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Georgia: Six Year Old Arrested According to CNN, Georgia police handcuffed a 6-year-old student on April 17, 2012. The school called the police to report that a student “assaulted a principal and was damaging school property.” The 6-year-old was throwing a tantrum and when police arrived she was on the floor of the principal’s office screaming and crying. “The officer stated in the report that he noticed damage to school property and tried numerous times to calm the girl.” The girl actively resisted the police officer and began fighting with him. Chief Dray Swicord, in an interview with CNN, said that they handcuffed her for her own safety and brought her to the police station. The girl’s family, who haven’t contacted the police department, told reporters that the police should not have been involved in the situation regardless of how their child was acting. The girl was suspended from school and may not return until August. Charles Manson Denied Parole News/Opinion 2 April 24, 2012 Charles Manson was denied parole for the 12th time on April 11, 2012. Manson is serving a life sentence for his involvement in the “Helter Skelter” killings of 1969. Manson was charged with first-degree murder for the murders of the Tate and LaBianca families. Manson is now 77 and will be eligible for parole again when he is 92, according to ABC News. The California Department of Corrections denied his parole and noted that he bragged to a prison psychologist that he is a “very dangerous man.” Manson has been to Hell and back in prison, he was originally on San Quentin’s death row until the California Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. He was then transferred to Folsom Prison and eventually to Vacaville Prison where he was set on fire by another inmate and he was transferred back to San Quentin Prison. Manson ended up at Corcoran Prison where he now resides. On top of this, Manson has been less than a model inmate, according to Terry Thornton for ABC news. Manson has been in possession of weapons and contraband cell phones. ABC comments that the official transcript of the proceedings leading up to the denial of his parole will be released in a month. Buffett Rule Fails in Senate The Buffett Rule is President Barack Obama’s tax plan which he proposed in 2011 to reduce the gap between classes in the United States. The Buffett Rule would require citizens who make over one million dollars per year to pay no less than 30% in taxes. The Buffett Rule gets it’s name from Warren Buffet, an American investor who publicly voiced his disapproval of the present tax system where the top 1% of America’s earners pay less in federal taxes than middle class earners. The tax system we have now is based on the “trickle-down” theory which basically states that if tax breaks are given to wealthy people they will spend their money investing in the middle and lower classes and eventually the wealth will trickle down and benefit everybody. On April 16, 2012, the Buffett Rule received a 51-45 majority of senate votes but did not earn the necessary 60 votes to pass, according to the Associated Press. Taliban Claims Responsibility For Attacks: The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a series of insurgent attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan. The attacks were well-planned and intended to show NATO that the Taliban has the ability to attack secure locations, according to CNN reporter Masoud Popalzai. The attacks begun on April 15, 2012 and involved suicide-bombers, rocket-propelled grenades, and hand grenades. U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker said on CNN that the Taliban may claim that they were behind the attacks, but he believes that the attacks may have been the work of the Haqqani network. Furthermore, Pentagon spokesman George Little said the attacks are reminiscent of previous attacks carried out by the Haqqani network. 35 insurgents died in the violence, most of them killed by government officials. The attacks were in seven different locations, including the American, German and Russian embassies. Guinea-Bissau Suspended From African Union: On April 17, 2012, the African Union suspended Guinea-Bissau over the recent military coup, according to Reuters. African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ramtane Lamamra, spoke in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he commented that their decision to suspend Guinea-Bissau from the African Union rests on Guinea-Bissau’s ability to restore constitutional order. Suspension is a normal response to countries that fail to remain under constitutional rule. Reuters stated that Guinea-Bissau has been condemned by foreign governments and international organizations for cutting short a presidential election and the former Prime Minister Carlos Gomes and interim President Raimundo Pereira were detained. Since it’s independence from Portuguese rule in 1974, Guinea-Bissau has been subject to several coups and revolts. Many residents have fled the country in response to the coup. The military chiefs in charge of the coup have banned all public demonstrations. Amnesty International said “fear and insecurity were growing after the military halted protests and shut down private radios,” as stated by Reuters. The coup is suspect to be supporters of drug-trafficking by Western agencies. Guinea-Bissau has been known to be a transshipment base for drug cartels for years. My Thoughts on Charles Manson: I strongly believe that Charles Manson should not be in prison for murder. Yes, he should be in prison. But not for murder. Good ol’ Charlie never murdered anybody. He got his creepy “family” members to do his dirty work for him while he stood back and watched the “Helter Skelter” unfold. Yes, I am right-sized enough to recognize the Mr. Manson is a very dangerous man and should be incarcerated. I just don’t think he should be booked on a first-degree murder sentence. He should definitely be behind bars for a very long time, I mean this is a guy who claimed to be the devil and then claimed to be God and has a swastika tattooed on his forehead. He also identifies as a scientologist, but we won’t talk about that. Anyways, he was smart enough to get all of his little hippie “family” members hyped up on enough acid to commit seven murders while he never directly laid a finger on anybody. He deserves to be in a mental institution, not a prison. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 20:09:43 GMT