Redskins Fighting to Not Have to Change Name

         In June of 2014, the NFL team, the Redskins, were called out for their name by the US Patent and Trademark Office. They said their name is offensive to Native Americans. The Redskins believe their name is should not be offensive to anyone. However, certain Native American groups have begged a differ. They say the name is immoral and wrong.
         It looked like the Redskins were going to have to change their team name, until December of 2014 when an Asian-American rock group by the name of The Slants, went to court to be able to trademark their name, and the court ruled in their favor. The Redskins believed the case involving The Slants was not any different than their case.
         Due to this, the government is admitting that it is the same situation and asking the Supreme Court to overturn their decision. President Obama is on board.
         It is looking like the Redskins may be able to keep the trademark on their name after all. If they are not, they will be able to keep their name, but will not be protected against people selling merchandise with the Redskin's logo on it.
         I think the Redskins should be able to keep their name trademarked. They have had it for this long. Why take it from them now? If it was really an issue, someone should have spoken up a lot sooner.

Do you think the Redskins should be able to keep their name?
Do you find their name offensive?
Is President Obama making the right decision being in favor of having the Redskins change their name?

http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/25/news/washington-redskins-nfl-supreme-court/index.html

Within these last 3 weeks alone ISIS has been responsible for 200 combined deaths. Out of these 200 deaths about 60 percent of them have been woman and children. It seems that they are targeting European countries and some middle eastern countries. With the attacks getting more severe with time should we intervene and try to stop ISIS?Should we send troops or should we just send supplies?   Personally I believe it is time for us to take a stand and send support to the European forces. It is time for an all out war , it is better to be safe than sorry and we cannot take a chance of an attack happening on our turf. With tensions rising and a threat that seems unpreventable, it is time that we take a stand and end this cancer that is happening.






 http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/03/europe/tracking-isis-ambitions-in-europe/index.html

Electricity for Millions More Africans Becomes Law

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A new bill has been unanimously passed by the House of Representatives, the Senate, and President Obama to electrify Sub-Saharan Africa.  Currently, about 30% of Sub-Sahran Africa's population has access to electricity.  This bill is going to give 20,000 megawatts of energy by 2020 and create greener energy along with this project.  In order to electrify the Sub-Saharan area there is going to be a system of loan guarantees. For the creating greener energy project,  the US Inport-Export Bank is going to give about $7 billion.  With gaining more electricity, citizens of the Sub-Saharan area have safer and easier access to education, businesses can stay open when it is dark out, create more job opportunities, promote greener energy and economic growth.

Do you think it is smart of the US to promote this new bill?
What are some troubles which may arise from loaning so much money to the Sub-Saharan area?
After this project picks up, do you think Sub-Saharan Africa will bring in profit for the US?