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Top Six Current Issues of 2010
1. Global Warming
Globalwarming
"Global warming is a phrase which is most often used to refer to the increase in the average temperature of Earth's biosphere - its near-surface atmosphere and oceans - since the mid-20th century, and its projected continuation." -Wikipedia
"In 2007-2008 Gallup Polls surveyed 127 countries ... over a third of the worlds population was unawre of global warming."
"Hurricanes have increased in intensity and duration by 100% since the 1970s (MIT study, cited in "Global Warming by the Numbers")."
"Temperatures in excess of 3.42 to 8.28°C warmer... will lead to eventual melt of the Greenland ice sheet. This would raise sea level by 23 feet. (ibid.)"
That was in 1958...
....The same principals still hold true....
....why has it taken us so long to act?
2. Kim Jung IL
One reign ends
Another begins
Kim Jong il has a currently estimated military force of
"1,106,000"
"A little-noted fact about the second nuclear test conducted on May 25 by the Kim Jong-il
... is that it was a highly successful fission trigger test for multi-megaton warheads"
3. Oil Spill
Starts in a remote area of the ocean
Then spreads...
"On April 20th , an explosion on the Deepwater hnorizon left 17 workers injured and 11 missing and presumed dead....Oil is spilling from a well of 5,000 feet below sea level discharging 200,000 gallons of crude oil a day according to the official estimate. It is estimated that more than 6 million gallons of crude oil have spewed into the gulf so far."
Oil is spilling from a well of 5,000 feet below sea level discharging 200,000 gallons of crude oil a day according to the official estimate. It is estimated that more than 6 million gallons of crude oil have spewed into the gulf so far."
President Obama is becoming more and more tense that the spill has yet to be fully contained. Considering it started over seven weeks ago, his stree is understandable"
"Plug the dam* hole" ~ President Obama
"Over 600 species have been affected...
Including Humans."
4.DRUG WAR!
"The State Department estimates that 90% of cocaine entering the United States comes from mexico, being the main cocaine producer and
that estimates drug sale earnings range from $13.6 billion to $48.4 billion annually"
283 people died so far this year, more than double from last year in the same time period
"The vast majority of drug war victims are linked to the underworld. About a tenth are law enforcement
officials and a small number of civilians."
69 mexican's were killed between friday and saturday just over the border from the Texas city El Paso, several beheaded, which didn't include the victums early friday morning with
faces stitched on to a football
"Drug cartels in Mexico control approximately 70% of the foreign narcotics that flow into the United States"
"Mexico, a major drug producing and transit country, is the main foreign supplier of cannabis and a major supplier of methamphetamine to the
United States"
5. GREEK PROTEST
6.Immigration