Over 2,000 people in Haiti were protesting over the recent elections. They claim that the elections were fraud and unfair. They marched in protest in Haiti’s capitol. As they marched, demonstrators drew red cards demanding the impeachment of their current president along with his protégé, who is a candidate. A red card comes from the game of soccer, when a referee pulls a red card on the player they then must exit the game. The march was being heavily monitored by the riot police. There was no serious violence in the march. The march was being led by candidates who thought that the outcome of the votes was changed by the current presidential government so that the president’s protégé would come out on top. Not only was there an uproar over the presidential votes, but an epidemic has been going on as well killing dozens of Haitians each day. They are also still getting over the January 12 earthquake, which ultimately destroyed most of Haiti itself, taking the lives of over 250,000 people. The United Nations have seen this protest as less violent than past electoral forms of protest. Them, along with international monitors haven stated that the polls are generally acceptable. I think that if Haiti has a history with violence towards the electoral votes then something isn’t going right. Something obviously is causing them to have little trust in their government. There has to be major problems with their government, whether it’s due to a president or not, for them to constantly rely on such violence. They should look back and analyze their government’s recent history and relationship with the people.  

http://www.haitinews.net/

The literary murder mystery is a weird mix. The two genres slightly differ from each other, and usually don’t come together. Murder mysteries are seen as fundamentally uncultured, off-the-rack, populist and hard to put down. On the other hand, literary novels win a lot of prizes, but are only actually read by people judging prizes (who are paid to read them), reviewers (also paid to read them) and the parents of the author. Mostly, when intellectual meets murder mystery, the intellect stays pure but the mystery is so bad that just by reading the back the mystery can be solved in a matter of minutes. African Psycho has pretty weak plot twist. The murderer is discovered on the last page to be a character we have only heard about in passing, and never met. This ending is just huge let down and is very irritating. I like the mixture of the literary and the murder mystery but…I don’t know, something always seems to be missing. It is definitely funny, in a dark sort of way. It is entertaining don’t get me wrong. I just wish it was more suspenseful and that more was left for you to find out. It was very open and right to the point. Though I am assuming it was on purpose, it is showing the way the “protagonist” thinks. The thing I didn’t like the most was that this book had only a murder plot line not a murder “mystery” plot line. Over all this was an alright book the underlining views of politics and society definitely made me laugh.

African Psycho is definitely a moral tale, and broken down, one can easily see this as so. Yes I agree that, Grégoire does some completely terrible things, but the most gruesome, which is when he attacks the older boy when he is only eleven, is more or less acceptable. The other acts that he performs aren't nearly as awful as he had planned. And, in the end, even if he doesn’t want to see the good and the pure, he is pretty much set on the straight and narrow. He has a ‘steady job’, an education and is doing pretty well for himself. This just proves that no matter how much bad is in someone they always have some good in them as well. This can also be considered into politics and society. People may say that society is completely evil well I disagree. I believe that sure society sucks, I don’t agree with most of it, but there are moments that show me there is still some good left in people. Like fundraisers for a worthy cause, charity, and so on and so forth. If there wasn’t some good in everything then society wouldn’t have a silver lining like the things I just listed. In my eyes politics are plain out stupid. I think that mankind needs to find something more important to fill their time then politics. Yet there is some good in politics. I agree that without politics there would be more struggle and conflict. That is just one of the many things I hate about mankind. This book shows off my hatred.

Vulgarity in Afriacan Psyco

Grégoire is modestly successful. He has a house that he built with his own two hands, he has a workshop and somewhat of a career. He has something of an education; too, because he lived for a while with a well-off, caring family he was placed with after apparently being abandoned by his parents. He ran away from them when he was eleven because he was about to be raped by the families’ older son and protected himself, injuring the boy badly in the process. Grégoire is apparently very unattractive, that might explain some of his problems. He also makes clear:

“I love vulgarity. I claim it loud and clear. I love it because only it says what we are, without the hideous masks we wear by nature, which turn us into mean beings, hypocrites, ceaselessly running after decency, a quality I couldn't care less about”

That is one of my favorite quotes. I personally don’t have much faith in humanity. To me humans are built mostly on vulgarity. Our sinful nature takes up 84% on our hearts and soul. Our minds are never pure; if anyone says they don’t like vulgarity then they haven’t fully realized themselves or human nature. So when he says that vulgarity says what we are just makes me smile because I completely agree. I also believe that we each wear our own hideous masks. We were each born with one and we each die with one. That mask is called sin. It is made with vulgarity and the devil and if with Jesus our mask may never physically be removed.

we are all born with this

African Govts Urged to Inest in Soial Protection

http://us.oneworld.net/article/369577-african-govts-urged-invest-social-protection

In Windhoek, Africa, social protection is beginning to be looked at. They are saying that by allocating just one percent of GDP to social protection it could drastically change the lives of Africa’s poorest of children. Jonathan Bradshaw, a professor at the University of York in the UK, says that many children in poverty will most likely have a hard time succeeding in life. He says that all African countries should invest in social protection. Bradshaw has been doing a lot of research in this and has backed up some pretty good points in why Africa needs to look at social protection. I personally believe that Bradshaw makes a good point. I strongly believe that Africa needs to start looking into social protection programs. If Africa did this, then yes I do believe that the children will be in much better shape for the future causing Africa to start becoming healthier due to more and more successful citizens. Social protection deals with social insurance. So yes I think that Africa will have to give up a lot to add these social protection programs but I think that in about ten years it will truly pay off and definitely pay for itself. Investing in social protection will also help with Africa’s income maintenance. So all and all I definitely think Africa needs to look into investing in social protection programs, that way in the future their overall health will increase tenfold. Bradshaw knows what he is talking about and this article needs to be looked at.

India's Female Peacekeepers Inspire Liberian Girls

http://us.oneworld.net/article/369578-indias-female-peacekeepers-inspire-liberian-girls

In Monrovia, Liberia, there is a school named Victory Chapel School. It holds both male and female students, who are clothed in royal blue uniforms. It is like many other schools except for the big white fenced compound standing off to the side. In the compound are hundreds of Indian female peacekeepers, dressed in a navy blue combat uniform, black boots, a UN official cap, topped off with an A-K 47 at their sides. They are the first all female UN police force in history. The roles of these peacekeepers are to protect the president on Capitol Hill, though during the time when they are not protecting the president they are located in Liberia training and also helping out the teachers at the school. They also help provide the children with medicine, give them lessons on how to do Indian dances, show them how to use computers, and teach them how to use self defense. As these Indian women are doing these things for the children, they are also providing inspiration and a special message. The principle of the school said, “It has made the girls to believe that they are not just people who sit at home, they are people to get out there”. One of the students that attend Victory Chapel School almost decided to become one of the peacekeepers, but changed her mind once she was introduced to dancing and music, she finally decided to become a musician. I definitely like this article; it shows people that women are able to do anything a man can do, that they are just as important as any other person. I believe that more people need to see this.

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