Democracy Now 2

Cynthia Davila 

March 2, 2014

Democracy Now! #2

As I was watching democracy now, 2 topics really caught my attention. The first one was about 42 people who lost their life in Baghdad, Iraq bombing. On Thursday, there was a motorcycle that was rigged with explosives that blew up in Sadr City, Baghdad. It blew up near a secondhand market with a bunch of people around. About 51 people were injured. In the same city, there was a different encounter that killed 5 civilians and wounded 14 by a bomb that was planted on a minibus. It is also said that in Iraq over all this year, so far there were more than 1,650 people killed. This year has barely began and it is completely shocking to me to see such a high number of people that have passed away over planted bombs. The group of people that continue to do this need to be stopped. I hate war and I can't help but wish there was nothing but peace everywhere, especially in Iraq because my cousin is currently fighting for our country in Iraq and it breaks my heart to hear people dieing there because it terrifies me that I could lose him in war.

The second topic that I really found interesting was about Bank America contesting $2.1 billion fine! It was sought by Obama's administration consisting over damaged mortgages that was sold by the unit of the bank countrywide. It is said that Bank of America is fighting the fine against them. The argument will be based on the amount of profit that it has made. The amount of profit was made by selling the flawed loans, which was said to be nothing. I find it very interesting because overall the economy right now is in a tough struggle and for the bank to be going through such a hassle right now is very frustrating. My bank is Bank of America and it really bothers me that I even had to find out that they are going through a fine struggle at this moment.