Blog 3- Qatar World Cup

Blog 3- Qatar World Cup
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This article is about the construction of the FIFA World Cup 2020 stadium in Qatar. It brings up the serious issue of on site deaths that are occurring during the construction. It averages around one worker death PER DAY, with an expected four thousand deaths by he stadiums completion. Most of the workers are foreign to Qatar and are from Nepal. The deaths are due to awful working and living conditions. Often it is eleven men to one small room. Heatstroke is common in the arid metropolis. Workers must deal with conditions because it is the only work they could find and their families back home need the money to survive. Managers are often abusive and some workers go months, yes months, without pay. Due to unfair laws many cannot even legally return home. This is a very sad situation indeed for all involved.

I cannot believe that things like this are allowed to go relatively unnoticed throughout the world. Workers rights should be respected and America has the latter half of the nineteenth century to prove this. I think that The United States should double its prevention efforts to help end the suffering that these workers are clearly feeling. Worker protections and rights under the law are a key to American labor and I think they should be important across the globe.

Blog 2- Putin's Opinion in NY Times

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Yesterday, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, posted him opinion on the "events surrounding Syria" in The New York Times. He began by talking about the United Nations saying that the reason that it doesn't fail like the League of Nations, is because it enforces its own laws. However he says that if it does not, it will lose its effectiveness. He also stated that Russia wants to prevent conflict in Syria. He acknowledges the fact that chemical weapons were used, however he says that a war would only further destabilize the middle east. He asks the United States to stay out of Syria's internal conflicts. He concludes it assuring the reader the Russia has a strong, good relationship with America. The final line references the equality and Christianity.
This article is extremely relevant because it is a constantly changing issue that is present in America right now. We are on the verge of war, and Russia is taking a firm stance on the issue. I am not sure how I feel on the issue, however I feel informed on it. It angers me how Putin wrote about Americas foreign policy. Sometimes I think the Russian President is stuck in the Cold War.

Blog 1- Verizon's Master Plan

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Verizon Wireless company is trying to end the federal policy of Net Neutrality. This would allow them to basically turn the internet into cable TV. They want to move data for companies, at a cost. To become the "middleman". Larger companies such as Facebook and Google could afford this, however smaller, less popular websites would not be able to afford it. This would mean that they would have to charge you. Verizon is fighting the act in Federal Court and Congress and they are pushing hard. If Net Neutrality is repealed, big companies will get more profit while small companies and consumers will lose money. Lastly, Verizon claims that it has a right to free speech, therefore they can choose what data they will send. Limiting what consumers view.

This issue ties into the role of government and free speech. Should the government protect our right to the internet. if they didn't than Verizon will sweep in and control what Americans see and charge them while they are doing this. The internet is supposed to be a place of completely free speech, in my opinion. I think that Verizon should not be able to do this and the government should step in and stop it.