CE: Iraq and Afghanistan

Issue: Iraq / Afghanistan
-  Write a 150 word blog post about the issue of Iraq & Afghanistan foreign policy. See the links below to get the candidate’s positions straight from their own web sites.  

Support your argument with facts from the candidate sites.  
– Put this post in the same category as your “10 Issues from the NY Times” post  where you prioritized the issues and gave your opinion on each.   
–  150 words     — photo

LINKS to more info:
– Obama’s Foreign Policy outline – click HERE:

– McCain’s Foreign Policy Iraq outline – click HERE:

CE: Taxes

Issue: Taxes
-  Write a 150 word blog post about your opinion on the issue of taxes.    Do you favor the Obama position – cut taxes on all households making $250K or less and raise taxes on the wealthiest income earners to pay for universal healthcare and to pay down the national debt.

Or do you favor the McCain position – make the 2001 Bush tax cuts permanent AND provide tax cuts to all Americans to allow the economy to grow by reducing tax burdens and putting money into the hands of American consumers.   

Support your argument.  
– Put this post in the same category as your “10 Issues from the NY Times” post  where you prioritized the issues and gave your opinion on each.   
–  150 words     — photo 

LINKS to more info:
Click on this link to see the U.S. National Debt:

http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/

The Freakonomics blog on the NY Times has a good article with charts and graphs & more information.  You can find that HERE:

CE: Health Care

Issue: Universal Health Care
-  ”Sicko” – write a 150 word blog post about the issue of universal healthcare - a system in which all US citizens have health insurance coverage provided to them through a system funded by the US government.   Do you think the US should go to this system (the Obama position) or should the US continue with it’s current health system (the McCain position)?   

Support your argument.  
– Put this post in the same category as your “10 Issues from the NY Times” post  where you prioritized the issues and gave your opinion on each.   
–  150 words     — photo

LINKS to more info:
– Michael Moore’s “Sicko” fact page:

http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/checkup/

– A criticism of Moore, the movie and universal health care:

http://blogs.nypost.com/movies/archives/2007/06/kyle_smith_on_m.html#more

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