http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/21/obama.poll/index.html
Obama’s poll numbers show wear and tear
Fact:
“For the first time since Obama took office, fewer than half of Americans agree with the president on issues important to them, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Tuesday. A majority, 51 percent, disagree — a jump of 10 percentage points since April.”
“Americans apparently agree. About a third believe the president deserved the prize, according to this week’s CNN/Opinion Research poll. Fifty-six percent say they disapprove of the Nobel Prize Committee’s decision to honor him, the survey found. Still, there’s a hometown hero effect here, with almost 70 percent saying they are proud an American president won it, the poll said.”
These are statements of fact because they provide supporting evidence with statistics.
Opinions:
“It’s awfully early yet, but this president might be shaping up to be a little like Ronald Reagan, where people actually didn’t often agree with Ronald Reagan’s ideas, but they loved the guy,” said Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist and CNN contributor.”
“Clinton is in a nonpolitical position, doing policy work in an area in which she really likes working. She was once seen as a sharply divisive politician, the “also-ran” of the 2008 Democratic primary season.”
Part 2
A.
My oldest child went to Lake Champion this summer for the first time. I wasn’t sure how he would react to fully accepting Jesus. When I picked him up a week later, he was the first one off the bus and, grinning from ear to ear, picked me up, hugged me and thanked me for the best five days of his life. Needless to say I was speechless but thankful. He has taken a very active interest in Young Life, and his younger siblings are eager to start WyldLife this school year. After a very difficult past three years for all of us, this is the start of great things to come! – Cheryl, feedback via younglife.org
“By the time we get to the site, it’s not really raining anymore, though there’s gray sheets of sheets of water looming a couple miles offshore. This is where the traffic is: a half dozen big dulldozers are moving tons of sand around, attempting fruitlessly to protect the trashed contest site. It’s a mess. ”Washed away” may be a little exaggeration– the judges tower is still standing, for example– but overnight, the Atlantic washed through the whole thing and up to the dunes, taking windows, tables, chairs, monitors, in the process. The mayor and half of the town of Peniche is on hand trying to salvage anything worth salvaging. One helper is pulling a soaking wet monitor out of the sand, and says, “This is Portugal; we fix everything here.”"
B.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/21/latinos.poll/index.html
“According to the poll, 57 percent of all Americans say that Latinos face a lot or some discrimination that hurts their chances to get good jobs. That’s down nine points from two decades ago, but is slightly higher than the 53 percent who now feel that way about job discrimination against African-Americans.”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/10/21/black.barbies.irpt/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
“Many people have criticized the dolls for either having hair that’s too long or too straight, but I have long, straight hair that I straightened. But it’s my hair and a part of me,” said Tanisa Zoe Samuel, an African-American iReporter from the Turks and Caicos, in the Caribbean. “Black women come in all shades, shapes and varieties that there is just no way to capture everyone with three dolls.” iReport.com: Samuel shares her thoughts on the new Barbie”
C.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/10/21/black.barbies.irpt/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
“The new black Barbies released by Mattel have fuller lips, curlier hair and other features that the company says more accurately represent African-American women.”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/21/un.heroin.trade/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
“Authorities are seizing too little heroin — intercepting only about 20 percent of opiate traffic around the world, according to the U.N. report, titled “Addiction, Crime and Insurgency.” It comes on the heels of a U.N. warning last month that two years’ worth of opium is effectively “missing,” probably stockpiled by the Taliban and criminal gangs.”
D.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/21/un.heroin.trade/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
“About 15 million people around the world use heroin, opium or morphine, fueling a $65 billion market, warned Antonio Maria Costa, head of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/20/clinton.arms.control/index.html#cnnSTCText?iref=werecommend
“According to talking points provided to CNN by a senior administration official, Clinton will say that U.S. allies and partners “should know that we have their backs; any adversary should know we will defend ourselves.”
