it again. I think that since he was able to bring the leaders of two conflicting countries that he could lead to a peaceful resolution. Ghandi was able to influence people in power. I think that over time he would have been able to work through the conflict. It would have taken time just like their independence from Britain but I think it could have happened. Ghandi was able to convince the people of his country to stop fighting and live in peace with each other through fasting. I don't think that this particular method would work to bring peace to other countries but he was a very smart man and I think that he could have thought of a plan.

Ghandi Video Response

How was Ghandi able to achieve independence?
Ghandi refuses to eat until he is released from jail. The prison will not allow him to die so he is released. Ghandi put his life aside for the good of all the people under British Imperialism. He allowed himself to be beaten and thrown in jail for the good of the people. He did not care what religion people were, just that god was being worshipped. This let everyone come together as one powerful group. Ghandi and his people would keep resisting until they got a response or the British changed the law. They cut ties from the British by making their own clothing and salt. Ghandi was able to get large groups of people to follow his lead. He drew worldwide attention. There was an American journalist with them that was reporting back to the United States what the British were doing to the Indians. His followers never hit the British back even after they were struck with wooden sticks. Ghandi inspired people to carry on even when he was in jail and could not lead them.
Do you beleive Ghandi ever enjoyed his accomplishment?
I don't think that he did because his beloved country was a united one and as soon as the nation became independent the different groups split again. I think that Ghandi was just trying to achieve peace in his homeland not necessarily just become independent. Everything that he acheived was undone by the British leaving.

Why do you think Ghandi was able to overcome imperialism and become independent?

Ghandi was able to tell people what he wanted them to do. He spoke to people about his ideas about disobeying the laws but not fighting the British. He was able to attract people to follow this philosophy. The people in a town square that he was speaking to, just allowed the British to shoot at them without retaliating. The British Official responsible for the massacre was only demoted a rank and was never really punished for his actions. Ghandi never gave up in what he believed in, even when he was getting beat by the British. Ghandi protested the pass cards by burning them and even when he was being struck he continued to put the passes in the fire. He didn't fight back to show injustice by the British Officials. They were not able to hold him in jail because he did not resist arrest. He did this to gain support from all the people in India. Ghandi united the high class Hindus, low class Hindus and Muslims to stand up against the British. He wanted everyone to put the class system aside and allow everyone to be equal. He would not have been able to overcome imperialism if he did not have the support from everyone in the country.

Overcoming Social Injustice

I think that if there is an unjust law then one should try to amend it, but until then the law should be obeyed. This is the best solution because if you break the law you will most likely be thrown in jail. Once you are in jail you can not help to amend the law. Just trying to be content with the law is wrong because I believe that you should stand up for what you believe in. You will never be truly content if you don't believe in the new law. Nothing will change if everyone just sits on the sidelines and doesn't push for change.