Issue #3 Safe to Eat?

Food-borne illnesses caught our attention when many people got sick from the fresh fruit and vegetables. Dangerous bacteria called E. coli was found in bagged spinach in 2006. This killed three people and sickened more than 200. Tests found out that it came from a pig farm that their cow manure had E. coli in it and spread into the spinach Field. Meat and poultry are looked upon by the Department of Agriculture. Fruit and vegetables are looked regulated Food and Drug Administration. Some believe that food supply should be regulated by one company. Also the other problem is if the people get sick should we have national health care? The government wants to decided what we can and can not eat. medicare

I believe that we need to put more rules towards making our food and even the beginning of the start of our food. We could make it mandatory to test the cow manure before its put on the fields. This would save many people from having to spend money to go to the doctors. I think that having two food departments is better than one because they can focus on their types of food. I dont think that the government needs to spend anymore of our tax payer's money with posting warning labels on our fast food companies. This example came from San Francisco where they wanted "McDonald’s Happy Meals and other fast-food meals that come with toys to meet new nutritional standards." Forbes

Teen kills mom

Michael Richard Swanson, a 17-year-old from St. Louis Park, Minnesota was charged as an adult with two counts each of first-degree murder and first-degree robbery in slayings in Kossuth and Humboldt counties. Monday while wearing a ski mask and demanded cash and cigarettes from the clerk, 47-year-old Vicky Bowman-Hall. Swanson shot her even though she complied with the request. About an hour later, Swanson walked into a Kum and Go convenience store in Humboldt, about 30 miles south of Algona and shot and killed Sheila Myers, 61, who died at the scene.



We all think that our world what you make it. That is true most people think that these students that do bad things are their own choices. Now I'm not defending murders but i am defending science. Research has found people may be born with more rage and shorter tolerance.

Rhino killed, horns cut off, while inside refuge

A female rhino, nicknamed Stumpy was slaughtered last Saturday. The mother of eight was shot then her horns were hacked off. The rhino's were located in an African sanctuaries for black rhinos. The rhino had a baby calf; it suffered a minor wound to the neck. Rhino horns in Asia are used for medical purposes therefor there is a high demand for them.

This is a really sad story because the rhino's were in a safe place we shouldn't have be worried so much. Now days everyone wants money and will stop at nothing to get it. PETA is a good organization to help stand up to these inhumane things that people do to innocent animals. We need to protect the things that cant themselves. Although using natural things for medical reasons i agree with but not like this.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39990866/ns/world_news-world_environment/

Hotel replaces room keys with mobile phones

Visitors to a Stockholm hotel will be able to use their mobile phone instead of keys to unlock the doors to their rooms. Before arrival and have their phones activated as "keys." They will then be able to skip the registration desk and unlock the door by holding the phone next to it. The short-range radio technology, known as Near Field Communication, is expected to be built into smart phones in the coming years. It is also envisioned for ticketing and card payments.

I think this is a good idea but we rely on technology to much for our own good. If we use technology for everything then we will completely go insane when technology crashes. The idea of using the phone for a key of a hotel room might make it more easy to break into. This does save on plastic and recycling is very popular now days.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39976610/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/

Health care costs rising

Insurance with in a company is decreasing because they don't have the money to give to the employees. Some employers aren’t just blaming the casual for rising premiums like the unhealthy workers, over-paid doctors and hospitals, and a bad economy. Now the insurance people are blaming health care reform.

I believe that this health care reform is just the government giving out more money to people that already take advantage of the situation of the economy. Yes it is bad and yes jobs are really hard to find but when people are getting unemployment money plus getting free health care, where is the ambition to go out and find a job? Its not there if i didn't have to work i wouldn't but because i believe in if you work hard you will get paid back in the end.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39911555/ns/business-careers/