Inaguration

Today around the capitol in Washington D.C. the mood was very festive and upbeat. The gathering was held at the lincoln memorial. The day started of with Bruce springsteen playing then the entrance of the Obamas. Once the president was their the crowd even erupted more. With performances from Bono, Beyonce, James taylor, Bruce Springsteen, stevie Wonder, Usher, and many more. The crowd grew in size to around 500,000 people. This epic day of inaguration was a very unique day for this country. Obama is a new style president with a young following, this festival just shows how big and how important these next 4 years are going to be for America.
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http://www.comcast.net/articles/music/20090118/Inauguration.Concert/

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Off the coast of India a ferry was caught in severe weather. The ferry was holding 250 passengers with 18 crew. 18 people were rescued by a fishing boat. One of them was the capitan who said he feared that Indonesian people generally can't swim and that he saw around 150 people jump off the sinking vessel. the 700 ton ship left for the port of parepare. The search for the missing 232 people has been hampered by the violent seas and terrible weather. Officials are stating a cause was the the regulations on boat passenger size isn't enforced very strong so overcrowding could have been a cause. Boats are a major part of transportation in the Archipelago of Indonesia. The population of 235 million people doesn't help the overcrowding problem either. I think that the country needs to be very firm with passenger count on ships.
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http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-world/20090111/AS.Indonesia.Ferry.Sinks/

Coleman

Today Norm Coleman filed a lawsuit challenging his apparent loss to Al Franken. He allegedly says that some votes were counted more than others and all of the re counts messed up the election. Coleman made his speech with cheering and clapping and the background today in front of many people. Coleman has been around forever and knows what a senator should be ( he has the experience). Al Franken is just a comedian with no political background. Minnesota is still trying to recover from the humalitation of electing Jessee Ventura. Minnesota just dug them selves into a super deep hole by choosing a dumb comedian who isn't even funny.
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http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20090106/Minnesota.Senate/

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On Friday a father in New Orleans picked up his son just like anyother day. The father called his ex wife and told her that their son had been kidnapped. The lady called the police and she talked with her husband again. When she called she received conflicting stories and she then becamse suspicious. When the police arrived they questioned the man about his stories. The man later admitted to killing his 4 year old son. He said it was because he had four thousand dollars in backed child support checks. The man told the police where the child was. The man was just taken into custody today for the murder of his four year old son.
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20090104/New.Orleans.Child.Killed/
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The war in Gaza

Israeli fighters entered Gaza todya to stop a missle attack from the Palestinian militants. These two countries have been warring for centuries and this new conflict shows no sign of slowing down. The Israeli troops just started the offensive manuervers after eight days of bombings from the Palestinian army. Thousands of troops accompanied by many tanks and helicopter gunships entered the highly populated area. This conflict just starts a new global mess that the U.S. will probabally play world police in, like they always do. The U.S. will probabally side with one side creating the other to wage war against our country. This new chapter of middle eastern conflicts just hurts the lives of many innocnet people and it also hurts the wallets of Americans.
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20090103/ML.Israel.Palestinians/
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