Monday, December 7, 2015

WW1


Now that the Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife are assassinated by terrorists of Serbia, we are now looking at a strong possibility of a war. We need to prepare ourselves for the possibility of joining this war. The tangled system of alliances may be the reason of us getting pulled into this war. We have allies that are involved and we are obligated to help out.

            Nationalism is the main cause of this war. The European countries think so highly of their countries and military and were overconfident that they often butted heads with the other countries.

            We have good relations with France, Russia, and Great Britain and will be joining their side. Italy was on the other side but joined the side of our allies. I know many of you will not be in the acceptance of joining the war but it is important that we do. We need to stand up for our alliances and help them out so they may return the favor if needed in the future.

If anything from this war affects the country or its people in any way we will be joining and fighting for our country and for our alliances. We need to prepare for this possibility and spend as much time with our loved ones that will be going overseas to fight in this war. We need to prepare for the battles ahead of us and grief and stress it may cause. So let’s please come together as a country and stick together in this and fight for what is right.

Friday, December 4, 2015

Muckrackers

In summer/ fall of 2014,  John Fauber dug up some dirt on the FDA. He found out that the drugs that they were giving to patients were not tested and were actually killing them. One of the drugs was suppose to allow a 69 year old male live longer but instead shortened his death to 4 months by gastrointestinal bleeding. He also found that the cancer drugs that they were making they charged 11,000 dollars when they had no proof that the drug actually worked. He found that 74% of the cancer drugs on the market have no proof of extending life of the patients. While others are demanding the FDA to speed up the approval for the drugs, they found a way to get around it and let the drugs on the market without the pro
per testing.

http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/fda-approves-cancer-drugs-without-proof-theyre-extending-lives-b99348000z1-280437692.html