Greg's View of Todays News - 01/28/2009

This is an automated post featuring local news, press releases and syndicated news stories that I felt compelled to comment upon. Comments are invited.

• OBAMUNISM: The war in Afghanisran
  

  In wee morning hours on Friday, January 23, a U.S. spy plane killed at least 15 in Pakistan near the Afghanistan border. It was Barack Obama’s first blood and the U.S.’s first violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty under the new administration. The attack was an early sign that the newly minted president may not be overhauling the War on Terror this week, or even next.
  

COMMENT
Rome wasn't built in a day but I hope Obama works towards ending the fight in Afghanistan

• • In wee morning hours on Friday, January 23, a U.S. spy plane killed at least 15 in Pakistan near the Afghanistan border. It was Barack Obama’s first blood and the U.S.’s first violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty under the new administration. The attack was an early sign that the newly minted president may not be overhauling the War on Terror this week, or even next.
  
  

• Judge tells Christian: 'I would kill you'

  A woman arrested at the Cairo airport because her identity card described her as a Christian has been threatened for her faith by the judge in her case, according to a new report.
  
  As WND reported, authorities in Egypt deprived the woman's two children, ages 2 and 4, of food to try to coerce her to abandon Christianity and return to Islam.

  • Tawfiq told Compass Direct "the judge then said, 'I want to talk with Martha alone,' so we all left the
    room, and he said to her, 'Nobody changes from Muslim to Christian – you
    are a Muslim.'

    "And she said, 'No, I am a Christian.' He
    told her, 'If I had a knife now, I would kill you,'" the lawyer said.

    • This is the most outrageous statement thatI have ever heard of being made in the name of Justice or Religeon. The world must take notice!! - post by gnaylor
    
    

• Students to stay in school two more years - LIVENEWS.com.au

  New South Wales high school students will no longer be allowed to drop out at the age of 15, under a plan to extend the minimum school leavers age by two years.
  
  COMMENT:
  It is good to see social engineering being used wisely. The future of Australia is in our young people and the better we prepare them for their adult role in life, the better off the country will be.

• Australian PM Wants Youth Corps For Public Service - ROGUEGOVERNMENT.COM

  PM KEVIN Rudd wants to recruit an army of young volunteers to help the elderly, feed the homeless, and clean up the environment.
  
  In exchange for giving up their time, members of the new Community Corps would get discounts on their university HECS debts. The proposal could attract tens of thousands of volunteers from the 1.3 million Australians with a higher education debt.
  
  COMMENT:
  Here we go again with change by stealth. Remember 'Work for the dole'. It began on a voluntary basis - now see what you've got! This too will be optional at first and when nobody is looking, it will become compulsory too.
  Whilst it is a good idea and should be implemented, make it compulsory to begin with. it is a sadness that it has come down to putting our kids into debt just so they can get a university education - albeit a pew-requisite to getting a job these days. Is it any wonder that our young are confronted with depression more than their parents were

  tags: press

• GALEN COLLEGE INCREASES WI-FI SPEEDS WITH 80211N :: UNTERNEHMENSNACHRICHTEN

  Xirrus, Inc., the Wi-Fi "Power-Play" that delivers the most wireless coverage, bandwidth, and throughput in the industry announced today the deployment of their 802.11abg+n Wi-Fi Arrays at Galen Catholic College located in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia. Galen Catholic College selected 802.11n Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays to support their high performance applications and high-density classrooms campus-wide.
  
  COMMENT: It is very progressive of Galen College to install state of the art Wii Fi for their students. It would be interesting to know if one can access the Galen College Wii Fi Internet outside the school grounds

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